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    CO2 Distribution and Algae issue

    Thanks for the avice guys, I'll look at mounting the spraybars on the back of the tank, this may be a problem due to the bracing bar construction on my tank, but I'll try and find a way. I'll also look into the dosing regime ghostsword mentioned above. Cheers
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    CO2 Distribution and Algae issue

    Hi There, Not sure if this post should sit in Algae or CO2 ? but here goes. I have a planted tank, running for around 5 years, stats as below; Tank specifications - 4ft x 19" x 15"/approx 45 gallons Lighting - 2 x Arcadia T8's 42" 38w Arcadia Freshwater/Tropical - Photoperiod - 7hrs a day...
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    Halfords Disposable Bottle Problem

    Just got it, I'd assumed the escape of gas was coming from the connection between the bottle and the reg, but it was coming from a lose nut for the optional high pressure gauge, tightened the nut and hey presto, no leak. Still can't understand why this worked lose, must be constant pressure ...
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    Halfords Disposable Bottle Problem

    Hi There, I have a D&D CO2 set and my current disposable bottle has run out, so until i get another D&D bottle I thought I'd try one of the disposable CO2 bottles you can buy at halfords, trouble is everytime I try to screw it onto the regulator, the CO2 gas just escape's, no matter how tight i...
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    Spio Diffuser

    I've adjusted my eheim inlet and have the diffuser underneath it now, I've noticed in the two days I've been running like this that I've had to turn down the CO2 flow, so I must be getting better CO2 saturation in the returning water, my drop checker is a good lime green. I am getting the...
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    Spio Diffuser

    After looking at your picture, it made me think about my setup, I have my current diffuser just next to my eheim inlet, I would say about half the CO2 being produced is being sucked in, the other half moving up to the surface, I'm noticing terrific plant growth on that half of the tank but not...
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    Spio Diffuser

    Thanks for the reply, just wanted to check first !
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    Spio Diffuser

    Hi There, I've a quick question on this type of glass diffusser, do you need to add water to the diffuser to get it to work correctly ? It's just I currently have an atomiser in my tank and it require's to be 3/4 full of water...
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    discus

    I wouldn't worry about having to change 50% daily but I would expect to change 30% maybe 3 times a week, I kept discus for around 4 years and never had any issues with this water changing regime, I also used HMA filtered water as my tap water is very good but wanted to remove any nasties ! Also...
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    Cannot get CO2 going again ?

    Managed to find out what the problem was, it was the diffuser, the ceramic disc is blocked for some reason, swapped another diffuser on and it's working fine now, not sure why the other one failed ?
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    Cannot get CO2 going again ?

    Yep, with both coarse and fine valve's wide open I'm still getting hardly any bubbles coming out the diffuser, checked the tubing and there's no blockage, if I remove the tubing there's definetely gas coming from the unit, so then that just leaves the diffuser, I'll maybe source another diffuser...
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    Cannot get CO2 going again ?

    Waited for the pressure to build but after 3 hours still hardly anything, I'm lucky if I have 1 bubble every 30/40 secs ? sometimes I don't get anything for minutes, could it be the diffuser ? it's one of those atomiser one's that came with the CO2 unit.
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    Cannot get CO2 going again ?

    OK thanks guys, I'll turn the valve on a keep an eye on it !
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    Cannot get CO2 going again ?

    Hi There, I had to remove my CO2 diffuser and tubing during some tank maintenance, and now since I've re-connnected it I cannot get CO2 to run again, when I open the fine valve I get a few bubbles appearing in the diffuser and then nothing. I've checked the tubing and there's no blockages, I've...
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    Potted Plants

    Thanks for all the reply's The tanks already setup with some fish in it, it's just a bare bottomed tank that I'm using as a quarantine tank for various tropical fish, I'm not adding chemicals or anything, just like to add some plants to give them some hiding places etc, so thought I would pot...
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