Jason Blake
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Hi,
I seem to be having trouble with my co2 system. All of a sudden I seem unable to get my drop checker to change colour.
Prior to going into hospital I was able to get the drop checker to change at a drop of a hat and really easily. Unfortunately I had to spend sometime in hospital and the tank was looked after by my friend but was in a terrible state when i got back home. Somehow the co2 stopped working and the tank was over run with brown algae.
So now the tank is clean and is showing definite signs of healing. The plants look a lot healthier and the algae has subsided. However I can no longer get my drop checker to change colour. I have changed the co2 cylinder thinking the old one was running out. Have replaced the atomizer all the co2 tubing. Even the filtration tubing thinking that the kink in the pipe was somehow interupting the infusion. I have replaced the drop checker solution several times to no avail.
The most I can get in the colour to change from dark blue to a very dark green, whereas before I could get everything from dark blue to light yellow.
That being said there is a definite change in pH levels during co2 infusion. Pre co2 the pH is 6.8 before this sudden colour problem it would drop to 6.4 to 6.3 and the colour would be a limeade green. Now the pH drops to 5.6 and the colour is only a very dark green. The only reason the pH drops that low is because I am over reacting to the drop checker and pumping up the co2 trying to get it to change. I would adjust the co2 rate and wait two hours to see the difference. I no longer allow the pH to drop that low. The plants are still Pearling but nowhere near as much as they used to. You can also see a fine mist in the water during infusion so the co2 is definitely getting into the tank.
It's a 50 litre tank. Eheim pro 4e filter. Up inline atomizer. Co2 art dual stage regulator and solenoid. I use ro water remineralised with shrimp king gh/kh +. The substrate is shrimp king active soil.
Temp 24.2c
pH 6.8 to 6.3
Kh 1.7 dkh
GH 6 dgh
There is no wood of any kind in the tank only dragon stone.
Any help to this baffling situation would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jason
I seem to be having trouble with my co2 system. All of a sudden I seem unable to get my drop checker to change colour.
Prior to going into hospital I was able to get the drop checker to change at a drop of a hat and really easily. Unfortunately I had to spend sometime in hospital and the tank was looked after by my friend but was in a terrible state when i got back home. Somehow the co2 stopped working and the tank was over run with brown algae.
So now the tank is clean and is showing definite signs of healing. The plants look a lot healthier and the algae has subsided. However I can no longer get my drop checker to change colour. I have changed the co2 cylinder thinking the old one was running out. Have replaced the atomizer all the co2 tubing. Even the filtration tubing thinking that the kink in the pipe was somehow interupting the infusion. I have replaced the drop checker solution several times to no avail.
The most I can get in the colour to change from dark blue to a very dark green, whereas before I could get everything from dark blue to light yellow.
That being said there is a definite change in pH levels during co2 infusion. Pre co2 the pH is 6.8 before this sudden colour problem it would drop to 6.4 to 6.3 and the colour would be a limeade green. Now the pH drops to 5.6 and the colour is only a very dark green. The only reason the pH drops that low is because I am over reacting to the drop checker and pumping up the co2 trying to get it to change. I would adjust the co2 rate and wait two hours to see the difference. I no longer allow the pH to drop that low. The plants are still Pearling but nowhere near as much as they used to. You can also see a fine mist in the water during infusion so the co2 is definitely getting into the tank.
It's a 50 litre tank. Eheim pro 4e filter. Up inline atomizer. Co2 art dual stage regulator and solenoid. I use ro water remineralised with shrimp king gh/kh +. The substrate is shrimp king active soil.
Temp 24.2c
pH 6.8 to 6.3
Kh 1.7 dkh
GH 6 dgh
There is no wood of any kind in the tank only dragon stone.
Any help to this baffling situation would be appreciated.
Thanks
Jason
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