I Just Added Co2

[newfishaddict]

Hi , started a homemade co2 yeast reactor yesterday and today bubble are comming out of the tube constantly. I am worried it is too much....How do I tell if I am adding too much? I am using a "Hagen bubble counter"; it has ladder like rows that hold the bubble of co2 in the water after they are expelled from the co2 reactor. The rows are full of co2 bubbles now , is this too much?

I know about testing pH with regards to co2 however my test seems to be hard to read accurately, I will buy a different test soon..

Aside: my plants close to the bubble counter are expelling bubbles, and I mean fast....is this normal? I am almost certain they didnt do that before co2 injection...

The tank is 29g with lots of live plants and about 1.7 watts per gallon

Thanks

 

[zig]

You need a ph testkit and a KH testkit and then you cross reference them on a co2 chart to give you the amount of co2 you are adding, theres one at the end of the page in this link or you can use the calculator.

http/www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm

The bubbles you are seeing coming from the plants is called pearling, when the water is saturated with oxygen this will occur.

Have a look at the pinned article on carbon dioxide at the top of this section of the forum, it will explain it in more detail.