Upgraded the Smokai air pump to a Whisper 100

[ohiobenz]

I could never get enough smoke out of my Smokai. Finally bought a Whisper 100 aquarium pump and boy does it work!

 

[normanaj]

It's all about the air pump when it comes to those types of smoke generators.

The 100 is the biggest Tetra makes,are you covering the second outlet? The reason I ask is that it might be pushing to much air if the second valve is covered and the amount of smoke might be overkill.

Adjustable pumps are truly the way to go as it really makes it easy to control the flow of air thus the amount of smoke.

 

[ohiobenz]

It's all about the air pump when it comes to those types of smoke generators.Adjustable pumps are truly the way to go as it really makes it easy to control the flow of smoke.

The Smokai pump was adjustable but inadequate in volume especially for cold smoking.

 

[normanaj]

The Smokai pump was adjustable but inadequate in volume especially for cold smoking.

Generally speaking a pump that's adjustable for 20-50 gal aquariums would be ideal. When I raised fish Aquatop pumps were excellent,these days they have several adjustable models but some of them can get pretty pricey.

 

[Fueling Around]

Can one use an air compressor with a pressure regulator to accomplish the same?