gills Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Hi everyone I'm going away to gold coast for nine days(waahoo!!) so my wonderful other half is looking after the fish, no prob's with that. My worry is that I have a pressurized Co2 system going and haven't got a solernoid valve yet so I've been turning it off manually. To make it easy for my wife while I'm away I have put the air pump on a timer to come on when the lights go off so I can leave the CO2 system running while I'm away, so all she has to do is feed them. Question: Is one standard air stone enough? The tank 325ltr and not too heavily stocked with fish with a few plants which are growing really well now. All input is appreciated Thanks Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Do you need the CO2? If it was me id just make it as simple as I could and minimize any problems for my partner and just turn it off for 9 days.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 this could be a realy bad idea :oops: could you put the co2 system on the timer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gills Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Won't that upset the balance and give alge the oppertunity to grow unchecked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gills Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I wish Wilson, but I hanen't got a solanoid valve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I dont know much about CO2 systems so unsure if its a good idea but its probably what I would do, it just takes one thing out of the equation of things that could go wrong.. I would think that 9 days wont hurt much if your worried about algae growing you could cut back the amount of time your lights are on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gills Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 If I stop the CO2 this will effect the Ph,GH and KH which can have (sometimes) dramatic effect on plants and fish. This is why I want to leave it on and use the air stone at night to create more turbulance and disperse the CO2 so it doesn't build up too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 The air stone coming on each night will do fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gills Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Great,thanks Evil, I can now leave with my mind at ease For my fish anyway :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 How long has the tank been stable for? Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gills Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Hi Frenchy 2 years, but CO2 has only been going for about 4 months and the results have been great. Plants grown well and algae has dropped right back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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