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Hey everyone,
I'm trying to set up my 26 gallon planted aquarium, and I'm having some problems with the CO2.
I have the Red Sea CO2 Pro System, which I've heard is good enough to get the job done, but I haven't been too successful. I also have a 12 oz CO2 tank. I am kind of upset that I decided to buy the paintball version instead of the regular one, because I thought I would be able to find paintball cylinders easier, but it turns out they are just as easy to find as the normal co2 tanks, and are smaller.
Now, so my problem is that I am running out of CO2 very quickly. The longest I've had my 12 oz last is about 20 hours. I have it on exactly what the instructions said; 15 psi, at 1 bubble per second. So, I know my cylinder doesn't leak because after having this problem once, I got it refilled, and left it a few days without being attached to the system, and it stayed full. So again, I put it in, and it died after about a day again. I thought I solved my problem when I realized that my bubble counter was never closed properly, so I closed it well, and got my tank refilled again last night. Now, that it's running, it seems to be working fine with the amount of CO2 that's going into the tank, but since it was started, at about 7 am this morning, and now about 6 pm, it has lost 600 cylinder pressure (It started at 800, and is now at 200. Sorry I don't know the units). So in about 11 hours, it has lost 3/4 of the tank, meaning it probably won't get me past 10 pm tonight...
I heard that a 12 oz should last me around 2 weeks minimum. So, is 1 bbs too high? Is the tank just way too small? If I bought another tank, what size should I get? Has anyone experienced this problem before, or at least know what is going on and how I can fix it?
I am mostly concerned because I got my plants recently, and they aren't doing that great, so I think that CO2 would be a good boost for them right now.
I guess I'm going to be going to DIY CO2 tonight.
Thanks, I'll post more details if you guys say there is more you need to know..
Great to be on the forum!
I'm trying to set up my 26 gallon planted aquarium, and I'm having some problems with the CO2.
I have the Red Sea CO2 Pro System, which I've heard is good enough to get the job done, but I haven't been too successful. I also have a 12 oz CO2 tank. I am kind of upset that I decided to buy the paintball version instead of the regular one, because I thought I would be able to find paintball cylinders easier, but it turns out they are just as easy to find as the normal co2 tanks, and are smaller.
Now, so my problem is that I am running out of CO2 very quickly. The longest I've had my 12 oz last is about 20 hours. I have it on exactly what the instructions said; 15 psi, at 1 bubble per second. So, I know my cylinder doesn't leak because after having this problem once, I got it refilled, and left it a few days without being attached to the system, and it stayed full. So again, I put it in, and it died after about a day again. I thought I solved my problem when I realized that my bubble counter was never closed properly, so I closed it well, and got my tank refilled again last night. Now, that it's running, it seems to be working fine with the amount of CO2 that's going into the tank, but since it was started, at about 7 am this morning, and now about 6 pm, it has lost 600 cylinder pressure (It started at 800, and is now at 200. Sorry I don't know the units). So in about 11 hours, it has lost 3/4 of the tank, meaning it probably won't get me past 10 pm tonight...
I heard that a 12 oz should last me around 2 weeks minimum. So, is 1 bbs too high? Is the tank just way too small? If I bought another tank, what size should I get? Has anyone experienced this problem before, or at least know what is going on and how I can fix it?
I am mostly concerned because I got my plants recently, and they aren't doing that great, so I think that CO2 would be a good boost for them right now.
I guess I'm going to be going to DIY CO2 tonight.
Thanks, I'll post more details if you guys say there is more you need to know..
Great to be on the forum!