Co2 Confusion

[kisin]

Well not a great deal but here it goes.

I have just purchased a Juwel Rekord 800 (110 L approx ).

It comes with built in filter and lighting along with heater.

I have decided on my fish and have calculated using the 1" of fish per 1 Gallon of water.

I have a rough idea about the plants I want along with a planned sketch of what I hope the tank will look like once completed.

I have researched the whole fishless cycle thing and think I understand it pretty well but the only thing that's bothering me is trying to find a CO2 system that doesn't cost the earth but will also be adequate enough for my aquarium.

The said aquarium can be seen here >> http/www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/fish/aquarium/small_tanks/171566

so any ideas on the whole CO2 dooda?

( there may be more questions but will wait to ask these )

And thanks for any replies

Jake

 

[LondonguyJ]

Use liquid c02

It's cheap and makes your tank smell like roses

http/www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Flourish.html

 

[OldMan47]

The need for CO2 is very real but a lot depends on the particular plants you are growing. There is a very small amount of CO2 in any water that is in contact with room air. That amount may be enough depending on the light levels and plant types you are growing. Although there are lots of "standard" CO2 arrangements, none of them truly fit all circumstances. The liquid carbo or Flourish excel approach can work for some plants but can kill others. Pressurized CO2 can be expensive to set up although it is probably the cheapest artificial CO2 approach you can use once it is set up. DIY CO2, the kind from fermenting sugar with yeast, can be plenty for many low tech applications but is a PITA to maintain and sugar is not exactly free.

Please let us know what plants you intend to grow and what fertilizer and light regime you intend to use. With that information some of the better plant keepers can probably give you a good suggestion for a high tech planted tank. Few planted tank enthusiasts have ever experienced the NPT approach or even the low tech approach, so for those you will need to fall back on us non-planted tank people who have actually used those methods. It is not that I don't admire a high tech tank, I just don't like the amount of work it takes to maintain one.

 

[kisin]

Well here it goes, lol

I'm just thinking about buying a plant collection which has the following species;

Elodea Densa
Aponogetum Crispus
mini Amazon Sword
Twisted Vallisneria
Hygrophylia Polysperma
Mayaca Fluritalis
Ludwigian Natans
Hydrilla Verticiliata
Echinodorus Latifolious
Rotalla Macrandra
Cabomba Caroliana
Ludwigia Mullerii
Cryptocoryne Wendtii
Straight Vallisneria
Sagittaria Natans
Rotalla Indica
Bacopa Monnerii
Eleocharis Parvulus (Dwarf Hairgrass)

I want this tank to be fairly heavily planted at the sides and back but also having a nice open area at the from to appreciate the fish.

Would these plants be too much?

There will also be a nice piece of mangrove wood and the substrate is going to be "Hobby Aqualit"

The heater is the one supplied which is a Juwel 100w heater which sits inside the Juwel Bioflow Super 400, the lighting ( which will be regulated for 10 hours a day is 1 x 18W Day-lite tube and 1 x Warm-lite 18W warm-lite tube.

Hopefully this makes some sense to someone on this forum.

Regards

Jake