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Mon Feb 28, 2005, 09:09 PM
#1
CO2 Injection
Hi all,
I have recently found a cheap bottle, regulator, diffuser, bubble counter and one way valve and I need to know wether I actually need a needle valve, I thought the regulator was the only adjustment from the extremely high pressure in the bottle. If so where should I get one in Australia?
Also, how many bubbles per second should I keep it going at in a 215L tank?
Cheers
Matt
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Fri Mar 04, 2005, 01:40 PM
#2
needle valve
Hi Matt
Yes you will need a needle valve (some manufactures call them metering valves). The valve on the regulator is not sensitive enough to reduce the CO2 output down to a few bubbles per second. Most of the aquarium regulators come with one. Needle valves are not easy to find in Melbourne and I have not yet found a Melbourne fish shop that sells them. Unfortunately the only valve I've found here is a swagelock precision metering valve and they cost around $100, although it is one of the best valves you can get.
Here is the webpage with the product codes and specs for the swagelock metering valve.
http://www.swagelok.com/PRODUCTDETAI...ice=&Picture=N
You can purchase it from:
Fluid System Technologies (ES) Pty. Ltd
4/1 Wilson Avenue
Melbourne Victoria 3056
Australia
Phone: (61)(3) 9387-6477
Fax: (61)(3) 9387-4528
There are cheaper alternatives if you don't mind ordering them from the states.
http://www.wcf.com/co2iron/
Some good reading on the subject at......
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/solenoid.html
I have a 200 lt tank and run 2 bubbles per second, my KH is at 4.5, pH is 6.8 and CO2 is 22mg/l. Yours might be similar (although there are allot of variable that effect efficiency of CO2 dissolving and staying in your tank etc) I would start your bubbles off slowly and increase it over days until your pH drops to your desired amount. HTH
cheers,
Russel
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Fri Mar 04, 2005, 09:17 PM
#3
Moderator
Russel,
welcome to the forum
any chance of a pic of your tank in the photo section sounds like a half decent planted tank to me
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Fri Mar 04, 2005, 11:34 PM
#4
Sure, my wife took the digital camera to work, so I'll do it tonight when she gets home.
Russel
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Sat Mar 05, 2005, 03:39 AM
#5
Moderator
good one
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Tue Jan 17, 2006, 08:27 AM
#6
Sorry to drag up an old post...
Am i incorrect in my understanding theat the Tunze regulator is constructed to be sensitive enough to go from the bottle to the reactor without the need for an additional flow control valve?
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Tue Jan 17, 2006, 08:29 AM
#7
I think it has its own needle valve...
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Fri Jan 20, 2006, 12:46 AM
#8
Yeah it does have its own needle valve im running a tunze reglator and i can it down enough for 1 bubble or 5 bubbles
cheers tim
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Thu Mar 16, 2006, 08:58 PM
#9
Hello there! I also have installed CO2 injection system by SERA, 3 weeks ago but I do not see any difference at the plants. The leaves are still becoming rotten.The tank is 200tl the Ph=7.0 and the KH is 2. The manual of the system refers to approximately 1 bubble per litre but it doesnt refers to the time. So I inject about 25 bubbles per minute. Is that too low?? Does the low KH value has to do with low progress of the plants? Thanks
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Fri Mar 17, 2006, 10:38 PM
#10
petros,
the Ph and Kh reading you got means the co2 level is too low. try upping the co2 to 1 bubble per second. Kh measure the amount of carbon in the water.
as for the plants, are you dosing enough liquid fertilizers to match the co2?
regards,
eric
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