How to measure CO2 in your tank? How to check if CO2 level too low or too high? Let us set up a drop checker and find out! Don't forget to leave a like if you liked it!
Why should you replace the liquid indicator every few months? Does it lose it color? I'm an analytical chemistry technician. I don't know what indicator it use, but I won't be surprise it last years. Please, show us a used 'worned out' indicator before and after change of liquid.
So wonderful to have people do videos like this, especially those who have lost the instructions and have started the hobby over again and forgot little details.
I was confused when I was gifted with the ADA drop checker kit. The instruction says put a drop of the solution and then dilute with aquarium water. Which I have never heard before. I have to double-check my knowledge. 😂😂😂😂
I got a co2 system and a drop checker online the drop checker came in early an I install it and it’s in green but my tank has no co2 it hasn’t come in yet can anyone help me should I install the CO2 system? Or what should I do I don’t want to kill my fish
Hi, how many bubbles/sec should i set for a 125x50x55cm tank tht is 344liters approx.. depending on tank size i set it high like 12bubbs/sec for 6hours daily thru timer and my drop checker turned green as i placed it opposite side of the co2 diffuser.. and last week onwards the fishes in the tank started to die drastically.. my water parameters are all fine.. i installed an air stone for oxygen. So how much do i need to set the bubbs in order to get green i tried 3bubbs, 5bubbs, 8bubbs, 10bubbs none turned my solution green wen i kept on 12bubbs solution turned green but my fishes strted to jump out of tank and some died inside.. now i have switched off co2 frm.2days and just airstone is working.
Sorry to hear that :/ Do you have good circulation in your tank? It is possible that you have high co2 levels in one corner and low in another. But your bubble count is fine. How many plants you have? Is your tank heavily planted?
No, it doesn't. But it's because API Co2 Booster doesn't add CO2 but carbon molecules. Plants can still use it, but it's not CO2 in gas form and will not be detected.
Thank you for the explanation i just finished setting up the basics of my fish tank like a air disc, a filter, plants and a good light source. I had no idea how to put the co2 reader in the tank or what was good and what was bad. Lets hope my plants will be alright though 😅.
It changes colour many times, depending on the CO2 levels. So it can be blue in the morning, green 2-3 hours later, and then get back to blue if you switch CO2 off etc.
I have been fish keeping for many years now. I do have planted tanks that I do inject CO2 into but I never use a drop checker. To check my CO2 levels I monitor my PH and KH, I measure the Ph levels in the tank to know what my CO2 levels are. Personally I hate drop checkers and find them to be useless. With a KH of 5 I look for a PH of 7.0 for my CO2 levels. To measure my PH I use a Blue Lab PH pen. My tanks PH usually sits around 7.6 to7.7 without CO2 and I slowly bring it down to 7.0 with the CO2. That's it.
Yes, this is definitely an option if you know your parameters. But you know, drop checkers really help people especially at the beginning to figure things out and learn about CO2 levels. This is really easy and obvious method if you are new in the hobby. In the end, with experience and knowledge they are not needed anymore.
@@linussivervik2805 Exactly. There is air between the fluid and water in the tank. And it separates the both. As long as you don't mix the fluid with water somehow by accident - you are good!
Hi. Not this one - pressure would be to big. There are separate systems for this with much stronger cups and bottles. I keep it 24h/7 and have strong water surface agitation to keep the fish safe.
