EnderUK
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I know, I know, it's another co2 thread.
Okay so I've been using an FE co2 unit for over a month now and still not hit the lime green colour.
I have a 125l tank so you would think I'd need around 1-2 bps but I'm probably over 4-5 a second, I can't count that fast so I'm guessing that because I have a precision bubble counter that it is more for smaller tanks? Makes it difficult to work out how much I'm increasing co2 by now.
Flow is good, very little media in the filter, which is a 1200l/hr with the spray bar going across and over the surface of the tank causing a lot of ripple. I can see the tiny bubbles from the inline atomizer swirling around the tank and they go everywhere.
I turn on the co2 three hours before lights on and off three ours before lights off. Fish seem happy with it now, plants are doing okay but there is some stunted growth and the carpeting plants are not doing great.
The only other thing is my water is around KH 2-3 with about TDS 375.
So I don't know if it is the low KH that's the problem with absorbing the co2 (Not a chemist so maybe someone with the experience can answer that one.
Or the simple fact I'm adding less co2 than I think I am due to the nature of the bubble counter I have. If so can anyone recommend a bubble counter suitable for a 125l tank, I'd prefer I can attach it to the solenoid.
Thanks
Okay so I've been using an FE co2 unit for over a month now and still not hit the lime green colour.
I have a 125l tank so you would think I'd need around 1-2 bps but I'm probably over 4-5 a second, I can't count that fast so I'm guessing that because I have a precision bubble counter that it is more for smaller tanks? Makes it difficult to work out how much I'm increasing co2 by now.
Flow is good, very little media in the filter, which is a 1200l/hr with the spray bar going across and over the surface of the tank causing a lot of ripple. I can see the tiny bubbles from the inline atomizer swirling around the tank and they go everywhere.
I turn on the co2 three hours before lights on and off three ours before lights off. Fish seem happy with it now, plants are doing okay but there is some stunted growth and the carpeting plants are not doing great.
The only other thing is my water is around KH 2-3 with about TDS 375.
So I don't know if it is the low KH that's the problem with absorbing the co2 (Not a chemist so maybe someone with the experience can answer that one.
Or the simple fact I'm adding less co2 than I think I am due to the nature of the bubble counter I have. If so can anyone recommend a bubble counter suitable for a 125l tank, I'd prefer I can attach it to the solenoid.
Thanks