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Re: Please Help with "hazy" water
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Please Help with "hazy" water
- From: Glenn Attwood <glenn at attwood_ca>
- Date: 28 Jan 2002 19:00:20 -0500
- In-Reply-To: <200201282028.g0SKSGY21088 at actwin_com>
- References: <200201282028.g0SKSGY21088 at actwin_com>
On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 15:28, David A. Youngker wrote
> > This has happened to me when my yeast brew inadvertanly
> > back-siphons into the tank. If enough of the mixture
> > enters the water column, all hell can break loose.
> > Nowadays whenever I see a grey haze in any of my
> > tanks with DIY CO2 I change water like crazy for a few
> > days.
>
> The two most commonly-reported aggravations stemming from yeast generators
> can be eliminated very easily with the use of an extra bottle of water.
> Simply use it as an in-line water filter, bubbling the CO2 through an air
> stone at the bottom of the bottle and bleeding the filtered gas off the top.
I have actually done this: (ASCII art alert)
________
| |
===== | __________|____== |
| | | | | |
| | | | | Tank |
|co2| === | |
|___| |_| |_________________|
^
|----1/2 water
The inline water filer also acts as a bit of a check valve, mainly
because I couldn't find any brass ones available locally.
I was actually wondering if the frosted glass effect could be a sign of
green water, which soneone has said in the past is not nesecarily green.
Anyway, 2 20% water changes 12 hours appart seem to have solved most of
the problem so we'll see what happens of the next few weeks. Maybe a
few more plants (a java fern or 2) would help?