Hagen CO2 Ladder Question....what's up with the whack....???

hubbahubbahehe · 01-18-2004, 06:06 AM

Hi all, I just got my hagen co2 ladder because many people recommended it....here's my problem..the bubble travels very slowly and stops a quarter of the way up....then the next bubble comes and the next bubble and the next...then as enough bubbles collect together and combine... the big bubble just pops out and leaves the ladder!!! it doesn't even travel all the way up...... what's up with that..????

2la · 01-18-2004, 06:24 AM

Give it a couple of days. The surfaces need to get covered with biofilm to lubricate the bubbles' pathway.

hubbahubbahehe · 01-18-2004, 06:41 AM

ok you got it 2la i'll fill you in a week from now

good lookin out bro

**Ibn** · 01-18-2004, 07:46 AM

LOL hubba...yeah, definitely give it a week or so. I had the same thoughts as you when I picked mine up, but I decided to just leave it alone.

Nordic · 01-18-2004, 08:01 AM

Mine was going great by the morning after i installed it, just got to wait for that biofilm to develop....

Kaji1 · 01-18-2004, 05:08 PM

It'll work awsome just give it some time to grow some slime

Took me about a day or 2. I also had no alge eaters in my tank when I installed it.

pedietz · 01-18-2004, 05:11 PM

My ladder was cracked so the bubbles were sticking on it. Hagen shipped me a new one free of charge....

Also make sure you dont have:
- too much algae on the ladder
- a snail sitting on the ladder rung
- plant debris

Bubbles will stick on those too.

Especially the snails. Some have tried crawling in the tube and give up after a couple hours.

malkore · 01-19-2004, 04:27 PM

sometimes you'll get a kinda heavy white, mucusy/cottony buildup on it too, which will make the bubbles merge and go too fast to diffuse. just clean it off.

Wasserpest · 01-19-2004, 04:59 PM

I added one of them to my 10 gal tank. It works well, however I see two big drawbacks to it:

It is ugly. Having a heater stick into my little 10 gal scape is bad enough. This thing looks like an alien power plant. At least it is quiet...

How do you keep plants from growing into it, thereby obstructing the bubble path. Because of its beauty, you'd try to hide it on the back somewhere, but this is where the plants are at its thickest...

anonapersona · 01-19-2004, 05:08 PM

I put it on the side so I ony see the edge of it. Not pretty, I agree, but not too terrible.

Nordic · 01-19-2004, 08:04 PM

yup got mine to the side as well right next to the outlet of the powerhead... to spread carbonated water... I think its kinda pretty

Kaji1 · 01-19-2004, 10:05 PM

My ladder you can't see it I have a peice of driftwood that looks like the bottom of a hockey stick it's flat on the bottoem and comes up straitght to the top of my tank basically my ladder is behind it and my heater is burried behind it too so all you see is the wire from the top edge of my tank (it's open top) Looks great and when my java moss finally grows up, it'll look terrific.

Dapple · 01-20-2004, 01:38 AM

I put mine on the side, I like to watch the bubbles

I find it rather fascinating, but then again I'm fairly easily amused...

Wasserpest · 01-20-2004, 02:21 AM

It is definitely addictive to guess which bubble wins the race :P

Perhaps it will fit behind a rock.

"Mountainscape with alien powerplant" (That's what I call my aquascape if it doesn't fit)

AJ_Wave · 01-20-2004, 02:24 AM

Quote:

"Mountainscape with alien powerplant" (That's what I call my aquascape if it doesn't fit)

Post a picture of your tank showing the ladder if you don't mind. I don't even see it when I click you're 10gal signature link.

01-18-2004, 06:41 AM	#3
hubbahubbahehe Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fremont, California Posts: 1,315	ok you got it 2la i'll fill you in a week from now good lookin out bro __________________ Eheim Pimp Club Member #32

01-18-2004, 08:01 AM	#5
Nordic Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cape Town Posts: 696	Mine was going great by the morning after i installed it, just got to wait for that biofilm to develop.... __________________ Cape Town, South Africa 25 Gal. 54watt, DIY CO2 5 Angelfish, 1 male dwarf gourami + 2 females ,2 female betas, 3 albino corys, 2 pepper corys, 2 CAEs 15 gal. Dwarf gourami fry tank 10 Gal 3 variatus platies, 4 black sailfin mollies- 5 Gal guppy birth tank with dividers 5 Gal guppy frytank 1 Gal guppy frytank 40 Gal Pond with 10 female guppies, 1 male tons of fry. On various pieces of furniture, 6 cats!

01-19-2004, 04:27 PM	#8
malkore Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 2,165	sometimes you'll get a kinda heavy white, mucusy/cottony buildup on it too, which will make the bubbles merge and go too fast to diffuse. just clean it off. __________________ Malkore Filstar XP2 PIMP #3 Visit my aquarium pages - see specs on my tanks, and photos of how they've evolved

01-19-2004, 04:59 PM	#9
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,648	I added one of them to my 10 gal tank. It works well, however I see two big drawbacks to it: It is ugly. Having a heater stick into my little 10 gal scape is bad enough. This thing looks like an alien power plant. At least it is quiet... How do you keep plants from growing into it, thereby obstructing the bubble path. Because of its beauty, you'd try to hide it on the back somewhere, but this is where the plants are at its thickest... __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

01-19-2004, 08:04 PM	#11
Nordic Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cape Town Posts: 696	yup got mine to the side as well right next to the outlet of the powerhead... to spread carbonated water... I think its kinda pretty __________________ Cape Town, South Africa 25 Gal. 54watt, DIY CO2 5 Angelfish, 1 male dwarf gourami + 2 females ,2 female betas, 3 albino corys, 2 pepper corys, 2 CAEs 15 gal. Dwarf gourami fry tank 10 Gal 3 variatus platies, 4 black sailfin mollies- 5 Gal guppy birth tank with dividers 5 Gal guppy frytank 1 Gal guppy frytank 40 Gal Pond with 10 female guppies, 1 male tons of fry. On various pieces of furniture, 6 cats!

01-18-2004, 06:06 AM	#1
hubbahubbahehe Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fremont, California Posts: 1,315	Hi all, I just got my hagen co2 ladder because many people recommended it....here's my problem..the bubble travels very slowly and stops a quarter of the way up....then the next bubble comes and the next bubble and the next...then as enough bubbles collect together and combine... the big bubble just pops out and leaves the ladder!!! it doesn't even travel all the way up...... what's up with that..????

01-18-2004, 06:24 AM	#2
2la Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 993	Give it a couple of days. The surfaces need to get covered with biofilm to lubricate the bubbles' pathway.

01-18-2004, 07:46 AM	#4
Ibn Planted Tank VIP (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 3,212	LOL hubba...yeah, definitely give it a week or so. I had the same thoughts as you when I picked mine up, but I decided to just leave it alone.

01-18-2004, 05:08 PM	#6
Kaji1 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Greenbay WI/Waterford CT Posts: 32	It'll work awsome just give it some time to grow some slime Took me about a day or 2. I also had no alge eaters in my tank when I installed it.

01-18-2004, 05:11 PM	#7
pedietz Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Nebraska Posts: 188	My ladder was cracked so the bubbles were sticking on it. Hagen shipped me a new one free of charge.... Also make sure you dont have: - too much algae on the ladder - a snail sitting on the ladder rung - plant debris Bubbles will stick on those too. Especially the snails. Some have tried crawling in the tube and give up after a couple hours.

01-19-2004, 05:08 PM	#10
anonapersona Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,614	I put it on the side so I ony see the edge of it. Not pretty, I agree, but not too terrible.

01-19-2004, 10:05 PM	#12
Kaji1 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Greenbay WI/Waterford CT Posts: 32	My ladder you can't see it I have a peice of driftwood that looks like the bottom of a hockey stick it's flat on the bottoem and comes up straitght to the top of my tank basically my ladder is behind it and my heater is burried behind it too so all you see is the wire from the top edge of my tank (it's open top) Looks great and when my java moss finally grows up, it'll look terrific.

01-20-2004, 01:38 AM	#13
Dapple Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Corvallis, Oregon Posts: 57	I put mine on the side, I like to watch the bubbles I find it rather fascinating, but then again I'm fairly easily amused... __________________ Ehiem pimp club #57! 1 29g Ehiem ECCO 2232 2 20g's Penguin 170 1 Eclipse 6 1 2g nano 1 12g nanocube The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

01-20-2004, 02:21 AM	#14
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,648	It is definitely addictive to guess which bubble wins the race :P Perhaps it will fit behind a rock. "Mountainscape with alien powerplant" (That's what I call my aquascape if it doesn't fit) __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

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