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Has anyone here built a DIY CO2 scrubber to plumb in-line to their skimmer intake?  What materials did you use to build the container?  Where did you get your soda lime?  Did you have any issues/pH spikes?

Soda lime here (half the price of BRS) http://www.shopmedvet.com/product/soda-lime-3-lb-bag/jorgensen-products-anesthesia-products

 

I built a diy one but I only had to buy the round acrylic tubing from McMaster-Carr, the other acrylic and fittings were drop from work.

 

In the end I decided that the perceived benefits were not worth the added time and media costs and stopped using it.  I used it for a few months and while it did raise pH on average about .2, nothing better happened in the tank as a result.

Petsmart uses a big tower filled with bioballs and water trickling through them back into the sump as a degasser. Works fine on a system that holds thousands of fish at times.

No need for chemicals.

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