Problem with Sera Active reactor

[pleco4me]

Ive just installed on of the Sera Flore Active 1000 reactors on my ~950L tank. Its running inline on the output of an Eheim 2080 (running at full capacity), with CO2 at around 5bps.

However im noticing large bubbles emerging from the outlet within the tank, indicating that the CO2 is not dissolving completely.

Has anyone come across this? Am I asking too much of the reactor by pushing 5bps through it? I'd greatly appreciate any advice or suggestions

Craig

[felix_fx2]

Craig, do you have a co2 indicator?
If it is already yellow, the water won't be dissolving faster.

Easier way to tell is when the bubbles start to accumulate. Compare it to the 1st 10 minutes of operation.

[pleco4me]

Thanks for the reply felix.

I think I have solved the problem. There was some trapped air in the reactor before I connected the CO2. I assumed this would be pushed out when the reactor was running, but this was not the case. I have removed the trapped air by inverting the reactor, and Im not seeing any more bubbles appearing

Craig

[felix_fx2]

The reactor is very effective in that case.
It's role is to trap the co2 bubbles.

Good you have