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Rude Dog if that was what you were refering to then answer the question properly. And do not call me a smart blahblahblahblah please, you inability to anwer questions correctly is your failing not mine kind regards Colin. This is a constructive forum, not your stage.

Re: Is ''CO2 proof tubing'' any different from the regular t Hi Chris read this. :thumbup: "What happens? "Part of the CO2 which is passing through the silicone tube crosses the wall of the tubing, and enters the air. Tests have recently shown that this can...

Re: Is ''CO2 proof tubing'' any different from the regular t My understanding is that especially silicon based or derived tubing goes porous that is why there is CO2 specific tubing that does not degrogate over time. The stuff our sponsors promote. regards Colin.

Hi yes for sure I thought it was from the connection, a FE service company will sort that out I would think for a small fee. If you Google FE suppliers or Engineers in your are hopefully they could sort you out without having to replace it. Kind regards Colin.

Joe, think about the CO2 bottle as having liquid in it and not a gas. This is true of a CO2 bottle, there is a space at the top of the bottle where at room temp the liquid becomes a gas but if the bottle tilts too far over the liquid will flow in to the reg. This can freeze the reg which can...

Re: Is ''CO2 proof tubing'' any different from the regular t Yes Co2 tubing is normally clear and has a harder outer wall, and as its name suggests does not degrodate under the duress of carrying Co2. Normal tubing will carry co2 but will fail in time have fun Colin.

Hi Omen, have a look at this site http://www.hosefit.co.uk/catalog/index.php and look at the bonded washers. I reckon you want one of these between the output face of the FE and your reg. It is basically a copy of a Dowty washer, a non-compressable seal made for this very purpose, Kind regards...

Hi Carl, the site does look really good. The only shortfall is the pushfit fittings you picked, they require hardwall nylon or PU tubing to seal on to. The standard CO2 tubing we use would not be suitable by design or diameter. You would also have problems with tight radii as the hard wall tube...

Hi, not sure about all the different manufactutres, but anything I have had starts off a yellow/orange colour. Once combined with 4dkh water it goes a deep blue colour with about 4 drips in the drop checker, then filled with the 4dkh. Within an hour submersed in a tank where a reasonable level...

Ojustaboo, Im glad all the fish are ok :thumbup: , this is one of my favourite moans on here is drop checker colours and reaction times. They are ONLY an indicator and thats it, how many times on posts on here are people going on about, lime green/yellow/or just green. I am not sure of the...

Hi Foxfish, why would a reactor be deigned to collect CO2.Can you send me a link to any reactors that you are talking about :thumbup: . As you say my reactor is professionally designed, and at no point collects gas. Surely any gas collection could and will cause a dump at some point. This is an...

Hi guys, I dont know what I am missing here but something is clearly wrong. :shock: Why would anyone using a reactor want to put a diffuser in or anywher near it. An someone says that reactors store CO2 :? Why? I run 2off Aquamas 3000 reactors on 2 large tanks a get zero bubbles from the...

Hi, a couple of things, there is no such thing a a rubber seal that goes between the machined square face on the bottle and the regulator. The only rubber type seal is an O ring which must be supported in a specially machined groove in the face of the regulator. Otherwise it will simply crush...

Hi Carl, an observation in the barrel nipple damage, is this, the thread that screws in to the manifold on the regulator is tapered. When new it will be sealed with a suitable thread seal, like Loctite Thread Lock. The animal who must have removed this or at least attempted to may have damaged...

I think a moderator needs to move this post please to the correct subsection regards Colin.

Hi Madstaffs, Co2 regs are something I go on about on here quite bit, and for good reason. Words like cheap and single stage are ok if the bottle doesnt go low are Ok simply are not OK. A proper CO2 reg medical grade two stage by BOC is £189 trade!! :( , I know because I have two. Like you I am...

Hi mark, yes for sure slowly increase the rate. As you state the interpritation of green/blue, yellow/lime green could go on forever. It is something I have posted on here about before, its not an easy one. But as you say let the livestock make the final balance, if you increase slowly over...

Hi if you open the Lunapet website using Google and using tools open Google Translate German to English you will be able to read all the text. Having a quick look this appears to be a single stage, twin gauge regulator described in there words as a CO2 Pressure Reducer with twin gauges. If this...

Hi guys I am not following the thought process on this one at all, maybe its just me :? . If you inject CO2 all day and end up with lime green and no fish gasping great. :D . But in the morning its still lime green and we are just about to start the CO2 injection process all over again are you...

Hi Rasmus I also am running this very reaktor and its great. It took a little setting up on the output on one of my 3 Eheim 2078's. Try bleeding it through the bleed valve on the tubular body and once you have cleared the air from the cylinder balance the output of your filter with the by-pass...

Best reason I can see for using the Lunapet valve picked by Rudedog is the power consumption. The original unit picked is 3.5w and the Lunapet version is 1.5w, a two fold bonus. A much lesser power consumption so a smaller running cost over a year and because a solenoid is an electro-magnet the...

Hi it is on a 260l tank and is still doing a great job, regards Colin.

Hi W1368 it sounds as if you are getting there. It might be worth taking the second non-return valve out as one is usually all we use. The easier the flow the less pressure you have to use and the less chance of blowing the bubble counter empty, although 1.7 bar sounds ok. The fish gasping is...

Rudedogg, as the poster W1368 is new to CO2 as stated in there post I simply suggested that lime green is at the top end of the safe scale of CO2. That is why I asked if the inhabitants were ok! If W1368 is just set out on the CO2 route I am sure the inhabitants could do with not being taken to...

Hi matt when i got my am1000 it was driven by a Eheim 2076 and like you had problems with gas pockets collecting. Solved by replacing the 2076 with a dedicated circ pump. I fitted a seperate intake and coupled it to an Eheim 1260 circ pump going back in through a double length eheim spray bar...

Hi any chance you can post a breakdown of the co2 circuit and how you have set it up. The stop valve you are talking about I suggest are non-return valves which is good and necessary. I suggest you only need one and the problem of the bubble counter emptying could be down to excessive pressure...

Hi matt as Sam would say 'always learning' :thumbup: kind regards Colin.

Great point and one of the ones I was trying to get over. As you say follow the mist and you can see where the co2 is going.

Hi Matt yeah could not agree more. I even went and looked at one on Aqua Essentials web site UP CO2 Atomiser 20 before I answered the queation. So as I said in my answer if you can get the atomiser low in the tank on the outlet of the filter hose and put the Koralia above it the escaping...

Like Sam i haven't tried it but if you put the spray bar along the top at the back pointing slightly down, depending on how powerful your flow is, it should create a natural tumble of water across the the top of the tank leading down and in to the tank. The plants or putting in some fish food...

Hi toad if you go on to the Aqua Medic website and look at the http://www.aqua-medic.com/products/docs ... r_1000.pdf link you will see how its done. Dont worry about the co2 controller. Let the drop checker tell you whats going on as well as the livestock. The reactor in the link will easily do...

Morning, hoggie seams to have found some of the problem. The much greater capacity of the FE appears to have caused it to pop. The internal pressure and volume in the throw-away cylinders will not be anything like a well filled FE. Lucky something did not come out of it at great speed :shock...

Hi toad for sure the filter will have a massive effect on the reactor and vice versa. The filter will be lucky to produce 6 or 700l of flow after the media and hoses are connected and it all gets running. The problem thereafter is that the reactor gets introduced to that already dropped flow...

I guess the best way foward is to set up as best you think and use the drop checker to give true test results. I understand the bit about the clean look of the tank but circulation is everything. Once you have a bit of plant growth in the tank you could hide in there yourself :D never mind a wee...

Laurie if you are talking about the Hozelok Aqua Stop valves they are very restrictive in there internal diameter. I dont use any on my aquatic setups but recently fitted on to the garden hose and launched it later that same day in the bin. :oops: Where at full stretch the day before the garden...

Your loss will depend on how long the diffused co2 is in contact with the water before exiting in to the tank and how much gets absorbed. As suggested putting a Koralia or similar at the exit point and directing the flow down and in to the tank will help. If the Co2 is entering as small diffused...

As suggested send it back to JBL and they will sort it out and pressure test it, maybe at a relative cost but at least you will know its done right. In the mean time be careful with your 'cheap' ebay reg as you are much more likely to get a co2 dump with a cheap reg. Cheap and regulator do not...

You really should have a sealing washer between any 2 surfaces invloving gas. I you are lucky and the 2off surfaces are flat and clean you may get a gas tight seal. Try some washing up liquid in a small amount of water in a cup whisked up. Paint it on the area in question and if you have any...

Barry these are fine, no doubt about it, but they are a really expensive way of gassing the tank. :( If you are in this hobby for the long haul try and go down the FE route at about £4 a refill for 2kg of gas instead of £12 for 600g. :? Or a tame publican for a CO2 bottle for his beer...

Hi Martin, no if the tubing is genuine CO2 tube it should not have failed. Aqua Essentials one of our sponsors will sell you genuine tubing which I have used on two setups perfectly. There is a link to his site at the bottom of the site home page. Kind regards Colin.

Hi Wordy, Chris makes a really good point about CO2 dump and the reason is cheap regulators which will give an outlet pressure that is inversely proportional to the inlet presssure. That means when the CO2 in the tank is out of liquid CO2, and the pressure starts dropping, the regulator output...

Hi guys, just sharing an idea that i implemented a few weeks ago in my 260l heavily planted tank. I have 2 drop checkers in the tank and have never managed to get really equal diffusion because of the plants and large pieces of bogwood. I bought a Maxijet MP 1200 powerhead and removed the air...

Thanks for confirming kind regards Colin. :)

Hi guys, I have just picked up my refilled, 5kg Fe and 5KG bottle and after fitting my new BOC 2 stage regulator, I noticed the fill pressure was 800psi / 55 bar aprox is that normal ? I had previously only had a basic single stage reg and had not related to this figure, I just seems lower than...

Hi guys the best and only seal to do the job is a Dowty washer, an O ring only works when supported in a suitable machined seat. As we normally have 2 flat faces between the reg and the FE the O ring just gets crushed to a point that it can and will fail. Dowty washers are avaliable at any...

Clive reply of the year so far where would this forum be without you regards Colin.

Hi Aaron no its a proper cylinder with a fire extinguisher type thread for the reg to fit to which I belive can be refilled. On looking at the instructions it describes it as a safety certified 350g steel CO2 bottle, and it come with the Aquamedic CO2 Professional kit. Its the first on listed...

Hi guys and a Happy New Year to you all. My question is does anyone know if it is possible to decant CO2 from say a 5kg fire extinguisher to a 500g Aqua Medic cylinder. The reason that I would like to do this is that my 500g sits nicley plumbed in on the inside of my cabinet door and it would...