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Antipofish
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I have a FE CO2 rig with TMC V2pro regulator, fluval bubble counter, and Up inline diffuser that connects into the INTAKE of my G6 filter. (I put it on the intake following advice from the person I bought it from who also runs a Gseries filter and who finds this is the best way to ensure no CO2 mist/bubbles in the tank, as the CO2 is all dissolved by the time it reaches it).
It comes on an hour before lights on, but just never seems to get going properly. The diffuser fills with water. I have no idea if this is correct or not. But it seems that the gas has to push a lot of the water out of the way before it starts getting diffused. In fact I put a check valve on close to where the CO2 line enters the diffuser as the CO2 line use to fill back with water too ! I took this valve off today in the hope of seeing the gas pass through more quickly.
I am now an hour and a quarter after starting the CO2, the water is still half filling the diffuser chamber and I cannot get more than 1 to 2 bps max. I dont necessarily want more than this but hey, should it not allow me to if I want it ?
Also, the working pressure is 1bar, no more. IT does sometimes increase to 2bar but not for ages.
There must be something amiss.
Is the UP inline diffuser the wrong way round or something ? Does/Should it matter ? Maybe the check valve between the solenoid and bubble counter could be clogged ? Im a novice with this stuff so need some advice please guys.
Here you see the water in the diffusor
And here is the working pressure and chamber pressure.... 1bar working 50bar chamber
Any suggestions ? Cheers.
It comes on an hour before lights on, but just never seems to get going properly. The diffuser fills with water. I have no idea if this is correct or not. But it seems that the gas has to push a lot of the water out of the way before it starts getting diffused. In fact I put a check valve on close to where the CO2 line enters the diffuser as the CO2 line use to fill back with water too ! I took this valve off today in the hope of seeing the gas pass through more quickly.
I am now an hour and a quarter after starting the CO2, the water is still half filling the diffuser chamber and I cannot get more than 1 to 2 bps max. I dont necessarily want more than this but hey, should it not allow me to if I want it ?
Also, the working pressure is 1bar, no more. IT does sometimes increase to 2bar but not for ages.
There must be something amiss.
Is the UP inline diffuser the wrong way round or something ? Does/Should it matter ? Maybe the check valve between the solenoid and bubble counter could be clogged ? Im a novice with this stuff so need some advice please guys.
Here you see the water in the diffusor
And here is the working pressure and chamber pressure.... 1bar working 50bar chamber
Any suggestions ? Cheers.