Hi, I have a fairly new (2months) set up, Aquascaper 600 (100l) tank with Tropica soil and fairly well
Planted.
I have a pressurise CO2 system with dual stage regulator from Co2art with an in-line diffuser again from Co2art.
Filter is Biomaster Thermo 350 rated at 1250lph (I think), with glass lily pipes inlet and outlet position on front right of the tank.
Co2 drop checker is bottom front left side of the tank directly opposite the outlet.
My Co2 comes on at 2am in the morning and at lights on at 1pm the drop checker is dark green! My bubble rate is high, prob 6bps. I can see the mist coming out of the outlet and see the fine bubbles being push around all over the tank.
I have an additional power head at the rear left of the tank providing a circular flow around the tank. I’m pretty sure flow and distribution is not an issue.
I’ve checked for leaks and as far as I’m aware there are none.
I’ve checked the PH with a pen and it shows around 7.3 which aligns with the colour of the drop checker.
I live in south London and water is hard, tank water is KH of 6degrees and PH around 7.6, 7.7 before Co2 switches on.
KH out of the tap is around 9 and PH is around 7.9. I assume Tropica soil substrate softens the water a bit.
So, how can this be, 10hrs of pumping Co2 at 6bps (way too fast to count) so could be more and drop checker still dark green at 1pm??
Fish all fine and showing no signs of discomfort.
So if it’s not a leak, what else can this be?
I’m running out of ideas, is it just the water chemistry in my area that’s just causing causing a low amount of co2 to be dissolved in the water.
Water out of the tap is high is nitrate and phosphate.
Do I just accept the fact that it takes this long and in my case I should just leave co2 on 24/7?
I’ll try switching over to in tank diffuser later on and see if that’s better but would appreciate some help/ideas.
Note, it will eventually turn lime green but it takes pretty much the 1/2 day by which time it’s time to switch the co2 off.
Thanks
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Planted.
I have a pressurise CO2 system with dual stage regulator from Co2art with an in-line diffuser again from Co2art.
Filter is Biomaster Thermo 350 rated at 1250lph (I think), with glass lily pipes inlet and outlet position on front right of the tank.
Co2 drop checker is bottom front left side of the tank directly opposite the outlet.
My Co2 comes on at 2am in the morning and at lights on at 1pm the drop checker is dark green! My bubble rate is high, prob 6bps. I can see the mist coming out of the outlet and see the fine bubbles being push around all over the tank.
I have an additional power head at the rear left of the tank providing a circular flow around the tank. I’m pretty sure flow and distribution is not an issue.
I’ve checked for leaks and as far as I’m aware there are none.
I’ve checked the PH with a pen and it shows around 7.3 which aligns with the colour of the drop checker.
I live in south London and water is hard, tank water is KH of 6degrees and PH around 7.6, 7.7 before Co2 switches on.
KH out of the tap is around 9 and PH is around 7.9. I assume Tropica soil substrate softens the water a bit.
So, how can this be, 10hrs of pumping Co2 at 6bps (way too fast to count) so could be more and drop checker still dark green at 1pm??
Fish all fine and showing no signs of discomfort.
So if it’s not a leak, what else can this be?
I’m running out of ideas, is it just the water chemistry in my area that’s just causing causing a low amount of co2 to be dissolved in the water.
Water out of the tap is high is nitrate and phosphate.
Do I just accept the fact that it takes this long and in my case I should just leave co2 on 24/7?
I’ll try switching over to in tank diffuser later on and see if that’s better but would appreciate some help/ideas.
Note, it will eventually turn lime green but it takes pretty much the 1/2 day by which time it’s time to switch the co2 off.
Thanks
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