Diy C02

[france]

I've learned so much from this forum in just the past few days that I felt I should give something back. I started using a DIY C02 setup a few days ago and was trying to figure out a better (and cheep) way of diffusing the bubbles. I'm using a standard yeast in a bottle method pumping into an air stone. As I was attaching the air pipe to the side of my tank with a suction cup I thought to myself, "hey, this would work as a backwards umbrella pretty well." So I cut a hole through the middle of a cup, and ran the air line through the hole, giving the airstone a little umbrella for the C02 bubbles to get stuck under. Not a bad little method for only 10 cents.

 

[Snick]

IF the amount of CO2 dissolves into the water and the umbrella is not overrun by c02 this method is ok. try looking at this site

(http/www.qsl.net/w2wdx/aquaria/diyco2.html)

there is a nice section on Co2 dissolving methods, try them out!

 

[Dubby]

I like your idea, France. I use the bottom of a 250ml plastic bottle as an inverted bell which then is attached to the wall using a suction cup. And I always have to juggle a bit to get the bubbles to rise up into the cup

You could try using this idea but attached to the tube (like you've done).