DIY CO2 Help

[WookiellMonster]

Ok well i think you can use those canisters like for paintballing for a DIY CO2 system thing. Well does anyone know how to do this with sum pictures to help me because i want some plants in my tank and i dont think my lighting is enough.

Thanks for your help.

 

[smithrc]

you will need a regulator and a needle valve. and then a diffuser for the tank.

what lights do you have?

 

[WookiellMonster]

Umm iunno i think really cheap ones i think they're only 20 watts. Those 3 things you just named what are they?

 

[smithrc]

- The regulator will regulate the pressure being released from the tank

- The needle valve allows fine control of the output so you can limit it to a certain bubble rate.

The reactor is the method of getting the co2 into the water.

sounds like you should search DIY CO2 on www.google.com

DIY is loads cheaper.

 

[simonbrown403]

Try this site for diy co2 reactors

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

 

[WookiellMonster]

Hmm maybe ill just buy one i saw one on petsmart for $30. Let me get the link...
http/www.petsmart.com/global/product_det...D=1122770536082
You think that would work?

 

[smithrc]

its what I started with.

whats your Watts per gallon, KH and PH at?

 

[WookiellMonster]

right now my wpg is about .7, PH 7.4, what is KH?

If i do one of those of microbrews with a 2-liter soda bottle i saw searching around do i need a reactor and all that other stuff?

 

[WookiellMonster]

hmm i think im gonna go in the plant forum and go ask sum questions.

 

[simonbrown403]

yes, you could just put the co2 pipe into the filter outlet............. i made a forced reactor out of a cheap indoor fountain pump, and a old gravel cleaner..... but i supose you could use a small pop bottle or something simalar

i wonder how this would work, might depend on the flow of the filter

 

[smithrc]

with only 0.7 watts per gallon your wont need co2 - you will have to keep low light plants untill you upgrade your lighting.

KH is the buffering papacity of your water - this with thte PH allows you to work out the ammount of CO2 in the water

 

[WookiellMonster]

Hmm im gonna try to upgrade my lightin b4 i work with co2.