DaveWatkin
Member
Hey Guys,
Been monitoring my CO2 levels for a couple of days and wanted to see if you experts can see anything I should maybe adjust?
As you can see in the data, I already moved my CO2 on time to 2 hours before lights on the 19th as I noticed it wasn't near enough to steady at lights on when I monitored on the 18th. I have also added an extra half hour to both prior to the 23rd, I am adding a half hour each Saturday currently to bring it up to 8 hour photoperiod.
Dropchecker is always green as CO2 is not fully dissipating overnight so only a 0.6-0.7 ph drop each day but I estimate I am at about 25ppm (other non CO2 tanks using same water have PH of about 7.35) which is fine for me, plants are thriving and I have no algae.
Should I bring the CO2 time forward slightly more to have a smoother lighting period as I notice it is still dropping slightly after lights on. I know @ceg4048 will straight away advise adjusting flow or diffusion as the drop is too slow but I've tried a few things with what I have and this is the best setup I've found for getting the bubbles across the whole tank and a good lime green DC. The filter pump can be turned up but then it's like a whirlwind and there are RCS flying everywhere. I loose a lot of gas at the surface but I think with this size tank there isn't much other option without going external and I'm not looking to change any equipment just now.
Am I making any major mistakes?
Been monitoring my CO2 levels for a couple of days and wanted to see if you experts can see anything I should maybe adjust?
As you can see in the data, I already moved my CO2 on time to 2 hours before lights on the 19th as I noticed it wasn't near enough to steady at lights on when I monitored on the 18th. I have also added an extra half hour to both prior to the 23rd, I am adding a half hour each Saturday currently to bring it up to 8 hour photoperiod.
Dropchecker is always green as CO2 is not fully dissipating overnight so only a 0.6-0.7 ph drop each day but I estimate I am at about 25ppm (other non CO2 tanks using same water have PH of about 7.35) which is fine for me, plants are thriving and I have no algae.
Should I bring the CO2 time forward slightly more to have a smoother lighting period as I notice it is still dropping slightly after lights on. I know @ceg4048 will straight away advise adjusting flow or diffusion as the drop is too slow but I've tried a few things with what I have and this is the best setup I've found for getting the bubbles across the whole tank and a good lime green DC. The filter pump can be turned up but then it's like a whirlwind and there are RCS flying everywhere. I loose a lot of gas at the surface but I think with this size tank there isn't much other option without going external and I'm not looking to change any equipment just now.
Am I making any major mistakes?