Help with CO2

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  1. carl leathwhite

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    Good day im currently using CO2 in my 60 L tank for the first time and was wondering whether or not the CO2 levels are supposed to drop at night as mine have stayed constant please could someone shed some light on this
     
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    Ideally you want to get a timer for your co2 injection. Are you injection via fire extinguisher or diy?

    Timer will allow you to stop co2 injection when lights are off. When lights off is also a good time to inject some oxygen using an air stone.

    What bubble rate are you at?

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    Im using a regular tank and regulator with an external solenoid on the line I run a 1BPs that seems to bring the indicator to a lime green colour also one of my corys died but I don't think is was CO2 related as the others are fine any idea why
     
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    Yeah I would target a greenish colour on the indicator.

    What size tank?
    Share a Pic of the setup?

    1Bps sounds okay depending on the above. Running a airstone at night would also be good.

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    I’ll send a photo once the light come on at 11
     
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