Sandgrownun
Seedling
Hi
I was previously running pressurised CO2 at 1 bps in a 240l through a bazooka style diffuser with a spray along the back of the tank for circulation and my drop checker was consistently a nice shade of green. I got fed up of the micro bubbles clouding the tank so decided to install an inline external reactor a few days ago. It is of the ceramic diffuser and turbo type to dissolve the CO2 into water on the way to the spray bar return. This has cleared the visual appearance of the water and there are no more micro bubbles however the drop checker changed to very dark green bordering on blue despite expecting better absorbtion/saturation of CO2 into the water with this method.
I have tested for leaks and cannot see any so I then doubled to 2 bps yet the drop checker still remains very dark green/blue. Is this normal and does the drop checker rely on larger bubbles breaking inside the bell to cause the reaction with the solution or is something else wrong as I am at a loss?
I was previously running pressurised CO2 at 1 bps in a 240l through a bazooka style diffuser with a spray along the back of the tank for circulation and my drop checker was consistently a nice shade of green. I got fed up of the micro bubbles clouding the tank so decided to install an inline external reactor a few days ago. It is of the ceramic diffuser and turbo type to dissolve the CO2 into water on the way to the spray bar return. This has cleared the visual appearance of the water and there are no more micro bubbles however the drop checker changed to very dark green bordering on blue despite expecting better absorbtion/saturation of CO2 into the water with this method.
I have tested for leaks and cannot see any so I then doubled to 2 bps yet the drop checker still remains very dark green/blue. Is this normal and does the drop checker rely on larger bubbles breaking inside the bell to cause the reaction with the solution or is something else wrong as I am at a loss?