Max
Fish Addict
whats the CO2 used for and how do you use it?
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cutecotton
Fish Herder
plants need co2 to go through photosnynethesis and make food.
Bol
Fish Addict
In particular, carbon is the main 'building block' of plant cells, and plants can easily use the carbon in CO2 for growth.
As far as "how do you use it", the short answer is you need to dissolve gaseous CO2 in the tank's water. There are several different ways people do this, but they all sort of focus on one or both of these two ideas: "Make the bubbles as small as possible" and "maximize the amount of time the bubbles are in the water".
If you'd like to know the mechanisms used, a quick search on "DIY CO2", "CO2 diffuser" and "CO2 reactor" should yield some good results.
As far as "how do you use it", the short answer is you need to dissolve gaseous CO2 in the tank's water. There are several different ways people do this, but they all sort of focus on one or both of these two ideas: "Make the bubbles as small as possible" and "maximize the amount of time the bubbles are in the water".
If you'd like to know the mechanisms used, a quick search on "DIY CO2", "CO2 diffuser" and "CO2 reactor" should yield some good results.
sn8k
New Member
Go here 
http
/www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/
Lots of great info on CO2 and it's uses in the planted aquarium.
http
/www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/Lots of great info on CO2 and it's uses in the planted aquarium.
Max
Fish Addict
sorry again i made two posts but i have my DIY Co2 going, how long should i have it going, i have it in my filter-in-take pipe.
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