threnjen
Aquarium Advice Addict
I just set up pressurized on my 90g+sump a few days back. I've been dialing up the CO2 very carefully.
I am totally aware that "bps" is a very arbitrary measurement because a bubble can be pea sized or pin sized depending on the bubble counter.
That said I'm up to about 8 bps on my Aquatek inline bubble counter. The CO2 comes on at noon and goes off at 10. The lights come on at 2 and go off at 10. I'm only managing to get from the deep blue on the drop checker to a teal like this:
Does this seem normal for a system with as much water as mine? It seems like I will need a constant stream of 16bps CO2 to hit green on this checker.
Also... right at light turn off, the hubs and I were checking out the fauna to see how everyone was feeling. No one seemed to be doing badly except our single female guppy. She was gasping at the surface which I have never seen a fish do but it was very obvious. Why would she be reacting adversely when everyone else is fine (especially when our CO2 level is not very high)
I am totally aware that "bps" is a very arbitrary measurement because a bubble can be pea sized or pin sized depending on the bubble counter.
That said I'm up to about 8 bps on my Aquatek inline bubble counter. The CO2 comes on at noon and goes off at 10. The lights come on at 2 and go off at 10. I'm only managing to get from the deep blue on the drop checker to a teal like this:
Does this seem normal for a system with as much water as mine? It seems like I will need a constant stream of 16bps CO2 to hit green on this checker.
Also... right at light turn off, the hubs and I were checking out the fauna to see how everyone was feeling. No one seemed to be doing badly except our single female guppy. She was gasping at the surface which I have never seen a fish do but it was very obvious. Why would she be reacting adversely when everyone else is fine (especially when our CO2 level is not very high)