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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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    Potted Plants

    They will be visable as the tank is bare bottom
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    Potted Plants

    Hi There, I have a bare tank that I'd like to add some plants to and I thought I might add some potted plants, I'd like to just buy the plants seperately and add them to some spare terracota pots I have, but I'm not sure what to put in the pots as a substrate, is there an aquatic soil I could...
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    Discus & CO2

    Thanks for the advice, didn't think the levels were high (based on the drop checker) but I'll adjust slowly and see how they react......
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    Discus & CO2

    To answer your questions; Yes these are my only discus, had a lot more in this tank previously but I sold them a couple of months ago, these are my last two and are also for sale ! Only had the CO2 running for 2-3 weeks but shut it off with the discus reaction, actually thinking of removing...
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    Discus & CO2

    Around 9 months
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    Discus & CO2

    Just wanted to check, but has anyone ever had any issues with running CO2 and Discus ? I have two discus that when the CO2 is switched on huddle in one corner and turn slightly dark, they don't hang at the surface or appear to be gasping for air, if I turn it off and run an airstone for 30 mins...
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    Advice on D-D CO2 Set

    Thanks for that advice, I've set to 1 bar and adjusted the fine valve to give me about 1 bps, I'll keep monitoring the drop checker
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    Advice on D-D CO2 Set

    Can I just check something regarding the use of regulators, the D&D manual states that after testing for leaks that I should reduce the pressure back to 1 barby fully tighening the course valve, which could only do by loosening the fine valve to release CO2, it then stays at 1 bar. So what I've...
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    Advice on D-D CO2 Set

    Thanks for the reply, stupidly I managed to snap the tube connector...but hopefully a bit of glue will hold it in place, I'll try the tip with the small piece of air line and fill it half way, I'm going to give it a try tonight so fingers crossed. I've read what others have said on the DD set...
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    Advice on D-D CO2 Set

    I went ahead and bought the D-D unit, I'm in the process of setting it up at the moment, it actually came with one of these diffuser/bubble counters http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2162 Does anyone have any advice on how you fill it with water, and...
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    Advice on D-D CO2 Set

    Thanks for the advice, I've more or less made my mind up on buying this set, and I'm also looking at buying a drop checker from aqua essentials, I'll wait and see what diffuser turns up with the kit, then make my mind up on wether to replace it with something better ! Thanks Mike
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    Planted Discus Tank - Loads of Algae

    Thanks again for all your advice, I'll read the articles and hopefully they'll help me Cheers Mike
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    Advice on D-D CO2 Set

    Hi There I'm looking for some advice on wether the D-D CO2 sets are any good, it's hard to tell from the pictures you see on retailers sites if the equipment is any good, just wanted to know how easy the setup was and if anyone has any advice on the diffuser that comes with the set, is it worth...
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    Planted Discus Tank - Loads of Algae

    Thanks for the advice, I'm going to buy a pressurised system try and to have it setup asap, I'm hoping that adding CO2 will benefit the plants, the reason I have my lights on such a short period of time is that any longer and the algae just goes crazy, I'd really love to have them on much...
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    Planted Discus Tank - Loads of Algae

    Sorry forgot to add that my lighting is 2 x Arcadia T8's 42" 38w, is this good enough ?
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    Planted Discus Tank - Loads of Algae

    Thanks for all the replies, I'm not sure how to attach pics ? The algae I'm suffering from is defo hair algae, mostly attached to the plants, if I can figure out how to attach a pic I'll upload some pics of the algae. I did some research on the forum and had kinda guessed that the algae was...
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    Planted Discus Tank - Loads of Algae

    First post on the site, I'm looking for some help on a algae problem I seem to be experiencing I have a planted discus tank, been up and running for around 4 years now, stats below; Tank specifications - 4ft x 19" x 15"/approx 45 gallons Lighting - 2 x T8 Arcadia Freshwater/Tropical -...
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