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Co2 bubbles will diffuse in the water or reach the surface and be lost.
So, you want the co2 bubbles to be suspended in the water for as long as possible or use a co2 reactor - these diffuse the co2 completely.
It all depends on your set up
Water hardness, plant mass and light intensity play a part.
Good seals and tubing is essential for longevity.
Putting the co2 bottle onto the regulator is fun...
Whoosh!
If your o2 bubbles head straight to the surface without being absorbed - the direct effect will be negligable
. Benefit will be gained by any surface agitation / water movement the pump/ bubbles create.
I had two from ae. The in tank atomized and also the bog standard ceramic job. The ceramic one had slightly too big bubbles for my liking. The atomizer was great, but my reg was too weedy to power it. Nice little bubbles.
I went with a shallow angle in order to promote some surface movement. Although I never experimented - mainly because of my balansae would have robbed all the flow .
the co2 will enter the filter, regardless of where the diffuser is situated. mine is in the filter inlet, purely to give the co2 bubbles further to travel before entering the tank, absorption time. Some people worried about the co2 degradation of filter seals.
Cats are too aloof to concern themselves with co2 - based goings- on. I suggest a rethink of the furry companion variety. :D . Your solenoid seems to be getting stuck in the closed position. Hmm, not experienced this before
Re: Glass non return valves.
blow into the non return valve, if it lets air through in both direction, then it is faulty. sounds like you have a system problem .
that is intersting reading about the ph swing, eye opening in fact. was wondering about the daily and seasonal changes recently regarding lake inle. almost zero info about what changes happen in water chemistry over the seasons , or a day.
if you go inline it is probably best to have a regulator with adjustable pressure. You can get in-tank atomizors but again you might need adjustable reg to power the gas through. otherwise standard glass job will be fine. i have a basic aquaessentials item. your...
you can get cheap regs on ebay. you will need a DIN compatible thread size. not sure i would trust most of the cheap regulators you find on ebay.... maybe someone here can recommend one.
i believe water changes are large and frequent due to the nature of the high tech organism. Everything happens faster- and more of it. I am sure you could stretch out the water change frequency..... If you desired.
you do not need co2- it is a question of desire if you decide that route. which algae did you get? and how stable have your conditions been recently? less light might help, which nutrients are in your ferts etc?
killing your fish with co2 is a difficult thing to do if you have the gear you need. easier to overdose with liquid carbon. low energy means low light with no added carbon (remember, all plants need food to survive) have a look at the el -natural section in the forum for pictures and advice.
when you say 'great looking planted tank' ... you can have that with a low energy set up. injected carbon really does encourage growth when combined with lighting and plant food. but as i am finding out - balancing everything is the trick. my question- do you want to spend more time caring for...
the tmc is a very good unit. It fits some jbl bottles. A 2kg fire estinguisher too big for you? Although the regulator does add extra height . Gotta say that branded co2 for aquarium use is a massive rip off.
yep. Much better. Lots of smaller bubbles. Only a few large sized ones reaching the surface:) the pico is tiny but does the job- my fish are only 2 cm fully grown so i cannot use too much flow.
rigged up the pico powerhead directly over the diffuser, lots of much smaller bubbles now. will leave it a day to see if it improves my drop checker colour.
the bubbles from my diffuser are too big and hit the surface before being absorbed. i have the jewel internal and now also my freshly delivered pico powerhead. Will experiment today. Also, i do not have the ability to run an inline diffuser so hoping the new powerhead will help with the...
hi all, am currently using an aquaessentials diffuser, it works fine but i need something that will deliver smaller co2 bubbles. err, non ADA thanks. :jawdrop
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