Combining Mame Skimmer 3 with CO2 Scrubber

[Muffin87]

I just got a mame skimmer. It's driven by a separate airpump pumping air into a wooden airstone.

My PH is always around 7.7, so I was thinking to add a CO2 Scrubber to raise the pH.

 

Is it a good idea to put a CO2 scrubber between the air pump and the skimmer?

 

I am worried about two issues:

• Most air pumps could be too weak for the backpressure caused by the CO2 scrubber.
• The air intake of a CO2 scrubber is not meant to be connected to an air source other than open air.

Anybody can comment on these?

 

Traditional CO2 Scrubber setup (=== is airline tubing)

[Open air]>>>>[CO2 scrubber]>=====>[skimmer air intake]>====>[skimmer]

 

My idea:

[Open air]>>>>[Air pump]>==========>[CO2 scrubber]>=======>[airstone]

 

[HarryPotter]

What’s wrong with 7.7? 

[Clown79]

37 minutes ago, HarryPotter said:

What’s wrong with 7.7? 

^Exactly

 

Too many ppl are overly worried about a parameter that fluctuates all day long.

 

A lot of us don't even test it.

[Muffin87]

Everywhere I've read says a pH between 8.0 and 8.3 is a great boost to coral growth.

Given the information, why would I not want to have a higher pH if I can?

 

 

 

[Clown79]

Messing with ph messes with other important parameters like Alk.

 

Most here will tell you, don't chase ph. Focus on alk. 

 

Ph fluctuates all day so at one point you may read 7.7 and 2 hrs later it may be 8.2