chimera Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 whats the preferred type of tubing to use for this? the korralin calcium reactor instruction sheet said not to use the green opaque tubing that comes with the reactor from the co2 regulator to the reactor. i bought some hagen elite (silicon) airline tubing from jansens - the guy there thought that should be ok. what does everyone else use? pies - what do you use on your korralin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 PVC piping is not good for C02 but silicone is. Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted October 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 cool, thats what i got thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted October 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 Just a word of Warning!!! Pies, we got it around the wrong way (and I cant read!!!) According to Korallin instruction sheet: NEVER USE THE SILICON TUBES FOR CO2!!! and here's confirmation on that: All tubing for hooking up the effluent, feed line and CO2 supply lines is regular airline tubing, and it works well! In fact, it is recommended that silicone tubing not be used. KORALLIN say's that it has been proven there is a certain chemical reaction between carbon dioxide and silicone tubing that makes the reactor less efficient. REF: http://www.korallin.de/kalkreaktor2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 Sorry, thats my bad. Just had a look at my reactor, sorry about that. I had it right, advice wrong. *blush* Pies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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