Co2 bubbles per sec Question

goodie · 03-28-2006, 04:52 PM

I just picked up a 5lb bottle for my 45gal on the way home from work today. I've been doing the sugar/yeast with two 2liter bottles and could never get a consistent bubble no matter the mixture. Already had the regulator/solenoid/needle valve for a couple months. My question is how many bubbles per sec should be a good starting point? At the moment its at 1 bubble per 6-7 seconds. I'm thinking that this is low, but this is my first time with pressurized Co2 and I don't want the ph to drop to quickly. I'm using a diy gravel vac/water pump reactor. As I started my ph is 7.5, kh 5d. I'll keep checking ph/kh as the night goes on and start back up with the testing in the am. I have the Co2 setup to turn off/on with the lights. I have a chart to check Co2 levels by crossing ph and khd.

**Damon** · 03-28-2006, 10:02 PM

2bps is a good starting point. Keep turning it up (on a day you can monitor the tank for at least 6 hrs) until the fish start gasping. Turn it down a little and you're set.

goodie · 03-29-2006, 03:33 PM

OK, thanks! I checked ph/kh around midnight and again at 7am and nothing changed. I guess its time to open her up a little more. Thanks again!

03-28-2006, 04:52 PM	#1
goodie Babysitter for hire Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: S.E. MO Age: 34 Posts: 475	Co2 bubbles per sec Question I just picked up a 5lb bottle for my 45gal on the way home from work today. I've been doing the sugar/yeast with two 2liter bottles and could never get a consistent bubble no matter the mixture. Already had the regulator/solenoid/needle valve for a couple months. My question is how many bubbles per sec should be a good starting point? At the moment its at 1 bubble per 6-7 seconds. I'm thinking that this is low, but this is my first time with pressurized Co2 and I don't want the ph to drop to quickly. I'm using a diy gravel vac/water pump reactor. As I started my ph is 7.5, kh 5d. I'll keep checking ph/kh as the night goes on and start back up with the testing in the am. I have the Co2 setup to turn off/on with the lights. I have a chart to check Co2 levels by crossing ph and khd. Attached Images __________________ Every two seconds, someone in America needs blood. Please! Give blood. Click to find local BLOOD DRIVES .................................................. ............ good time killer http://www.mafiadeath.com/r/16982.php Last edited by goodie; 03-28-2006 at 04:55 PM.

03-28-2006, 10:02 PM	#2
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	2bps is a good starting point. Keep turning it up (on a day you can monitor the tank for at least 6 hrs) until the fish start gasping. Turn it down a little and you're set. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

03-29-2006, 03:33 PM	#3
goodie Babysitter for hire Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: S.E. MO Age: 34 Posts: 475	OK, thanks! I checked ph/kh around midnight and again at 7am and nothing changed. I guess its time to open her up a little more. Thanks again! __________________ Every two seconds, someone in America needs blood. Please! Give blood. Click to find local BLOOD DRIVES .................................................. ............ good time killer http://www.mafiadeath.com/r/16982.php

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