phil n abbie
Seedling
- Joined
- 5 Aug 2010
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- 4
How have I managed this, This morning i set up my cheap pressurised co2 system, I had no bubble counter so I went below what I though was a reasonable amount to inject. I set the valves to push out the tinyest amount of co2 without the tank being turned off and headed off to work.
Eight hours later I came back to discover over 60 dwarf shrimp dead, including my crystal reds and black which where only purchased 2 weeks ago, I could not belive my eyes, The black crystals heads where also bright red? what was this about and everying was upside down, I managed to save 3 Cherry shrimp this is because I notcied them twitching.
Even my large pleco was upside down which looked like its organs where coming out and had a hugely swollen belly.
Could anyone explain what had gone on here i am put in such a small amount, also when i came back the co2 tank wasn't actully pushing out any bubbles which was a strange one as though the pressure had gone down :/
After messing around with it for a hour after this tragedy I still havent worked out whats wrong with this setup. I also tested the PH before heading to work and when got back and it didnt seem to be any differnt what so ever.
I currently have it pumping out a bit of co2 in my planted tank with a Sh*t load of corpses soon to remove,
Has anyone else done anything like this?
Tank size is 30 L and the co2 settup is the cheap pressurised one from this website on its main co2 page.