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Originally Posted by Grafalski
Damoochr. That filter you mentioned in your last post looks pretty cool. I have a question though. What about CO2? It looks in the picture that it's causing pretty big surface circulation. How much more CO you had to add after you installed the new filter?
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there is not too much surface agitation at all if I keep the water level up, just a little ripple. I did have to up the bbs a little but CO2 is cheap in my book vs beauty of the tank. if you have an extra powerhead laying around try that for a couple of days (use it w/o the venturi, pointing from mid water or high water level and point it downward). just to reiterate, I did bump up the co2 level but just a bit, I dont do any testing per the EI dosing, I use a drop checker to monitor ( a good guestimate) to notice just a lighter shade of green tword the blue side, meaning <30 ppm ~.
if interested in the drop checker (DC) there are a few DIY plans here. I did not gather what co2 you have, compressed (Tank) or DIY ( yeast sugar mix). I was ammazed how LOW my CO2 was prior to my DIY DC.
As stated in my original post, I had the protien scum, added that skimmer/filter that fixed the problem, however I believe it was a lack of circulation issue. I am curious to see what Tom / Hoppy thinks of this.
Mooch