Co2 Optimat Tetra Plant ,,,,help

[scotslasszoe]

does anyone on here use this co2 set up. have bought it and put it in tank.

Not sure what this means

when using carbon dioxide diffusion set you should avoid any form of ventilation during illumination phase. co2 fert should be released at night i.e without light on since plants can only absorb co2 in connection with light, it is recommended to ventilate during a period of darkness.

Can anyone tell me what it means.

thanks

Zoe

 

[scotslasszoe]

Anyone?

 

[Themuleous]

Basically it means turn off the air pump if you have one, and only run it at night. Air pump or more precisely the bubbles they produce, create a lot of surface water movement in the tank which drives off the CO2. Most people who run CO2 dont use air pumps at all, not even at nights. Its similar with filters, in that you try and have the filter positioned so that there is minimal surface water movement. Of course this doesn't mean only running the filter at night! runt eh filter 24/7!

BTW that kit is rubbish you'd be better off with a nutrafin yeast kit (pinned thread all about them), they are much cheaper in the long run and works a million times better.

Sam

 

[scotslasszoe]

Awwww great done it again bought crap

Thanks sam so if i dont have pump how does fish get oxygen? wont the suffocate?

I dont use a pump i use my fluval 4 plus to make oxygen bubbles.

So i should stop the oxygen bubbles while using co2?

Sorry for being a pain

Zoe

 

[garuf]

Awwww great done it again bought crap

Thanks sam so if i dont have pump how does fish get oxygen? wont the suffocate?

I dont use a pump i use my fluval 4 plus to make oxygen bubbles.

So i should stop the oxygen bubbles while using co2?

Sorry for being a pain

Zoe

yeah bubbles will drive the co2 off by surface movement, the idea behind co2 injection is that the plants will grown faster and stronger and therefore produce more oxygen meaning that the amount of co2 present is negligible because the water soon becomes so rich in O2

 

[scotslasszoe]

Ahhhhhh. now i get it. Ok thanks so much. sorted now. the LPS uses the same set up at me and he got 2 tanks next to each other with same plants one suing co2 and other not. U can see a massive difference with co2 tank. so must help a bit

Zoe

 

[Themuleous]

Yeh it will help, but for the same money a nutrafin kit would work better thats all Some surface movement it ok and as you say necessary in order to keep 2 levels ok, but not too much

Sam

 

[garuf]

If your Diy minded dont part with your money and make one yourself using any tutorial

 

[scotslasszoe]

Diy whats Diy

Maybe in future will have a good look into and and see how its done etc etc

Thanks

Zoe

 

[garuf]

D I Y
Do It Yourself.
check out these links
http/www.qsl.net/w2wdx/aquaria/diyco2.html
http/fish.cecolts.com/pics/co2.html
http/www.petfrd.com/forum/articles.php?a...le&artid=10

 

[scotslasszoe]

I Know what DIY is. Sorry was pulling your leg

Thanks will have a look

Zoe

 

[nry]

Strangely a recent PFK article rated the Tetra Optimat as pretty good, and one writer used it in his own aquarium. Personally, I found mine to be a bit pointless - there is absolutely no way of controlling how much CO2 enters the water, so reaching the 'ideal' 30ppm (or any chosen figure!) is impossible. Add to that the need to manually press the button on the cannister (twice per day!) to fill the diffuser and things get a bit unstable.

2 pop bottles and a cheap glass/ceramic diffuser to use a yeast/sugar mix can be put together for ~£10 and will work much better.

 

[Nano Jake]

I tried this kit, then promptly chucked it in the bin 5 mins later. Sorry.

 

[scotslasszoe]

well i have been using this for 2 days now

And i totally swear its working lol

My plants have seemed to open right up. i can totally see a diff in my crypts. dont now if it just coincidence, but my plants look so much better hmmmmmmmm.???

Zoe

 

[Themuleous]

I guess its not a case of it not working its just that it doesn't work very well and is quite expensive comparatively. It will add Co2 to the tank thats a certainty, but not very efficiently or in a way you can control thats all

That said any CO2 is better than no CO2 so you took the right step and I'm glad to hear the plants seem to be appreciating it

Sam