Best Co2 regulators,selenoid, etc?
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prow
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on the thrid day of Christmas my ture love gave to me a bubble counter.The first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a dual gauge CO2 regulator and solenoid....
the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me 15 pounds of Koralith calcium reactor media...
Melev
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That is what I've heard as well. I was going to buy a new one from AquariumPlants.com, but while I was waiting I borrowed another Milwaukee for the time being. I've been using it for 7 months, so now I own it and have to pay my buddy for it.
And FYI, the bubble counter should never be filled with saltwater. RO/DI is preferable to tap water, or distilled.
I recently got some fluid that is very thick, and it makes counting bubbles a simple thing and it doesn't evaporate away like water:
Here's a video of how it looks. (3 megs - Right Click & Save As to your harddrive please) With the slowly rising bubbles, it is much easier to count bubbles per second.
Finally, a link to where you can buy it.
GiantRedEyeball
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Be careful when using the bubble counter solution on the Milwaukee Regulator. The reason why I sent my back to Milwaukee was the fact that it kept releasing bubbles out of control no matter how I adjusted it. The faster the bubbles come out the more viscous the fluid becomes. If the bubbles continue flowing out of control the fluid can actually be forced through the airline tubing and into the tanks water. This happened to me once, and Milwaukee said it was because their regulators basically arent as sensitive as one might need and may need a half lb needle. this is why I shipped mine to them for the new needle valve, however I just received it back yesterday and they gave me a brand new one (with the same needle valve). So they fixed the broken solenoid, but not the needle problem. I have the Best regulator from Aquarium plants and am going to keep it on my set up. I will only use the Milwaukee in an emergency.
AQTCJAK
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I find it funny how sometimes hobbies use the same equipment as trades do I had a customer come in last night looking for CO2 setup & I was looking @ a flier fro Fresno Oxygen a welding supplier So I looked up pricing though my vendor & for the same product except the fact you dont own the bottle the Welding supply house was 50% less than wholesale for the same system
GiantRedEyeball
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For cheap refills for your CO2 try a fire extinguisher refill service, I found they are cheaper than welding supply shops.
GiantRedEyeball
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I also forgot to reference this but the aquarium plants.com "best regulator" has a 3 year warranty which is pretty good. I am not sure what makes up the bubble counter solution it seems maybe like silicone, but I am not sure.