I purchased the below kit from dr. Foster smith. It's a semi-automatic system with a solenoid. It came with a co2 bubble counter and unfortunately it is made of significantly lower quality than the rest of the kit...
After pressurizing the system, I put a little tank water on the connections to check for leaks. Sure enough, the bubble counter is leaking on the top. It has a cheap plastic screw connector (the blue piece) on the cap. It is leaking right on that connection.
So, my question is- is this piece required? I have bypassed it for now but It's a little unclear now how much CO2 i am actually putting into my tank. I can kind of count bubbles going into the diffuser- but how accurate is this count compared to the bubble counter? I heard 2-3 bubbles per second is a good number- but depending on what piece of hardware you are looking at the bubbles could be different size- right?
After pressurizing the system, I put a little tank water on the connections to check for leaks. Sure enough, the bubble counter is leaking on the top. It has a cheap plastic screw connector (the blue piece) on the cap. It is leaking right on that connection.
So, my question is- is this piece required? I have bypassed it for now but It's a little unclear now how much CO2 i am actually putting into my tank. I can kind of count bubbles going into the diffuser- but how accurate is this count compared to the bubble counter? I heard 2-3 bubbles per second is a good number- but depending on what piece of hardware you are looking at the bubbles could be different size- right?