I’ll try to make this as short and sweet as possible...
29g tank, fully cycled
Marineland Penguin Filter rated for 50g, “hot rodded”
Fluval Planted 3.0 light
Around a month ago I set up a new 5b CO2 tank with co2art’s Pro SE Dual Regulator, drop checker, diffuser, the works. I’ve been running into difficulty getting my drop checker to the right color, in the right amount of time.
I run my CO2 2hours before the lights turn on, it goes off 2 hours before my lights go off because it takes forever to reach “light green.” I’ve moved my diffuser twice, right now it’s currently right under my HOB. I also have a circulator right above it to disperse the bubbles across my tank.
5 hours of running my CO2 at 2-3 bubbles per second, this is what my drop checker looks like:
I just moved this drop checker down last night to try to get a more accurate reading. At this rate I don’t see it hitting lime green today, so even though I’ve had CO2 in this tank for almost a month, I’ve not been anywhere near 30ppm.
... Please advise. I’m completely stumped and I don’t know what else to try.
29g tank, fully cycled
Marineland Penguin Filter rated for 50g, “hot rodded”
Fluval Planted 3.0 light
Around a month ago I set up a new 5b CO2 tank with co2art’s Pro SE Dual Regulator, drop checker, diffuser, the works. I’ve been running into difficulty getting my drop checker to the right color, in the right amount of time.
I run my CO2 2hours before the lights turn on, it goes off 2 hours before my lights go off because it takes forever to reach “light green.” I’ve moved my diffuser twice, right now it’s currently right under my HOB. I also have a circulator right above it to disperse the bubbles across my tank.
5 hours of running my CO2 at 2-3 bubbles per second, this is what my drop checker looks like:
I just moved this drop checker down last night to try to get a more accurate reading. At this rate I don’t see it hitting lime green today, so even though I’ve had CO2 in this tank for almost a month, I’ve not been anywhere near 30ppm.
... Please advise. I’m completely stumped and I don’t know what else to try.