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Where did all the CO2 go?

  • Leaks - there have to be some somewhere...

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  • Used it all up and lost track of time

    Votes: 9 24.3%
  • You got gypped CO2 was not properly refilled - find a new refill place

    Votes: 1 2.7%
  • CO2 gremlins working in league with the sock gremlins

    Votes: 13 35.1%
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My belief is the CO2 gremlins spend most of their time dancing on top of the water - creating the agitation needed to de-gas CO2 rapidly so they can get their high on the overly saturated gas that easily comes from the surface of the water.

It is what they live and exist for.

But in your case, it sounds like a leak - as if you're at 1-3 bps, that volume of flow tells me there's gremlins that left the top of the tank water and are messin with you between the B/C and the tank. I know you said you soaped it, but a B/C is also a good flow meter.

Last option is to weigh the tank before and after it is filled to see if you're getting ripped of on the filling - but I find that highly unlikely.

- Jeff
 

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I know you said you had more than one tank, but I've also had a tank that leaked at the base between the tank and the valve. That was a real buggar to find...
 
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