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[george dicker]

8/900 could you elaborate, cheers

 

[Andy Thurston]

800-900 psi in a warm room

 

[george dicker]

it might be running out, the hp gauge is still just below 500

 

[george dicker]

so tell me, what psi on the high pressure gauge would a full cylinder show ?

 

[mlongpre]

About 900-1000 on my tanks.

 

[Rahms]

did you fully open the valve on top of the gas bottle?

 

[george dicker]

yes

 

[george dicker]

got my prime, it says add 5ml per 200 ltrs,, that seems like not a lot a t all

 

[george dicker]

also my bubble counter seems to be losing pressure, don't know whats up

 

[george dicker]

 

[george dicker]

here is the layout

 

[Rahms]

also my bubble counter seems to be losing pressure, don't know whats up

how so? the bubbles will go much faster when you first start it up, as there's a big pressure gradient across it. once the whole line pressurises, flow slows down

for the prime, yeah its really concentrated, thats why its so cost effective! I got some 3ml pipettes off amazon for about 85p, never bothered trying to measure one thread in the cap...

 

[george dicker]

I hope so, every few hours it slows down, don't know whats up

 

[george dicker]

 

[george dicker]

 

[george dicker]

just done a trim, co2 is lime green, been dechlorinating after each water change for 3 days

 

[luckyjim]

Good work George. It may take a couple of weeks or so for the filter to fully cycle, but I would avoid doing any fiddling for a while. My only other suggestion would be to splash out on a few more plants, so as to try and soak up excess ammonia and nitrites and start the fightback against algae.

 

[george dicker]

noted, I don't really have much algae, just a cyano problem

 

[george dicker]

a few weeks, can anyone else chime in on how long you think it will take for the bacteria to accumulate ?

 

[mlongpre]

About a month to cycle.