How to clean ceramic CO2 diffuser?

November 29

Bellini ... small, delicate, not so expensive now because not only the Chinese have copied the larger the beautiful products of the ADA.
Think you have 7-8 years ago a Neapolitan knowledge sleepers HAND realized one by one, Blow out, the beautiful glass CO2 diffusers, complete with a ceramic part for the spraying of bubbles of carbon dioxide.
Today there are many small and large companies who have copied or reinterpreted products of the ADA, which will be sincerely and perhaps even Japanese super-technology ... but they cost too much ... I think ... oltragioso the limit of disgusting ...
I bought my "China" in less than 20 euros ... those of the ADA will cost about 90 ... bah ...

Anyway ... you have the original or any copy of these or similar product, you can clean the ceramic part that is often covered with algae of the simple hydrogen peroxide ... hydrogen peroxide.
At least in theory ... because my IN PRACTICE ... it cleans very little white as new never returned, but in the end the important thing is to make his own micro-bubbles.

Categories: Aquarium sweet , Do It Yourself (DIY) , Aquatic plants

8 comments for "How to clean ceramic CO2 diffuser?"

Ernesto December 4th, 2008 at 11:26 a
Try using bleach (do not dilute it), you'll see that the septum back again and perfectly white. The speaker seems to me that your sale on Aquatic Magic, I got one myself (Rhinox 5000), then the septum should be identical.
Elijah February 21st, 2009 at 12:14 2
Hello,
I have a problem with my speaker, if I do leave a lot of exaggerated boils water comes in and puts on pressure and then the bubbles remain there and can not "push", I do not know if I explained it well, however, works only if do the bubbles go up .. and for me is a big waste ..
admin February 21st, 2009 at 16:32 3
mmmm, you have a check valve between the gauge and the speaker? What speaker do you have?
You can also send a photo to info@acquariando.info
Why is normal for water to enter ... but then the pressure rises, salt, salt ... and out of the bubbles of CO2.
Even if you set a minimum pressure ... there should always be one that allows the CO2 to combat "au pair" ... then the water pressure increases very slightly and then it should come out very little CO2.
For example 10 bubbles per minute ... this effect off-on do not understand it.
Valerio (I am the "ValerioSub" CIR) April 6th, 2009 at 14:55 4
Hello, I read your article on "How to clean ceramic CO2 diffuser."
As it happens I've just 2 weeks ago, I came home I found the pH to 7.1. The speaker does not erogava more CO2. Found that the rest of the system was OK, I cleaned the porous stone of my speaker Askoll with a toothbrush. Nothing!
I then removed the speaker from the tank and I clean the porous stone with vinegar.
It 'took just ten minutes and one with a beautiful spazzolatina spezzolino that aquarists use for any purpose!
Everything is back to work perfectly!
Hello and congratulations for the interesting content on your site!
ValerioSub
FRANCESCO60 April 21st, 2009 at 20:59 5
I cleaned my diffus.della ruwell with fine sandpaper and 1200 I think white is back but I know you consuma.Scusa so I can write where I register on your site and where can I read the possible answers to my questions, I think understand that you are a customer of neg ciampino hope I meet you one day, but the speakers NOT ADA x obvious reasons, but the ones that made you say NAPLES blown glass and ceramic WHERE CAN I FIND THEM IN ROME? the check valve it is necess? CIA francesco60
admin April 22nd, 2009 at 8:45 6
hello, the valve is very useful, especially when you go to change the tank empty or clean the speaker.
Now instead of Naples there is all the china on ebay!
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francesco January 9th, 2010 at 20:12 7
PROBLEM WITH SPEAKER CO2 (the one with plastic o-ring that goes around the "porous rock" and then everything is tightened with a nut screwed to black) who tells me that it dell'askoll ruwell of those I've bought with the group of x CO2 RUWELL the mod with the solenoid valve. The problem is that when I start the CO2 following the Instr far from impartitemi + experts (enter the water to sign up and start to want the bubbles desired), but in the evening when the lights go out, Auto stops delivering CO2 " by Function elettrovalv ", but when it all starts again in the afternoon the phial full of water and CO2 does not go" if I force the output increasing by rubin at times comes off from the curve of attack ", asked why a + nnegoz.ti it just seems to want to sell me another diff.Con the CO2 bottle + top dell'acquar do not think the check valve is required or at least not the cause of this, as already anchio bed I clean the stone with a fine abrasive, but someone says that's not good and that could be causing it, you say I buy an eighth of those of glass? "because their cost and affordable compared to other, only that the stones do not ever find and difficult to COST MUCH camb and "even those of other brands still same prob" ADVICE TO ME????? Hello francesco
admin January 9th, 2010 at 23:48 8
absolutely not ... the porous stone is a pain to change it and never makes fine bubbles as porous. Put the check valve instead ... strange that your system is not there. :-O
It could also be the porous stone that has some larger hole or crack or is not screwed on right ... checks, the day is ruined if the septum should see big bubbles get out there