Well, Gloss is starting to take off a bit better, tank has righted itself well.
Removed most every part of the biomass and replanted and will go back to a similar design with different plants and more Blyxa.
Be a bit yet for new pics, tank needs to fill in and a few more trimmings before hand.
But it's doing well and I think I cleaned the inside of the glass back 3 months ago, maybe longer, so no algae issues or anything on the wood etc.
I switched to the disc diffusers with the same set rate as the mazzei venturi as an experiment. So far, with the mist traveling upo and into the 2000gph pump flow, it gets well distributed. Good current seems to suggest that the methods are relatively equal near as I can tell.
I do not lose the head pressure with the disc, but still have to have them in the tank and they require cleaning every so often(*I love Tilex), but so does the canister filter as it clogs and affects the mazzei flow rate.
So each CO2 method has a trade off.
As roughly 90% of the CO2 we add or more is lost to the air, I think there's less difference on methods and more is focused on mist and current as main predictors.
Regards,
Tom Barr
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