hotweldfire
Member
Hello all,
I have a lunapet solenoid that has been working fine for the last few months until today. I.e. power is off to it and co2 is still running. I have plugged in, waited, unplugged, waited, repeated. No change in bubble rate. Perhaps or perhaps not coincidentally I swapped JBL co2 bottles this morning. Those of you who use them will know that they have their own valve. I didn't turn off the main valve on my reg before turning on the jbl bottle valve so possible that the sudden burst of pressure broke something in the solenoid. Unlikely though as power to solenoid was on so it was open.
Anyway, whilst waiting for a new solenoid from lunapet I have no choice but to go 24/7 co2. Problem is I don't know what rate to set it at. Tank was running at exactly 3bps (according to tmc bubble counter) on a 125l tank using UP inline diffuser. Had co2 come on at 11am, lights on at 2pm, co2 off at 4:30pm, lights off at 8pm. So 6hr photoperiod and 5hrs of co2.
Can anybody give me an educated guess as to what an equivalent 24/7 co2 rate would be that won't be gassing my fish in the middle of the night? Obviously that's my main concern but don't want to melt all my plants by starting uber low to be safe either. Anybody running 24/7 on a similar size tank tell me what their bubble rate is?
I have a lunapet solenoid that has been working fine for the last few months until today. I.e. power is off to it and co2 is still running. I have plugged in, waited, unplugged, waited, repeated. No change in bubble rate. Perhaps or perhaps not coincidentally I swapped JBL co2 bottles this morning. Those of you who use them will know that they have their own valve. I didn't turn off the main valve on my reg before turning on the jbl bottle valve so possible that the sudden burst of pressure broke something in the solenoid. Unlikely though as power to solenoid was on so it was open.
Anyway, whilst waiting for a new solenoid from lunapet I have no choice but to go 24/7 co2. Problem is I don't know what rate to set it at. Tank was running at exactly 3bps (according to tmc bubble counter) on a 125l tank using UP inline diffuser. Had co2 come on at 11am, lights on at 2pm, co2 off at 4:30pm, lights off at 8pm. So 6hr photoperiod and 5hrs of co2.
Can anybody give me an educated guess as to what an equivalent 24/7 co2 rate would be that won't be gassing my fish in the middle of the night? Obviously that's my main concern but don't want to melt all my plants by starting uber low to be safe either. Anybody running 24/7 on a similar size tank tell me what their bubble rate is?