Co2 again!!

[Tener ds]

Going to get rid of my co2 today, it's playing up again.
The dam thing didn't shut down last night,and when I sorted it
Out it didn't come on this morning. There's plenty in the bottle tho!!!
I don't wont this thing to gas my fish so it's coming out.
I'll use easycarbo instead...

 

[beencees]

Damn that's no good. The solenoid's sticking? What brand reg. are you running?

 

[Tener ds]

It's a D & D set up. I've had issues with it before,stuck open then shut.
The price of the bottles are going up to. I also work nights so if it goes tits
up and doesn't turn off I'll come home to a tank full of dead fish. I'm not havin that,
so it's coming out. The last time it played up I couldn't get it going for a week, the fish seamed
to like not having it....

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

The last time it played up I couldn't get it going for a week, the fish seamed to like not having it....

You can get a lot of sub-lethal and stressful effects with adding CO2, even if you don't have a CO2 dump that gasses all your fish.

There are some details here: <plecoplanet.com/?page_id=829> in th section "Fish, plecs and respiratory distress." & "Biological filtration capacity".

You don't need CO2 to grow a huge range of plants, they just grow more slowly without it.

cheers Darrel

 

[Tener ds]

just an update,its just under a week since i got rid of the co2 and the tank is looking good.fish seam happyer and swiming around more,and theres no BBA anywhere,thanks to the red ramshorns and cherry,amano shrimps.
the plants have some new growth and they all look greener.