Advice Please On Creating My Own Co2 Device. Thank You.

[totally tropical]

I would like to make my own co2 kit and would like step-by-step advice in laymens terms as to how to do this. I have looked at various sites on the subject and the info does get a little complicated at times - I just want the basics, something that i can work on and learn from.

I have very little knowledge in how to make, use and at what intervals to use.

I have a 300 litre tank and would like my tropical plants to blossom rather than struggle.

Many, many thanks.

 

[shrimply]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=212550

and

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...p;#entry2104940

It should be all you need, any specifics feel free to ask.

 

[totally tropical]

[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=212550"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=212550[/URL]

and

[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...p;#entry2104940"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...p;#entry2104940[/URL]

It should be all you need, any specifics feel free to ask.

These are excellent links which I will certainly print out - just wondered if you had info on a fermentation kit using yeast, sugar etc as I would like to try out this method first and see how I get on.

Cheers.

 

[shrimply]

Umm, I think you'd really struggle to keep up Co2 levels using fermention in a 300l, you'd really need a pressurised kit.

However, here are some directions, all are available in the pinned topics

http/www.fishforever.co.uk/carbondioxide.html

http/www.aquatic-eden.com/2006/10/build-...-generator.html

 

[totally tropical]

Umm, I think you'd really struggle to keep up Co2 levels using fermention in a 300l, you'd really need a pressurised kit.

However, here are some directions, all are available in the pinned topics

[URL="http/www.fishforever.co.uk/carbondioxide.html"]http/www.fishforever.co.uk/carbondioxide.html[/URL]

[URL="http/www.aquatic-eden.com/2006/10/build-...-gtenerator.hml"]http/www.aquatic-eden.com/2006/10/build-...-gtenerator.hml[/URL]

Thanks shrimply - the first link works great, though the second is not working.

Thank you.

 

[shrimply]

Sorted

 

[totally tropical]

Umm, I think you'd really struggle to keep up Co2 levels using fermention in a 300l, you'd really need a pressurised kit.

However, here are some directions, all are available in the pinned topics

[URL="http/www.fishforever.co.uk/carbondioxide.html"]http/www.fishforever.co.uk/carbondioxide.html[/URL]

[URL="http/www.aquatic-eden.com/2006/10/build-...-gtenerator.hml"]http/www.aquatic-eden.com/2006/10/build-...-gtenerator.hml[/URL]

Sorry shrimpy forgot to add that you mentioned that I would struggle to keep up co2 levels using fermentation in a 300 litre tank. Would this still not be an ok option i.e. some co2 would benefit my plants than none at all even though the levels would not always be maintained?

Cheers.

 

[shrimply]

Well obviously any extra CO2 will be helpful, but I imagine that you won't see much difference, any changes to plant growth will be small and you'll probably end up feeling your doing a lot of work for very little reward.

If you don't want to go [pressurised then liquid carbon may be an option but in a tank that size a pressurised system is easily cheaper in the long run.

 

[totally tropical]

Well obviously any extra CO2 will be helpful, but I imagine that you won't see much difference, any changes to plant growth will be small and you'll probably end up feeling your doing a lot of work for very little reward.

If you don't want to go [pressurised then liquid carbon may be an option but in a tank that size a pressurised system is easily cheaper in the long run.

That's great thank you. Is it possible to still have healthy aquarium plants using leaf zone and root tabs for instance minus the CO2 injections?