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    Help CO2 not working

    HI there, it really isn't as scary as you think it will do. Firstly you will need a regulator (has the gauges on it), then a solenoid if you want your CO2 to be turned off automatically, a bubble counter, a check/stop valve and then a diffuser. The order you attach things are regulator to FE...
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    Help CO2 not working

    okay I have got it to work and I think I was being very stupid about the whole thing. I thought if you plugged the solenoid in then the bubbles would stop, but it seems not. I plugged it in and have loads now - admittedly that is without the check valve or bubble counter, so think that they...
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    Help CO2 not working

    i have taken the check valve and bubble counter off and attached the tubing to the needle valve directly. will try it with a cup of water.
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    Help CO2 not working

    okay, have done that but still there is nothing coming out in the tank. The gauges show 60psi and 2psi, could the pressure be the problem?
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    Help CO2 not working

    okay, so it stopped again. I did the cycling of the solenoid and it started again. Would that mean that there is something wrong with the solenoid?
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    Help CO2 not working

    having said that, there are now bubbles in the bubble counter but none coming out the other end in the tank. Should I be seeing them coming out the tubing in the tank? I don't have a diffuser on at the moment. When I turn the knob on the needle valve (?) there is no change in the rate of the...
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    Help CO2 not working

    right solenoid is working, so it can't be that. Will get another return valve and see if that is it.. Am getting there slowly. Quick question though, should I still add the ferts even though there isn't any CO2? I don't want to get any algae!
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    Help CO2 not working

    okay, will try that all tonight. thankyou
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    Help CO2 not working

    Hi, Thankyou so much for all of your help. The answers to your questions are - 1 Yes 2 Yes, but I then unplugged it to see if it worked without, but haven't had any change 3 Yes but the gauge dial doesn't change when I do this. Here is the link of the reg that I got off ebay -...
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    Help CO2 not working

    Oh god this is so frustrating. Just got the new bottle, attached the reg, have reading on both the dials now, did the soap test - still couldn't find any leaks, but there isn't anything coming out now. Argh! What do I do now? Do you think that it is a faulty reg?
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    Help CO2 not working

    well I just did that and I still can't find a leak. My only guess is that the bottle has emptied so I'm not picking up a leak, so when I get my new bottle in a couple of days I'll put the reg etc on that and try it again, hopefully that'll turn up something.
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    Help CO2 not working

    oh thankyou for that. I didn't do it that way. will do that when I get home from work this evening. thankyou very much
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    Help CO2 not working

    I was looking for leaks in soapy water. The only bubbles that came out were when the face of one of the dials filled with water but surely there shouldn't be CO2 there, so that can't be the leak can it? I have ordered a new bottle just to check that, always good to have a spare anyway, so...
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    Help CO2 not working

    ok, have checked for leaks and can't find any. The bottle definately feels a lot lighter. It is a 2kg bottle and I have a dual gauged reg with a solenoid. I got it off ebay. So I undid it all, redid it and still nothing. Do you think that I could have been sold a bottle that wasn't fully full...
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    Help CO2 not working

    thankyou, I'll try all the above, hopefully it is just a leak, would be a pain to have a faulty regulator. Thankyou
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    Help CO2 not working

    I set up my pressurised CO2 system on wednesday and on friday there were no bubbles coming out, so I looked at the regulator and both the gauges are on 0, what does this mean? Did my tank empty after 2 days? What do I do?
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    DIY inline reactor/diffuser

    Thankyou. What would be the best way to do it then?
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    DIY inline reactor/diffuser

    I there, I did a search on this and didn't find quite what I was looking for. I am looking to put an inline reactor/diffuser on my outlet tube of my tetratec EX600 external filter. I have a bubble counter, so don't really want to spend the money of that one you can get from Aqua Essentials. I...
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