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Some may remember the problems I've been having with my regulator pressure dropping drastically and unexpectedly. So the pressure guage has been at 0 for about a week or so now....and it's still pumping gas out just fine! Is it possible there is still gas in there (the cylinder) or is it just...

It was my understanding that airline leakage was insignificant when utilized in such small scale? Yeah I was looking at the volume guage, sorry :)

Alright so for some reason the PSI on my regulator shows a dramatic drop within a week and I have no idea why! I know it's impossible for the co2 to just vanish but Ive put soapy water on all of the hose connections and I just can't seem to find a leak...any ideas? The system has been...

The regulator seems to work just fine although my setup has been plagued by a lack of equipment and general knowhow in regards to these kinds of things. I had a few leaks and ended up with an empty tank but since then I've patched it up and the setup has been working well since. I have no...

Hi all, I'm running my pressurized co2 line directly into my Eheim 2213 canister filter and using the filter to absorb the co2 bubbles like many here do. With that said, however, it doesn't seem to be working! The bubbles go in just fine, they just never come out! After waiting awhile you...

In another, related, question; I don't see any bubbles flowing into the eheim filter intake. When I was doing DIY Co2 every minute or so there would be a release of 6 or 7 large bubbles, but with this new system I see the bubbles go into the bubble counter but I do not see bubbles into the...

You said it Rick! Thanks a bunch for all of the replies guys! It was a long day but it looks like it's all gunna work :) I just hope there wont be too much gas leakage because of the tubing I used :P

Well me and another tried our darndest to remove it and it just wasn't happenning for us. Maybe we are just really weak ( I was holding the cylinder and he was holding the wrench). In any case what it basically is, is: Cylinder --> Regulator --> some mini gravel vac tubing --> (and in no...

Well, we went to home depot and kind of mickey moused it with a few different fittings and a bit of gravel vac tubes and it works i think

Ok so I have my regulator connected to my 5lb co2 cylinder. Now I figured the next step was to connect the needle valve except I have no idea how that's done! How do I do this? Every guide I've read seems to think this is a piece of cake and doesn't really elaborate. This is my regulator...

pressurized co2 A reactor that you put in the tank with some foam, a couple holes and a rio pump

I have a little gravel vac thing that is about a third of the size of my python vac in every way (length and girth) and I'm wondering If that's big enough to make a reactor out of or if size even matters (I'm thinking this doesn't sound so innocent as I type it, but I assure you it is)...

I hope this is a better picture--I didn't have image shack resize it--hope that's ok!

Heres a picture of the java moss sorry it's kind of blurry my camera isn't so hot. EDIT: Just as an addition, if I didn't know better I'd say a lot of it looks a lot like mold on bread. It's really dense black and cobweb like with small bits looking really dark green/moldy EDIT2: Now...

Hi all again. I just got home from a week long trip to new york (I'm from California) and found that my tank was......inadequately...taken care of while I was away. Long story short, the person who I was supposed to take care of it wasn't paying attention while I was explaining how and the...