asendedtrunks
Seedling
Hello all,
I was hoping to be able to get some advice on reasons why my CO2 tubing keeps developing pinhole sized leaks. I am currently using the complete nano co2 kit from co2supermarket which I have had for about 1.5 years now and I am having to replace the tubing between the bubble counter and diffuser around every 3-4 months currently as I keep noticing small tiny pinprick sized holes appearing in the tubing (which I can visibly notice as bubbles leaking out of the tubing in the aquarium). Each time I have replaced this tubing I have tried relocating it to a different place in the aquarium to try to figure out what might be causing the issue. So far the short length of tubing I have between the regulator and the bubble counter has been fine.
The leak tends to appear in the tubing located in the actual water of the aquarium, roughly 4-5 inches from the diffuser. Though once I have had the leak appear in the tubing outside the water closer to the bubble counter which was much more annoying as the only way I recognised this had happened was because my canisters were not lasting as long.
Some thoughts and things I have tried so far:
Just wanted to know if anyone had any advice or opinions on this problem, I don't know if I am doing something wrong?
Thanks for any input.
I was hoping to be able to get some advice on reasons why my CO2 tubing keeps developing pinhole sized leaks. I am currently using the complete nano co2 kit from co2supermarket which I have had for about 1.5 years now and I am having to replace the tubing between the bubble counter and diffuser around every 3-4 months currently as I keep noticing small tiny pinprick sized holes appearing in the tubing (which I can visibly notice as bubbles leaking out of the tubing in the aquarium). Each time I have replaced this tubing I have tried relocating it to a different place in the aquarium to try to figure out what might be causing the issue. So far the short length of tubing I have between the regulator and the bubble counter has been fine.
The leak tends to appear in the tubing located in the actual water of the aquarium, roughly 4-5 inches from the diffuser. Though once I have had the leak appear in the tubing outside the water closer to the bubble counter which was much more annoying as the only way I recognised this had happened was because my canisters were not lasting as long.
Some thoughts and things I have tried so far:
- I have a Fluval Flex 57L so I tried routing the tubing to the separate back compartment with the filter in and the issue still occurred - I thought this would rule out any UV/heat/light damage?
- The Fluval Flex has a lid and I need to remove this lid for water changes/maintenance etc. - I can't visibly see much stress being put on the tubing when I remove this lid but I suppose it's possible a small amount of movement is happening - is this possibly a cause, it seems unlikely to me?
- I purchased new black tubing from co2supermarket to see if perhaps it was a bad batch of tubing but same problem.
- I haven't tried a different retailers tubing yet, however from what I can see on these forums and others it seems co2supermarket is a genuine and respected retailer of aquarium CO2 products.
Just wanted to know if anyone had any advice or opinions on this problem, I don't know if I am doing something wrong?
Thanks for any input.