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    CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

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    I have a questions regrading the drop checker. My drop checker is always showing yellow but is this bad? My fish shows no sign of stress or lack of air. What should I do?

    Everything seems healthy. My tank capacity is about 220L.

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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    Which brand is your drop checker, does the solution need to diluted? are you using kH = 4 solution or your tank water?
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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    I'm using ANS. And I use distilled water for my drop checker

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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    Does it matter which brand I use?

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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    yes because some brand Like Cal Aqua, Dennerle does not require to dilute the solution
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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    The reading is probably correct.. I had similar high CO2 readings and the fish were ok except that some of my angels were gulping air from the surface close upon the CO2 switching off.. This was despite having 1 bps of CO2 as the both the ph and kh were low. I lowered the CO2 until the reading was green , and now the angels have stopped gulping air..

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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    What kind of liquid are you using for the bubble counter? Different viscosity will have different bps

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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    Quote Originally Posted by Aquaguy View Post
    What kind of liquid are you using for the bubble counter? Different viscosity will have different bps
    Really? If so I just knew it.
    I'm using regular tap water/ tank water. Around 2-3 bps, it makes my checker lime green so far.

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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    The higher the viscosity the slower the bubble will travel

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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    I use tap water too..

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    Re: CO2 concentrations (Drop Checker)

    I find it very hard to count using tap water the bubbles goes up too fast. The bubble counter I used is the one that comes together with the solenoid

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