I have two Fluval 3.0 lights, these are made in such a way that if the power cuts out for any reason, they need to be manually restarted. Annoying, but ok.
This is not really a problem for a low tech tank, as the worst that will happen is that the lights are off for a few days if I happen to be away.
However I am about to start injected CO2, and this prompted me to think about what will happen when the lights fail to come back on, but the CO2 injection proceeds as scheduled.
I imagine that without any uptake of CO2 from plants, and no extra oxygen produced by photosynthesis, the CO2 levels of the tank could become high, and it doesnt sound good to me.
There is no obvious way to fix the lights, but I was thinking it would be better that if the power is cut for some reason, that it also cuts the CO2, and that the CO2 also isnt turned back on again.
Does anyone know of a way to do this?
This is not really a problem for a low tech tank, as the worst that will happen is that the lights are off for a few days if I happen to be away.
However I am about to start injected CO2, and this prompted me to think about what will happen when the lights fail to come back on, but the CO2 injection proceeds as scheduled.
I imagine that without any uptake of CO2 from plants, and no extra oxygen produced by photosynthesis, the CO2 levels of the tank could become high, and it doesnt sound good to me.
There is no obvious way to fix the lights, but I was thinking it would be better that if the power is cut for some reason, that it also cuts the CO2, and that the CO2 also isnt turned back on again.
Does anyone know of a way to do this?