Any time!

I just went to one of those AI pages and put in the words. I had it read it since I didn’t feel like doing it myself.

I'm having a flashback to "The Paper Chase"..

Yeah, I remembered there were some ingredients that kept the reaction from activated so fast. Thanks a lot I’ll look that up.

Could be, Not sure on that one.

drink it? What's it taste like?

That guy is super chill and really informative. I like em alot

Oh wow ok thanks for the heads up.

Do a large water change that should fix the problem. I forgot to turn off my co2 and the fish were gasping for air. Did the water change and did not lose a single fish.

Having too much CO2 is more concerned about fish getting enough oxygen in the tank more so than algae. so far it has been ok, but it’s only been a week. We’ll see how it goes.

Ive heard trying to mechanically clean ceramic (like with a toothbrush) can clog up the pores. I believe soaking in a bleach solution and avoiding touching the ceramic altogether is the best option. Hope that helps!

@@himikhail Thanks for the tip. Fluval Support responded and said that a brush and vinegar should do the trick, but I tried that to no avail. They are sending me a replacement disc, but it is backordered.

Yeah after using it a bit I'm not a fan of the one it came with. Its still working kind of but its getting replaced.

@@pecktecAfter about a month, Fluval sent me a new diffuser kit with a slightly different design than the one included in the original kit. So far, seems to work much better than the original (requiring less pressure for the CO2 to pass through the disc).

I was just about to say the same 🍷

I will eventually I want to show how they intended to use it first and then see how that works.

Fair enough!

I am probably wrong here but I think Sean was talking about using baking soda in the yeast mix. It's been a few years since I saw anyone do this. I think it's supposed to act as a buffer so the co2 produced doesn't crash the pH and prematurely kill the yeast (before the alcohol gets chance to anyways). Never tried it and not seen anything online about it in a long time so could be a load of rubbish

@matthewsmith22 you're probably riight

I can't remember exactly what I added or if Im conflating two things. A few people mentioned the gelatin so Ill look that up.

Update: Okay so 36 hours later, there are bubbles but it’s like 1 bubble every 5 minutes no matter how much I turn the check valve. Idk if the valve is bad, maybe there’s a gas lack where it connects to the lid, or the reaction has barely happened maybe the activator and or booster is bad. SMH cmon fluval did you even test the production line?

So mine has been going for a little over a week. I get a bubble every 7-8 seconds (like I show during the reading part) its very very slight. I think next go Im gong increases the yeast. But yeah I have it all the way open too.

Update: I let it sit for 2 more days and WOW! when I moved the valve, there were so many bubbles coming out super fast. Fluval says to wait 24 hours after setup, but honestly it should 3-4 days. I’m sure I’m all good now! This is my first time using co2 so I appreciate the DIY style in a fancy form factor and container

What are the other things?

The regulator malfunctions (even slightly) emitting excessive bubbles into the tank. Even at normal amounts, the plants are no longer using CO2 and the tank will increase levels perhaps gassing inhabitants. Without a true shut off the regulator is bound to lose it's setting, esp a cheaper one like on these kits I'm surprised Fluval claims 24/7 Co2 is safe. Not surprised they want it to run out twice as fast as this means customers by more ingredients (which is another discussion :).@@mgk2020

I would also be concerned about an explosion of algae in the tank.

I’ve only had it going for a week or so but it really doesn’t produce a lot of bubbles even overnight. It doesn’t seem to saturate the 20 gallon I’ve got it on. it wouldn’t waste too so much is little build up a lot in the water column over night. Even with the valve all the way open the bubble come out slow. So in theory will be eaten up when the lights come on. The concern is that will get too intense during the night and cause problems but that has a bit of issue at all. It just comes out so slow. I think it’s something to do with the amount that’s in there. Like I said, I’ll do a deep dive on it soon.

@@pecktec interesting points. Perhaps the homemade CO2 creates inherently modest pressure so it can’t dump overnight…