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01-29-2008, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tedr108 View Post
I've been looking into trying the needle wheel method for distributing CO2 with a little powerhead. However, I've been wondering why a simpler solution would not work and I cannot think of one.

I have a canister filter. If it is strong enough, could I modify the impeller to be a needle wheel and then simply run the CO2 hose directly into the filter intake in the tank (just put a hole in the prefilter and run it thru)?

You reduce the flow rate, but likely not a lot unless you really maul the impeller.
But yep, this should work.

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Tom Barr
  
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