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What am I doing wrong? At wits end
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Harvoification
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Installed it, flow looks good. The 306 is so noisy it's driving my crazy though. Everyone says they're dead silent but doesn't sound like it to me... nothing seems to be going right for me with this hobby at the minute. The store wouldn't return it as they said nothing is wrong with it
For co2 I'm still using my JBL diffuser and the drop checker is lime green near the substrate.
For co2 I'm still using my JBL diffuser and the drop checker is lime green near the substrate.
AndreiD
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Try adding more CO2 , stay at home and increase from 2 bps to 2.5 bps and check if fish are ok . Then if everything is ok try add 3 bps.....and so on
In my tank drop checker needs to be yellow so the plants can be happy , if its lime green its not ok
In my tank drop checker needs to be yellow so the plants can be happy , if its lime green its not ok
Harvoification
Member
Going by by bubble counter I'd say I'm on 5+ bps, it's basically a stream of bubbles. I just think my diffuser isn't very efficient
Dolly Sprint 16v
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Buy yourself a diffuser with ceramic disc like these ones http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CO2-glass...hash=item27e1912361:m:mEN7L3yrvcZzw4pDazd8vUA
Paul
Harvoification
Member
Buying myself a bazooker diffuser. I have to turn off this god damn awful 306 and it's just too loud. I'm talking with Fluval but nothing they have suggested has helped. I don't know what to do.
Things just aren't going well for me right now in this hobby. Everything I do seems to make my problems worse. Now my Monte Carlo is dying... and I'm getting very little growth anywhere. I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong and it's so draining because I've spent all this time and money trying to get plants to grow and nothing is worthing, just algae.
I have good ferts, good co2 level, decent flow, good substrate (eco complete), root tabs, 2 t5's with reflectors... what else is there?! I was getting better growth when I first got my aquarium and all I did was feed the plants once a week with a brand fertilizer
Things just aren't going well for me right now in this hobby. Everything I do seems to make my problems worse. Now my Monte Carlo is dying... and I'm getting very little growth anywhere. I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong and it's so draining because I've spent all this time and money trying to get plants to grow and nothing is worthing, just algae.
I have good ferts, good co2 level, decent flow, good substrate (eco complete), root tabs, 2 t5's with reflectors... what else is there?! I was getting better growth when I first got my aquarium and all I did was feed the plants once a week with a brand fertilizer
AndreiD
Member
Sorry to ask , but how do you know you have good CO2 levels ?
Change your co2 diffuser and try again .
Change your co2 diffuser and try again .
Harvoification
Member
Isn't a lime green dropchecker indicative of good co2 levels in the water?
AndreiD
Member
Have you tried to up co2 till drop checker is yellow ?
My plants aren't doing good if drop checker is lime green , it has to bee yellow . I'm using JBL drop checker liquid
Try it but watch your fish !
My plants aren't doing good if drop checker is lime green , it has to bee yellow . I'm using JBL drop checker liquid
Try it but watch your fish !
Harvoification
Member
I honestly don't think I could turn up the bubble rate anymore, it's basically a continuous stream in my bubble counter. Luckily I'm going to set up my bazooker co2 diffuser tomorrow so I should have much more efficient co2 diffusion.
