HI all,
probably has been discussed before, but couldn't find the answer I was looking for.
I have bought the Fluval ceramic co2 diffuser few months back and installed it on my nano tank. It has been working great and I thought is a great piece of kit, until I decided to use one on my 60 cm tank. The co2 system there has a dupla reg and solenoid. I have attached the diffuser and set the bubble rate at about 2 bps. Everything was looking great, until next day...when the timer switched the co2 back on, it took about 3 hours for the first bubbles to break through and the bubble rate was as low as 30 bubbles per minute... I have adjusted it again, but on the next morning I had the same problem.
So I increased the pressure to 3 bars, but there was no change at all. I ended up readjusting the bubble rate every morning. I have checked for leaks and there were none. I have even changed the co2 tubing with a new one...no improvement
So I bought a new diffuser, in case the old one was clogged or defective, but no difference.
The solution was to run the co2 constantly 24/7 at really low rate at about 45 bubbles per minute. It works ok, the bubble rate is constant, but the consumption of co2 is a lot higher.
I was thinking of getting the up aqua atomizer, but as the membrane is similar to the disk of the Fluval diffuser and as I have read about similar problems with solenoid, wanted to ask you guys, if you use the fluval or up aqua diffuser/atomizer with solenoid, have you have experienced similar problem and what way did you find around this?
Thanks in advance!
probably has been discussed before, but couldn't find the answer I was looking for.
I have bought the Fluval ceramic co2 diffuser few months back and installed it on my nano tank. It has been working great and I thought is a great piece of kit, until I decided to use one on my 60 cm tank. The co2 system there has a dupla reg and solenoid. I have attached the diffuser and set the bubble rate at about 2 bps. Everything was looking great, until next day...when the timer switched the co2 back on, it took about 3 hours for the first bubbles to break through and the bubble rate was as low as 30 bubbles per minute... I have adjusted it again, but on the next morning I had the same problem.
So I increased the pressure to 3 bars, but there was no change at all. I ended up readjusting the bubble rate every morning. I have checked for leaks and there were none. I have even changed the co2 tubing with a new one...no improvement
So I bought a new diffuser, in case the old one was clogged or defective, but no difference.
The solution was to run the co2 constantly 24/7 at really low rate at about 45 bubbles per minute. It works ok, the bubble rate is constant, but the consumption of co2 is a lot higher.
I was thinking of getting the up aqua atomizer, but as the membrane is similar to the disk of the Fluval diffuser and as I have read about similar problems with solenoid, wanted to ask you guys, if you use the fluval or up aqua diffuser/atomizer with solenoid, have you have experienced similar problem and what way did you find around this?
Thanks in advance!