I have a 55 gallon that I decided to finally add co2 to since my plants were doing semi ok (defently not great). I am trying to get my regulator set for the right amount of co2. My water out of tap is 8ph. I have had the co2 running for two days now
co2 turns on at 7:00am lights turn on at 8:00am
cot turns off at 6:00pm lights turn off at 7:00pm
I have no surface water disturbance.
I have a drop chcker (fluval) that I'm not sure if I installed it right. It was blue then went green and now it looks like just the top is yellow.
I did a ph and kh test just now and
ph is 7.8
kh is 130 which shows very low co2 right?
3.5ppm by my calculations or am I doing that completly wrong?
I have 1.5 bps right now. Should I leave it, lower it, or raise it?
Is it still too early after two days to tell?
Sorry for all the questions I am totally new to co2. And this forum helped me out HUGE on fertilizers so thought I ask about co2.
Thanks
co2 turns on at 7:00am lights turn on at 8:00am
cot turns off at 6:00pm lights turn off at 7:00pm
I have no surface water disturbance.
I have a drop chcker (fluval) that I'm not sure if I installed it right. It was blue then went green and now it looks like just the top is yellow.
I did a ph and kh test just now and
ph is 7.8
kh is 130 which shows very low co2 right?
3.5ppm by my calculations or am I doing that completly wrong?
I have 1.5 bps right now. Should I leave it, lower it, or raise it?
Is it still too early after two days to tell?
Sorry for all the questions I am totally new to co2. And this forum helped me out HUGE on fertilizers so thought I ask about co2.
Thanks