foxfish said:Hi Andy & Kieth you can read about water changes here http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 2&start=10
Andy, if you bought the ferts I use, then I think that is still classed as EI, the mix just has an additive to allow all the ferts to mix as one so you can dose all at one time instead of alternate day for different ferts.
You guys need to read up on hard water & the effects of tap water (or the benefits) & relax about your water changes.
Also realise that most folk try to use as little light as possible not as much as possible to achieve the results required.
Andy here are a couple of old reactors that should give you an idea or two - I would consider using an UP in the inlet now.
foxfish said:OOPs sorry mate I meant 10ml of carbon (Easy-Life EasyCarbo ) 🙁
ALt81 said:How's the tank coming along? How's the cat litter holding out too? I just purchased 5 bags, rinsed and rinsed and can still smell that odour stuff
foxfish said:Hi Andy - all good fun eh!
OK so you have an UP set up just before your reactor but there is still a pocket of gas held in the top of the reactor.
If you can work out how long the pocket takes to dissolve then you can switch the gas off one hour before lights out plus the dissolving time. As the gas is still going into your display after lights out this is not good policy as the gas is not required & you are unnecessarily using up C02.
So - does the UP reactor set up work in the fact that no mist is visible?
foxfish said:Hi Andy, to be honest I have now reverted to my age old way of dissolving the gas!
I have tried every way possible over the years but I am back doing what I was doing 20 years ago - I am simply feeding the gas into the inlet of my sump pupm & retuning thought a spray bar at mid water with some holes pointing slightly downwards & some straight ahead.
Yes you do get a mist but my UP kept getting clogged so I had to adjust the regulator every week or so, reactors work OK but I just don't need one.
Some folk say this can damage the pump but I cant see why & besides my last pump lasted 12 years.
I am not suggesting you do this, just pointing out a very simple method that doesn't need adjusting or maintaining.