More pressurized CO2 questions...

[gagaliya]

there are no drop checkers that give accurate ph/co2 concentration, it's a very ball park indication. And ph swing(lights on vs off) from co2 injection will not affect the fish, as long as the co2 concentration in the tank is not extreme.

drop checker is not useful imo unless for the coolness factor.

I budgeted $1k for the biocube and the actual came out to be much less. So going against my own advice, i figured i did try out the drop checker as a novelty since green leaf has one that looked pretty interesting as it has the reference solution built-in next to it, so at least you have some frame of reference in comparison and not complete guess work.

Anway the top chamber is the co2 indicator, the bottom chamber is the reference indicator. And according to the instruction:

1) If co2 indicator is more blue than reference=add more co2
2) if co2 indicator is more yellow than reference=add less co2
3) if co2 indicator=reference color you are supposely at balance (i assume the reference is calibrated to 30ppm)

So here's what my looked like after a night, anyone want to guess what light green means lol? it's never that simple isnt it /sigh

 

[nova60]

Is a drop checker the same as a bubble counter?

 

[gagaliya]

no, bubble counter is installed on the outside of the tank usually to count the # of co2 bubbles - rate of co2.

dropchecker checks for the co2 concentration in the tank by looking at the color

 

[angyles]

I'd say it looks good. Maybe a litlte more yellow than the sample color, but hard to tell with a green leaf right behind that (making it a little darker). You're right in the zone...piece of cake!

 

[odinthejd]

nice stuff