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Thanks for your replies, guess its just one of those things that happens and we live with it. Yes Stuart_B I read the same about using some form of oil in the bubble counter as it was more viscous. However, I wasn't prepared to risk it and maybe finish up with oil in the tank. Progen, I think...

I am using a Fluval 88g bubble counter in my Co2 system. I use a 2kg FE, with regulator, needle valve etc, through the bubble counter, then a splitter into two separate CO2 lines, supplying two glass diffusers, each placed just below the inlets to each of my two Eheim 2217 filters to mix the...

thanks for quick reply Iain. I haven't had a leak as yet but have seen posts where it says the nitrile washer should be replaced each time the FE is changed. As I seem to get through a 2kg FE every two months or so I was just thinking ahead!! I do a soap test each time to check for leaks, so...

Hi - haven't posted for a while as things have been going pretty well (tempting fate here). Could somebody please advise where I can get a replacement "main" washer i.e. the large one between the regulator and FE. I have used the existing one for a few changes now and would like to renew it...

I personally think that the "figure of eight" configuration as suggested by Gfish (unless I am misunderstanding his suggestion) i.e. having the spraybar at one end of the tank and intake at the other end of tank for each filter will cause the flow for each filter to be fighting/restricting the...

Thanks Paul, interesting read. My diffusers are all the same size, I bought a few from Malaysia via Ebay and as postage was almost as much as cost of diffuser I bought spares. I'll get just the splitter for now and as Clive says, try and use a bit of ingenuity to balance (approx) the flow to...

Yes, I have seen your comments in other posts where you mentioned plant growth is more CO2 and flow dependent than light intensity dependent, I am just playing safe initially and starting with what are hopefully "simpler" plants and will progress gradually. Is it a fact that connectors (plastic...

Hi Clive, Thanks for your reply, this is my first serious attempt at a proper planted tank and I have never used CO2 before. Have just purchased an FE, regulator, solenoid etc. the tutorial on here re setting this all up was invaluable. I am learning all the time. Plants (loads of them)...

I'm going to run two Eheim Classic 2217 filters in a 44"L 50 gal tank and have placed the spray bars side by side along the back wall of the tank and the outlets in each rear corner of the tank, hopefully to create a circular flow, back wall to front glass, down and then back to the rear wall...