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im considering having another try with co2 , not 100% decided . its mainly going to be decided be wether or not i can find a cheap local supplier / refiller of bottles . ive also got a lot of questions that will affect the decision. 1) what sort of benefits could i expect if implemented...

over the last couple of weeks ive been increasing my co2 until i got it to the point where i was winning the hair algae / plant melt battle. it looks like ive got there now , as algae is all but gone and plants are doing much better . part of me is thinking just be happy that algae is beaten ...

need to optimize flow / distribution in my 125L tank . i was thinking along the lines of 1000 lph powerhead connected via filter hose or similar to a co2 reactor , back up into the tank and out via a full length spraybar

been having a few minor problems , which i am pretty sure are co2 related , so i have made a few changes to my setup. obviously im not going to see any immediate difference . how long on average should it be before i see if ive cured the problem ( or even made things worse ) ?

do you find co2 mist bothers the fish ? my tank looks like its full of 7up when i inject gas !

i just cant get my drop checkers green enough , no matter what i do . theres no way i can get my plantys until i can get enough effin co2 in the water :banghead: . this is after 2 and a quarter hours , still too blue to my eyes . 557965_10201030984959529_213461569_n by mark pettican, on...

i know they should be in the tank lol but i havent put any light on the tank yet , i figure no plants = no rush for light bulbs :) . these were literally a few seconds out of the tank and photographed on my phone . green enough? drop checkers by mark pettican, on Flickr

having never used 1 before id just like to see if the pressures im getting from my tmc v2 reg seem about normal . im getting 50 kg/cm2 ( 711psi using a converter app) cylinder pressure from the FE and working reg pressure of around 3.5 bar ( just over that ) . sound about right ?

im about to fit my regulator ( tmc v2 pressure regulator pro) onto my fire extinguisher . i have just noticed that on the side of the reg is a little allen key screw . is thaty for adjusting the working pressure of the reg ? i cant find anything about it in the instructions . the part it labels...

having bought an in tank atomiser i have now come to decide i would rather have a system that doesnt fill my tank with loads of bubbles ( well as few as possible anyway) , great isnt it hindsight :) . so i am now thinking about either the up inline atomiser or the co2 supermarket mixer reactor...

got all the bits for my co2 setup bar the fire extinguisher now , which il be ordering friday . is it a safe assumption that if i can get it so that whilst fiddling with flow, wherever i place my drop checkers in the tank i get the desired green colour , that ive got good even distibution of co2...

ordered a co2 regulator today , along with an eheim 2213 to replace the internal i originally bought ( what was i thinking i know ! ) looking at fire extinguisher on ebay as well . now ive got an external on the way it opens up more options to me i figure . from having a bit of a search on here...