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So my system is almost put together (finally, after many setbacks). There is still one small hitch though. I'm using a Swagelok metering valve with male compression BPT adapters so that I can attach it to my solenoid and JBJ bubble counter. The connection between the metering valve and the...

Is there any information about adding acid / making the pH of the solution acidic for the DIY solution? Because yeast alcohol fermentation is best at about a pH of 5. Considering alcohol is basic, it might be useful to lower the pH manually. Although...I do believe hydrogen ions are released in...

yeah, what the others have said. They're GE bulbs I think. Blue package good luck :thm:

I work in West Hartford lol. I wish I had somewhere for that 45 but I'm pretty sure UConn would get a bit upset if they found out :headshake2:

I'm luckily at a research-1 university so I just called up the people that supply our lab with CO2. yay for cheap gas lol :dance:

nice :) i'm waiting on my regulator. anxiously check the mail every day. still no arrival :swear: have fun with your new toy! :thm:

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what do you do when the plant grows? Like...when the rhizome extends, and then sprouts new roots? Do you just push those down or do you wait till it gets to a certain length and the either trim it or pull it out and re-tie it? Seems like all my new roots are actually pushing the plant out of the...

i laughed out loud. that's exactly what would happen :rofl:

would you take pre-orders for amanos? :lol:

So I'm having the issue with the couple of anubias petite plants that I have (and I had this same issue with my anubias nana) that, in avoiding burying the rhizome, I cannot get the plant to sit securely in the substrate. I know I could tie them to some of the pieces of driftwood in the tank...

yeah I opened the needle valve up all the way and the high pressure gauge dropped pretty quickly. thanks guys :thm:

So I need to disassemble my pressurized system. I turned off the CO2 from the main valve on the CO2 tank, but the pressure reading on the high pressure gauge hasn't changed and CO2 is still flowing through the system. I don't want to go unscrew the regulator from the tank and have it burst...

I bought this regulator and then came across a good deal (yay for impulsive shopping :headshake2:) so I need to try and recoup some of the money I paid. I could send it back to the supplier, but after shipping and restocking costs I probably wont get more than ~$70 back. So I figured I'd see...

i was under the impression that turning the CO2 off at night was a bad idea :headshake2: (source: http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/night.html) I haven't looked much into a pH controller; didn't know about the issue of end tank dump.

I came across this: http://www.michiganreefers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=686127\ when i was looking for information about regulators and such. Is this a good deal for just the regulator? I've heard good things about Victor. I'm thinking about returning the Milwaukee I just bought (I...

I have a Milwaukee MA957 regulator at a 2.5lb (smaller than I wanted by I'm lacking in space and it's only a 15gal so whatever) CO2 tank. Everything is working beautifully. However, I've noticed that the pressure in the low-pressure gage drops over a several hours (for example, over a 6 hr...

Oh FTM, I see what you mean. The little output nozzle thing on the Hagen has (at least what they call it) a venturi diffuser adapter. I actually don't have the CO2 line hooked to that. Instead, with a few modifications (required the removal of the flow control know and a little bit of knife...

before it gets pushed out?

I have the CO2 hose feeding to impeller so it chops the bub/bles up. It actually does a really good job of that. It just seems odd that the bubble rates are so drastically different. I have the hagen on the side wall on the opposite end of the tank that my HOB is on (basically the flow from...