So I bought a CO2 system today..

[essy]

Excuse me for my ignorance, brand new to plant tanks. Set it up about two weeks ago and just got the CO2 today.

It's NUTRAFINs "CO2 Natural Plant System." It has a canister to a bubble diffuser, said the bubbles would start coming after about 2 hours. I went to work, came back, and I'm pretty sure nothing has happened so far. I don't see any bubbles or anything?

Thanks!

 

[bobo819]

if you follow the instruction on how to make all those, it shud work.....
for mine, it took abt a day before it start some bubbles in the beginning

 

[eternity302]

if you follow the instruction on how to make all those, it shud work.....
for mine, it took abt a day before it start some bubbles in the beginning

As the box says "STIR TO SPEED UP PROCESS" mine takes about a day before it blows bubble.. took about 48 hours before it functions properly!

 

[essy]

I'll wait a few days to see if it works, if not I'll re-stir it and all that. Does it really make that big of a difference by the way, no one has really ever told me lol.

Also, how will I know if it's working? Is it like a constant stream of bubbles, or what?

 

[bobo819]

As the box says "STIR TO SPEED UP PROCESS" mine takes about a day before it blows bubble.. took about 48 hours before it functions properly!

FINE! it took that long =.='' but it did blow a lil bubble at the end of the dayyyyy!

 

[bobo819]

I'll wait a few days to see if it works, if not I'll re-stir it and all that. Does it really make that big of a difference by the way, no one has really ever told me lol.

Also, how will I know if it's working? Is it like a constant stream of bubbles, or what?

stir will speed up, and it doesnt constant stream of bubbles....
it should be about every 4 - 6 seconds per bubble....

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

It will be a bubble every few seconds. thats it. And to find out how much co2 is getting in you rwater you will have to get a test for that. They have whats called a drop checker, which I know nothing about. Or you can look on the net for directions on checking your PH and waiting a day and checking the same cup of tank water again and see the difference and theres a chart that gives you a idea of how much dissolved co2 is in your water.

 

[eternity302]

If u followed everything correctly.. i grabbed a straw and stirred mine before closing the lid! It speed up the process a heck lot faster!

 

[essy]

Does it make a big difference on the plants? Like, are they magically going to look amazing in a month?

 

[eternity302]

trust me.. u won't notice it.. but go to a LFS and look at their plants.. come home and look at urs... and u'll see the difference =)