My co2 set-up that I haven't been able to beat for the last 5 years.

[snowballs99]

Everytime I swap to a new method, I come back to this a few weeks later. Never failed. Always produces pearling for the same CO2 injected even at very low lights. (8 watts on this 10 gallon tank.

Uses an internal filter with a long (preferably narrow) flow nozzle. You want flow intense at the nozzle.

Flow hits a co2 atomizer directly as close as possible. This chops up the micro bubbles to nano size and easily carries the current throughout the tank.

Very little CO2 lag time.

THis is the cheapest and most effective method I've found by far, nothing has come close.

 

[Naturescapes_Rocco]

What about injecting straight into the filter intake to chop the bubbles and distribute them?

 

[snowballs99]

What about injecting straight into the filter intake to chop the bubbles and distribute them?

Just makes ur canister do an unpleasant chug sound every few minutes and the bubbles aren't as fine.

This method your applying sheer force onto a diffuser. Water is being sprayed onto it like a pressure washer.

Your almost pressure washing CO2 bubbles out of the diffuser the second they form no matter how small.



U get much finer bubbles compared to an inline diffuser as well.

 

[Phish Tank]

I've done co2 into the intake of a powerhead, and it worked great. Bubbles chopped up very finely. Connected a right angle connector to the powerhead output so I could minimize and micro bubble fizz in the tank.