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They do operate over 2.5 bar you just have to adjust the Allen key nut on the front even tells u in the instructions. It’s just set to 2-2.5 from the factory

I hope someone can help me out. I ran out of Co2 today and went to swap my tanks over same as I always do. Screwed on the reg and gradually turned it on but no matter what I do co2 gushes from the tiny vent hole in the bottom of the reg next to the thread. Any ideas before I end up wasting a...

I don’t think many people use them I’m sure I read they can make it fluctuate to much with it constantly trying to change the ph to whatever it’s set to

Scratch that back to ur suggestion. Had the crappy spare set up which was abit iffy had to readjust the bubble count twice. So just went to check up on it and it was hissing so giving up on that I can wait for the new one. Wasted so much co2 lately. My first 500g lasted 5.5 weeks and that was...

Sok I remembered I had a crappy spare one so got that to tide me over. Thanks

My reg has a dodgy needle valve which i believe its also leaking from. Will my tank be ok without Co2 for a couple days while I wait for a new reg to arive?

I wouldn’t use glycerin either I think the non return valve is leaking water in a bubble counter doesn’t evaporate. It might a tiny bit but not the whole lot

I would of put fresh in both

Prob not tho cuz it’s an exchange type thing u drop urs off and they give u a full one

No idea I dunno what tank sizes they go upto

Do you have a Maidenhead aquatics they do refills although mine has been having issues due to the lockdown

Correct still a grub screw lol

If there is a grub screw it’s designed to come off so will just be tight

Have you tried taking the connector off? I can’t see why it would be a totally different reg just undo the grub screw

I have heard this before but never had it happen with my old jbl set up

It prob has an o ring that needs replacing

You might need to replace the o ring on the reg

Do u not have a maidenhead aquatics near u? You could get a larger JBL tank and they do refills to

Thanks I will take a look at that difuser

Is anyone using one of these types of atomisers? Are they any good?

No probs got it soaking in peroxide ATM try the other stuff tomoz

I bought a descaler but it doesn't have citric acid in the ingredients

Is that summut u can buy in Wilkos? We have very low kh so doubt it's calcium. Think I'm gonna soak in peroxide and rinse then soak I that stuff and try it again

I read something on here a while ago about someone soaking there's in something can't rem what tho

I'll have to order one do anywhere in the uk sell up atomisers that arnt a stupid price?

I really can't figure out what the hell is going on. I have a jbl reg ect going through a up inline atomiser. I had it turned off for about 2 weeks cyz u had a hair algea outbreak which I was zapping with excell. Before I turned it off I had a lime green dc. Since I've turned it back on the...

Getting it "lime green" What are u using to inject the co2 diffuser, atomiser ect?

looks totaly dif than my jbl

Now you won't be getting an accurate reading doh lol if they were to fast u had it turned up to high

ones like these http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/ae-desi ... -5510.html and http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/ae-desi ... -1607.html

i think the jbl bubble counter fails due to the higher than normal working presure needed to work the atomiser.get one of them sealed ones and a metal non return that sorted my probs

Yep def empty, metal non returns all the way. What bubble counter are you using? I found the jbl ones arnt very air tight and lost alot of co2

put it somewhere warm for a few days to dry out and try it again u may be lucky

I said rubber seal the o ring is a rubber seal you reply like 95% of your replies are what is considered flaming by most people and only exist to irritate people and by the looks of it your pretty good at it. So unless you want to earn the status of a forum troll I suggest you start being less...

the o-r washer was what i was refering to smart blahblahblahblah!

If your bubble counter is filling up I think u have water syphoning back which could be a lack of pressure. And yes use 4dk water not tank water in your dc

Are you missing the rubber seal for the regulator?

Well mines still green this morn not lime but still green and it don't go yellow in the day and there no gasping and it's only about 2 or 3 bps so it's barely turned up

Re: JBL drop checker keeps emptying - anyone had this proble My Colombo one fills up after about a week does my Bleddy head in lol

If it's staying lime it's fine how it is so no I wouldn't touch it

I take it your tank is covered? Mine is and mines still lime in the morning which is a good thing by the way Rudi

Funny fozzie was saying lastnight his went orange lol

no probs

most of us use thes ones http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... AQ:DE:1123

Friends in Barnstaple, north Devon do co2 refills for fe but they will also do other tanks they refill my 2kg jbl tanks for £8.50 Rudi

thumbs up from me to

That's for you to decide they are all much the same I got the one on ae by Colombo or something like that lol

the co2 will lower your ph a drop checker is pretty much a perminant ph visual monitor. You also want to fill it with 4dk water or get the 4dk and bromo mix all of which you can get from our sponsor aqua essentials aswell as our other sponsors

Yes you need a dropchecker so you know what your disolved co2 level is. My water is the total opposite being very soft

I'm not sure why half an hour b4 lights out it's just what everyone does my drop checker is still green in the morning so I'd say it won't be used up in half an hour lol. I have my lights on for 8 hours

yes you want the co2 to come on an hour befor lights on and hour befor lights off

Looks fine to me, have a look on eBay quite often see empty jbl tanks on there. There was 1 for sale on here a while back you could also go the fe route

heres what I use and alot of people on here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CO2-magnetic-valv ... 2eb30f0688 Also Id go with a refillable tank which alot of fire extingisher service places will fill up. I get my jbl 2kg tank filled for £8

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wasnt sugesting that i was just stating that the quality of sertain parts are not great. This is a forum after all and everyone is entitled tho their opinion no matrter what you think lol. For the record I wasnt telling anyone to do anything sheeesh :p

lime green is ment to be the correct co2 colour yellow is to high

i binned my jbl bubble counter as it was not airtight and leaked co2 out id of thought if the preasure is right there should be no back wash. Ive also just replaced the jbl non return for a brass one as it leaked and let water syphon back. If the drop checker is lime green then its perfect at...

all sorted now thanks to chilled lending me his solenoid and me buying another BC and a medical grade brass non return valve. I think the problem was a dud jbl non return leaking co2 and allowing water to syphon back causing the solenoid to knacker and my reg not to work properly. I put the reg...

thats where i got mine from i could get liquid carbo but again id have to order it

Right my CO2 situation or lack of as I havent been running it for days as the solenoid died and still havent managed to get another yet. I was also waiting for a bubble counter as i broke it getting it off grr. Well the new TMC one came today and its s**t its not even air tight so that leaks so...

Thanks for the links the second one will refill for £8 and is only a 5 min walk from my house :0)

Cool that's the kinda price I was hoping for do u know if they will refill a jbl tank? Really I used to live in molton well for a year down Raleigh mead. Thanks for the offer I have a spare full 2kg

im uber stressed at the mo I think my jbl regulator is fooked! come home today an the bubblecounter wasnt doing much i noticed the tank had emptied even more down in the red to about 10 (this has realy pished me off as its only lasted 5-6 weeks and cheapest refill Ive found down here is MA at...

It's just an Allen key screw easy. Odd it's never really changed if it's on or off the needles just flick as it switches on

It is 2.5 bar wether it's on or off I've turned it down to 2 now

Wander if It's cuz I turned the operating pressure to 2.5 bar when I first set my atomiser up maybe I should knock it down abit Rudi

I have a jbl proflora regulator and 2 kg tank it's been running for about 5 weeks and the needle hasn't moved bellow 50psi all the time. Then Friday it went down 2 lines, yesterday 2 more and today it's just in the red zone is this normal? If so i was hoping 1 tank would last longer gonna let it...

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Nice tank

on a similar vein how long is it before plants start pearling because i havent had any of that

Mines still been pale green in the mornings :s

I only ask because arnt you ment to have surface movement for fish (atleast I always have had in fish only tanks)

It needs to go right around the tank so all the plants get some. You would probably be better off with the diffuser under the filter outlet. If you have only been running co2 for 2 weeks that's prob why you haven't noticed a dif yet. I could be wrong I'm a noob but that's what I've read and been...

That pic is way more ripple than I have so should b ok cheers guys

How much surface movement can you have befor you start losing your co2? mines rippling but I cant hear a thing so i assume its not actualy breaking the surface

hc mostlys dying? Will they rejuvinate now the co2 is working? :0( gutted all my valis and hc are going poo on the plus side my drop checker wich is now down the far end looks like this my ph has dropped from around 7.6 - 8-8.2 to around 7 will it stay at 7 if i leave the co2 as it is...

Re: Can co2 bottle be kept horizontally or at 45 degree angl have u not got a cupboard near the tank it can go in?

Re: Can co2 bottle be kept horizontally or at 45 degree angl I wouldn't risk it

Hopefully the rest will be abit more stress free just hope the few plants that are looking poo will perk up

already is it comes on an hour befor lights on and an hour before lights off

no fish yet as im doing a fishless cycle only set up saturday

its gone green now but its not far from the filter outlet from when i was panicing about the co2 not working should it be down the oposite end? 1 last question how long does it take for the plants to start kicking in?

48" x 16 x 22

my suspisions where correct it was the bloomin bubble counter! I even found the o ring amongst some other bits the bloke sent with my co2 set but it still leaked. So what ive done at the mo is turn the needle valve up full added an inline needle valve (so i can control it better) between the...

Ah coud b that then fingers crossed I've ordered an new one

I still reckon it's the jbl bubble counter that's the culprit as it don't even have any kind of rubber seal and it's not water or air tight. Gonna try it without when I get home and put the pressure up

Think I've already started getting casualties the Valis looks like it's starting to melt and another plant is to

I did have it round that way originally but someone told me yesterday I needs to b b4 the bubble counter so I'll swap it back gonna try without the bubble counter because I must be losing pressure because if it is t water tight it sure as he'll ain't air tight

The out pipe Well the bloody thing is really peeing me off now just popped home and it had started syphoning my tank out so yeah I'd say it has water in!

I was only guessing it had water in cuz when I took it apart again lastnigh there was a lil bit in there. My gauge is saying the same as urs

I've personally not used it on another but the bloke I bought it off had it on one of them hideous jbl difusers. There's. Ot really a wrong way to I stall the atomiser except upside down. Yeah looks like there is water in it. Yeah u can adjust the bubble rate I even tried whacking it right up...

Yeah the non return valve is on befor the bubble counter and that's bubbling

Because I can't see any mist and the drop checker is still blue even tho I've now put it right infront of the filter outlet. No haven't used tank water it's a Colombo drop checker u just use the reagent that comes with it (ae have told me the solution isn't very accurate so I've ordered some...

no no leaks atall its doing my head in and i aint got a clue :0(

tried the washing up liquid gonna try a glass bubble counter

im wandering if its the jbl bubble counter it doesnt seem very air tight

Ive got it at 2 bar at the mo but no bubbles coming out the spray bar :s

o and its medium planted i think check out the pics yourself on my eheim scubaline journal

ok the tank specs are 48" x 16 x 22, Eheim 2076 pro 3e with a spray bar down 1 end and on full power so all the plants are swaying, Up inline atomiser, I have a drop checker but its still blue :0s. Water params are: TDS: 160 PH: Low range 7.6 High range 8-8.2 Ammonia: 4ppm (because im doing a...

Well it's working again now I think the new valve / tap the fillers fitted on the tank is abit tepremental as I gave the tap another twist (even tho it was on full yesterday) and it kicked in. Now back to my original question what bubble rate should I be at? It's about 1 a second at the mo. And...