You need to get a drop checker, fill it with 4 dKH distilled or deionized water, and use it to determine if you have enough CO2 in the water. With that much light if you are close to 30 ppm of CO2 you will have fewer problems with algae. The bubble rate just allows you to maintain a steady flow of CO2, and reset it to that same flow when you have shut off the CO2 for some reason. Other than that it has no real significance.
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I set mine at 1 bps, and then adjust accordingly. I would use a drop checker if I wasn't so cheap.
To complicate matters, bubble size varies depending on the bubble counter so one person's 1 bps is another person's 2 bps and another person's 1 bubble per 3 seconds.
The only way to make sure you know what's going on is to follow Hoppy's suggestions.
He's mister CO2 drop checker and really knows what he's talking about.
The only way to make sure you know what's going on is to follow Hoppy's suggestions.
He's mister CO2 drop checker and really knows what he's talking about.
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