Another Co2 Question

[Stephanie p]

With co2 system are you ment to take out the carbon out of the filter? and what do you do at night times when the tank light is off?

 

[Themuleous]

You dont have to remove the carbon when adding co2 per se, however if you are adding co2 to benefit the plants adding carbon will remove lots of the nutrient the plants need to grow. So in effect you adding one nutrient whilst removing others, might as well given them all of them!

Sam

 

[Stephanie p]

Ok so ill take the carbon out, what do u do at night time as i have heard that the co2 effects the ph

 

[Themuleous]

I run both my co2 tank 24/7 no problems so have others.

Sam

 

[Dave Spencer]

i use a solenoid on the same timer as my lights. With the CO2 off at night my pH rises by .4 with no effect on the tank occupants. The solenoid makes the set up more expensive, but with a 10 hour photoperiod I use less than half the CO2 of a 24/7 system.