Costa
Member
Gear:
- 800L (700 DT +100 sump)
- 5KG CO2 cylinder
- CO2art PRO-ELITE reg
- Sera Flore CO2 reactor 1000, on a separate 2000 LPH pump
I used to run my CO2 at around 2-3 bps 24/7. I didn't get any pearling but assumed that "some CO2 is better than no CO2". I decided to try and optimize CO2 uptake and so I purchased a drop checker last week. With exactly the same settings (24/7, 3-4 bps) the drop checker colour has been a nice dark blue for the past 3 days.
This morning I upped CO2 to approximately double (can't really count the bubbles/sec) and 6 hours later I don't think the drop checker's any different, maybe a lighter blue? But I may be biased...
Target is to get a green reading on the drop checker and then set the CO2 to start 2-3hrs before lights on, as opposed to 24/7 that it's running now.
Any ideas, suggestions, advice very much appreciated!
- 800L (700 DT +100 sump)
- 5KG CO2 cylinder
- CO2art PRO-ELITE reg
- Sera Flore CO2 reactor 1000, on a separate 2000 LPH pump
I used to run my CO2 at around 2-3 bps 24/7. I didn't get any pearling but assumed that "some CO2 is better than no CO2". I decided to try and optimize CO2 uptake and so I purchased a drop checker last week. With exactly the same settings (24/7, 3-4 bps) the drop checker colour has been a nice dark blue for the past 3 days.
This morning I upped CO2 to approximately double (can't really count the bubbles/sec) and 6 hours later I don't think the drop checker's any different, maybe a lighter blue? But I may be biased...
Target is to get a green reading on the drop checker and then set the CO2 to start 2-3hrs before lights on, as opposed to 24/7 that it's running now.
Any ideas, suggestions, advice very much appreciated!