Blowing Bubbles

[Sibelius]

Ok, enjoy having a laugh at this:

I've got a spot of hair algae, that I'm hoping will disappear when I add CO2. However, the CO2 set came with missing parts, and the algae is getting worse on my prize plant. Is it completely bonkers of me to be wondering whether I could blow air down a straw, into a covered part of the tank, where the CO2 in my breath would dissolve. Is this dangerous to plants and fish? Would it help the plants, for the next few days, or have I lost the plot completely?

 

[Chri$]

Havn't got a clue if it would work - my guess would be it wouldn't.

Could you cut down on your lighting time untill your missing equipment arrives?

 

[demonmagus]

it wouldn't work, its been brought up before lol

our breath contains hardly any C02, it wouldn't work

 

[Fate2006]

I've heard rosy barbs can get rid of hair algea pretty quickly... Try a few of them mabye?

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

turn the lights out for a couple of days, that will rid of any algea your plants wont suffer

 

[InaneCathode]

Waaaaait, why wouldnt it work?
I've heard it wouldnt work because theres almost no co2 in our breath YET we arent supposed to fill fish bags with breath because theres no o2 in our breath? Which is it, has to be one or the other

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

there is co2 and o2 in your breath as well as nitrogen there just isnt enough of these things

 

[Jeewhizz]

the air you breathe out has approx 25% less oxygen than the air you breathe in - hence the air in fish bags recommendation.

The exhaled air is about 3-4% CO2 iirc, and so that isn't going to do much for your algae, considering it'll be removed from the water from all the bubbles you are making

 

[InaneCathode]

so mostly why you breath is to inhale oxygen?
how can it be 4% oxygen? if you breath in x much shouldnt you breath out x much co2?

 

[yvez9]

the air we breath is only about 20% O2 and 78% N, the other 2% is other gasses
We metabolize 25% of the O2 we breathe, so we exhale 15% O2 and 5% CO2

 

[InaneCathode]

oh