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Hi Jen! Sorry for my hiatus, not much has happened up until today. Thanks for the great info and resources yet again. That diagram you linked will prove to come in quite handy! I hope your paint job has been going good and hope you are setting up your tanks by now! I had to recap a little...

Hey! Sorry I just realized I forgot to mention my stock! Ya know, going into this particular aquarium I have been mostly focused on the plants/CO2 and I honestly don’t have any dead set stock ideas. Will probably have a school of smaller fish, maybe like 15 ember tetra or 20-25 exclamation...

You so should do a youtube series! Haha. I could never either. I do love watching all the fish keepers though. I'm obsessed with the fish room tours and all the interesting hobbyists. So my regulator should be arriving Tuesday :D:D:D!! Also my ferts arrived today. I think I screwed...

HAHA. Hey Jen. Can't wait for the preparations on the house to be finished! Hope you will be posting updates on your tanks as you get them going! I hear ya on the 7 years of warranty, definitely worth the wait -- let's see if you can do it! I regretted hastily purchasing my GLA-gro for...

Hi Jen, I hope you had a nice weekend and thanks for the reply. Thanks for all of the info, I will have to look into the Green Brighty and will also have to look into the iron supplement. Things are looking quite good over here, did another water change today - picked away at some of the hair...

As of tonight: Ammonia down to .50ppm Nitrites off the charts Nitrates up to 40/80ppm Changed the water about 90% again after reading above parameters. Pruned any unhealthy looking leaves/stems. Seems as though my nitrates are ramping up. Hoping to zero out ammonia and experience a decrease...

Hahah!! Thanks so much for the informative post Jen, as always. And please, no worries -- life comes first. I'm happy to have any help with this CO2 stuff at all. So yes, good riddance to the Aquatek. I'd figured I'd just make the most of it, but waking up to a motionless bubble counter...

I’ve got issues. Woke up this and my regulator never turned on at 7. Had to play with it unplugging and plugging and finally got it to fire up. My tank pressure valve has always been at 600 so I’m not sure if it’s getting low, or if the solenoid malfunctioned. That is the final straw with...

Much appreciated Jen, I've place an order for some of GLA's indicator solution. My current solution that came with my drop checker is quite dim in color. Sorry I've been away, hectic weekend. That being said, with a few days to mull, I've decided to stay with the aquatek regulator and hang on...

Also a little off topic, which drop checker solution do you use? I got mine on amazon and it’s pretty faint in color

No worries! I know how it is. Not enough time in the day!! I’m unsure in whether or not I’ll return it. I have until next month... how long will my plants last without CO2? I have a few options/things to weigh out. First, my new bubble counter comes today. If that fixes things like it...

So another quick update. My wife snapped a pic of the drop checker a half hour before the CO2 shut off for the day and the solution was perfectly green!! So, I guess I shouldn't be too worried about the steady 5psi flux on my working pressure. However, I did notice my CO2 tank pressure is...

Hi guys, hope you’re doing well. So I got home late last night and started fiddling with my regulator. (Would have posted before bed but I was playing with it until 1:30am :mad:). I was able to get the fluctuation level to only bounce back and forth between 5psi instead of 10psi. So, a...

Haha I’m so sorry I posted and completely missed this!! That’s what I get for trying to post between haircuts! Thank you so much, to your husband too, for using your time to try and troubleshoot my CO2 woes. I’m excited to test all that you suggested out and hopefully achieve what I need...

Afterthought.. is it possible to crank my psi up to say 50 and just set the bubble counter very low to achieve the proper color on the drop checker? Trying to figure what I’ll do if things aren’t “green” today.

Wow you learned quite a bit in a short time! And your 10 gallon looks amazing for it only being your first! And tell me about it, as soon as I got this tank I was all in again. I don't think you could only be "a little" into this hobby haha. It's probably why I took a few years off thinking...

Wow!! Looks great! See, it's pictures like that that gave me push to go CO2 this time around. And ha-ha I've had two 10 gallons in the backseat of my truck clinking around for the past 3 weeks because of the $1/gallon sale. I'm trying to not overwhelm my wife, so they've yet to even make it...

Thanks for the reply Jen. I’ll have to see if there are any leaks today during maintenance. I bought it new on eBay in March but just got everything hooked up 2 weeks ago or so. There’s a check valve built in to the bubble counter (plastic aquatek on that came with it). The tubing is the...

Thank you both for the great advice. Fishorama: here is a link to the rainbow frost I purchased — https://buceplant.com/products/rainbow-frost?variant=20177210561 My GH was around 11 out of the tap I believe. And thank you for clearing up my understanding on the aqua soil. I’m starting to...

Hey all, thank you all for your interest and willingness to help. Sorry for the delayed reply. So the cloudiness has cleared up significantly (updated picture attached). I'm going to try to address everyone's questions first so they can better troubleshoot, and then I'll have a parameter...