Nikhedonia
New Member
Hi...new to posting on this forum but have been reading as a guest for several years.
I've joined to ask a question that may seem stupid but I can't find a thread that answers it.
I'm not going to talk initially about lighting levels, fertilisation regimes, flow rates, substrates etc...If helping you understand my problem requires that information I will provide it. I will also give feedback on the new setup I'm going to attempt and let you know about the results of any insights that you can or are willing to provide.
Here it is
If a particular planted tank requires 50 arbitary units of CO2 per day to flourish and one day I give it 45 and the next 55...which is worse.
I assumed that going below is worse...but I've started to wonder based on very bad experiences with BBA if above could also be the problem.
In other words if I'm too often below then the plants starve and that must be bad...If i'm too far above then I assume that just like for fish etc the levels will become toxic also for plants.
But does it matter if my levels are adequate i.e 50 but not toxic perhaps 56.
Do I always have to hit 50 exactly or can I do anything from 50 to 55.
If plotted on a graph my CO2 levels must be exactly 50 everytime or perhaps 51 everytime or whatever...then I probably can't do that with my setup and will have to try something else.
If I have a little wriggle room then maybe I can. ie one day 50 another 53 another 52 etc
So back to the question....what exactly is fluctuating CO2
I know I havent provided enough info for a detailed analysis but in general how precise must CO2 injection be.
Best regards
I've joined to ask a question that may seem stupid but I can't find a thread that answers it.
I'm not going to talk initially about lighting levels, fertilisation regimes, flow rates, substrates etc...If helping you understand my problem requires that information I will provide it. I will also give feedback on the new setup I'm going to attempt and let you know about the results of any insights that you can or are willing to provide.
Here it is
If a particular planted tank requires 50 arbitary units of CO2 per day to flourish and one day I give it 45 and the next 55...which is worse.
I assumed that going below is worse...but I've started to wonder based on very bad experiences with BBA if above could also be the problem.
In other words if I'm too often below then the plants starve and that must be bad...If i'm too far above then I assume that just like for fish etc the levels will become toxic also for plants.
But does it matter if my levels are adequate i.e 50 but not toxic perhaps 56.
Do I always have to hit 50 exactly or can I do anything from 50 to 55.
If plotted on a graph my CO2 levels must be exactly 50 everytime or perhaps 51 everytime or whatever...then I probably can't do that with my setup and will have to try something else.
If I have a little wriggle room then maybe I can. ie one day 50 another 53 another 52 etc
So back to the question....what exactly is fluctuating CO2
I know I havent provided enough info for a detailed analysis but in general how precise must CO2 injection be.
Best regards