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Drop checker solution in tank water

corradophil

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This is my first post here, having spent most of my time looking on the tropical fish forums.

I have a Juwel Rio 125 which is pretty heavily planted. For the last 18 months I have used a DIY yeast CO2 system, but have just switched over to a pressurised system using a fire extinguisher.

Everything is up and running with no problems, at the moment the CO2 is running during the day only, and at a rate of 1 bubble every 2 - 3 seconds. I keep fish in the aquarium, so am concerned with the risk of too much CO2.

The final stage, which I am about to do is to add the drop checker.

I bought a drop checker and test solution in the link below from ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MERFB:IID

I also bought 500ml of 4 dKH solution from Aqua Essentials.

So I am now ready to go, except, I am concerned that when I put the drop checker in, it could end up emptying the test solution into the tank. It came with a sucker, stick it to the glass, but what if it fails and the test solution ends up in the water?

I'm sure I must be missing something with this, but until I am happy that there is no risk, I am not keen to use the drop checker.

Any comments would be really appreciated :thumbup:
 
You will be fine - I have one of these + two more in the tank and I have never had a sucker come loose. Just make sure to press it against the tank side to remove the air trapped behind the sucker.

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Regards
Paul.
 
:D Ok, maybe I am being a little over cautious. I'll set it up tonight.

I'm looking forward to seeing what CO2 level I have.
 
Hi corradophil

Try not to stress too much about it spilling into the tank.
Obviously it's not good practice and best avoided if possible.
But for your peace of mind I have spilt mine (more than once :oops: ) into the tank and the inhabitants, (fish and shrimp), were unaffected.

Chris
 
Thanks for the responses, it certainly gives me a bit more piece of mind, that if it did spill, no harm would be done.

It is in the tank now, and at the moment showing dark green suggesting I need to increase the CO2 levels. I'll adjust the rate at the weekend when I have some time to monitor it properly. :)

It will be good to see the plants flourishe in the new improved conditions.
 
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