jagz
Member
Ok guys so here is the story,
I currently have a 2kg co2 cylinder with a tmc reg and solanoid, i then have a check valve and into a bubble counter which then leads into a up atomiser which is connected to my 1400 lph external filter.
so here is my problem, please remember that i have no fish in the tank at the moment only plants, so when i set it up i had the bubbles in the counter at about 5-6 per second, and i was getting a good mist into the tank, so the night time come and the solanoid turned off the co2 at 10pm when the lights go off, so now there is no co2 , this afternoon the solanoid switches back on at 2pm (2 hrs before lights on) now the bubbles are only about 1-1.5 per second, i have not messed with the needle valve or anything, when i tunr the needle valve to increase the bubbles per second nothing happens the bubbles dont increase, but i can shut off the bubble by turning off the needle valve,
now this to me seems like there is to much pressure in the co2 tubing and equipment for the atomiser to push though into the water flow,
is anyelse having these issues or is it just me, also does it matter how fast you push the co2 into the atomiser , that the atomiser will only allow so much though
any help would be great cuz im starting to get a little confused
I currently have a 2kg co2 cylinder with a tmc reg and solanoid, i then have a check valve and into a bubble counter which then leads into a up atomiser which is connected to my 1400 lph external filter.
so here is my problem, please remember that i have no fish in the tank at the moment only plants, so when i set it up i had the bubbles in the counter at about 5-6 per second, and i was getting a good mist into the tank, so the night time come and the solanoid turned off the co2 at 10pm when the lights go off, so now there is no co2 , this afternoon the solanoid switches back on at 2pm (2 hrs before lights on) now the bubbles are only about 1-1.5 per second, i have not messed with the needle valve or anything, when i tunr the needle valve to increase the bubbles per second nothing happens the bubbles dont increase, but i can shut off the bubble by turning off the needle valve,
now this to me seems like there is to much pressure in the co2 tubing and equipment for the atomiser to push though into the water flow,
is anyelse having these issues or is it just me, also does it matter how fast you push the co2 into the atomiser , that the atomiser will only allow so much though
any help would be great cuz im starting to get a little confused