"Mort" wrote in message
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Hi all, I just finished my first DIY CO2 injection. I am having a little
trouble regulating the bubbles at such low rates. How many bubbles per
minute should I be going for? I have 6 bpm right now. Is that too many?

TIA

~Mort





Follow Up:

I did about a 30% water change today and I got my KH up to between 1 and 2.
pH is still 6.0 at the most...

~Mort

"Djay" wrote in message
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"Mort" wrote in message
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What is the PH of your tap water
(after you let it sit several hours?) Compare that PH reading to your
tank
PH and you should see a difference.

DJay



I use RO/DI water and the pH of that is pretty low. The test kit reads
6.0
but I have a hard time beleiving it.
I guess all I can really go on is KH which that test kit is at work.
I'll
have to get another one...

~Mort




Mort,

Your tank PH *should* be lower than your RO reading if your CO2 injection
is
working properly... UNLESS you have something in the tank that is raising
your KH.

DJay




I just finished testing the water.

KH is at 0 (is that good) pH is lower than 6.0 (so it would seem) as the
sample turned a dark yellow. I decided to test my GH while I was at it and
that turned out to be 3-4.

I havent had time to check out Chucks chart but I will do that ASAP.

~Mort

"Mort" wrote in message
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"Djay" wrote in message
...

"Mort" wrote in message
. com...
What is the PH of your tap water
(after you let it sit several hours?) Compare that PH reading to
your
tank
PH and you should see a difference.

DJay



I use RO/DI water and the pH of that is pretty low. The test kit
reads
6.0
but I have a hard time beleiving it.
I guess all I can really go on is KH which that test kit is at work.
I'll
have to get another one...

~Mort




Mort,

Your tank PH *should* be lower than your RO reading if your CO2
injection
is
working properly... UNLESS you have something in the tank that is
raising
your KH.

DJay




I just finished testing the water.

KH is at 0 (is that good) pH is lower than 6.0 (so it would seem) as the
sample turned a dark yellow. I decided to test my GH while I was at it
and
that turned out to be 3-4.

I havent had time to check out Chucks chart but I will do that ASAP.

~Mort




I decided to stay up past my bed time and check it out. There was some
discus buffer and Neutral regulator added before I did the CO2 so I can not
tell at this point what my CO2 level is. I need to start changing some
water... =)

~Mort