TheNamelessPoet
Aquarium Advice Freak
Good news! It's getting greener!!!
I've also hopefully solved the problem
I've also hopefully solved the problem
The working pressure gauge does not look right. The tank pressure gauge (left one) looks fine at ~900 psi. However, the gauge on the right should be set at 20-40 psi (which is fine for most diffusers). It looks like it is well over 140 psi or broken.
I run mine at 30-40 psi at 1-2 bps for a single diffuser for 5-6 hours (on a timer). At 3-4 bps the drop checker was yellow and this would persist for several hours into the night. I have fish in my tank so excess CO2 is a concern.
You may want to adjust the big knob and bring the working pressure down. Next, close the fine knob and slowly increase until you get the desired bubble count per second.
You should get a timer and have the solenoid come on an hour before lights on and go off at least an hour before lights out.
Ahh I did not know that. I will have to tinker with it tonight and set the right pressures. I will say, the color is green for sure, but the BMS are cranked up WAY beyond any countable amount as you can see in the picture. I must say tho, the DBT are growing pretty quickly.
Yea your bubble count shouldn't need to be that high, I recon 2 bubbles a second would be close to hitting the mark if working pressure is at 30 psi. You'd almost get it down to 1 bps with a canister and a reactor once you make the jump to the 75g you'll need a reactor and a canister for sure [emoji106]
Yea I was just trying to over saturate it to start but I am sure it is just SOO high now that it is being wasted at the surface. I will it back down to 2 BPS and get that pressure changed. TBH I don't see how the PSI would make a difference aside from putting unnecessary pressure on the needle valve. Either way it doesn't matter I will get it fixed because it might as well be done right
I can't WAIT to get a 75g some day! I want to eventually get a canister filter for this tank anyway so I can have a reactor.
Good news!!! It's green!
And the plants age growing fantastic!
I can't lower the pressure on the regulator. The needle valve lowers the pressure easily down to like 1 bubble per 10 seconds.
Now that it's the right color I've turned it down to 2 BPS and I'll see how it is in 48 hours.
Even with the bubble counter at just 1-2 BPS?I would open the needle valve all the way and then turn the big black knob until the valve is closed (which it should be when changing tanks to avoid blowing out the regulator when hooking up a new tank). After a while the excess pressure should drop and then you can adjust it to 10-40 psi (whatever is needed to operate the diffuser).
The high pressure would explain why the diffuser kept popping off.
Even with the bubble counter at just 1-2 BPS?
I guess what I'm not getting is, if there was more pressure wouldn't more CO2 be pushed through?
That "rock" is called wonder stone I have it in my shrimp tank
Depends on the operating psi of the diffuser and the BPS. Let's say that the minimum psi for the diffuser you are using is 25. Setting the working psi at 20 won't do much good (assuming the needle valve is open). Setting it to 25-30 psi should allow gas to flow through. Increasing the working psi will increase the BPS assuming the needle valve has not been adjusted. So, to answer your question, yes. However, there comes a point at which an increased psi will exceed what the connectors can handle (e.g. - between the tubing and diffuser).
At some point I will be getting around to use a CO2 reactor. CO2 is introduced into the device as whole bubbles and these can be operated at a much lower psi.