atmmachine816

CO2 is working, already have seen larger than normal growth in a day.

1. co2 on right, air pump on left in case fish need oxygen
2.closeup of co2
3. co2 going into the filter

Is DIY co2, comments/suggestions/questions are welcomed.

thanks for looking

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dazzler

ingenius buddy, i am going to hit you up with a gazillion questions very soon my tank has been postponed another coupla days. how much did the d i y co2 cost you to set up

atmmachine816

cost me 1.19 for pop bottle, 3$ for check vavle, 1.56$ for tubing.* That's it. Ask all you want, just take it slow, first time I did this it didn't work, I took it slower this time and it worked. This is a common idea among planted tanks so it's not like I made it up.

dazzler

nice one change from $10!!! enough for a beer! o.k so how is the co2 produced do you have a co2 candle in the pop bottle

i just cant figure that bit out?? im off to the magic lfs soon sold half my house so i can go shopping...lol.

regards dazz

atmmachine816

basic setup. Mix yeast, sugar, baking soda in pop bottle, it produces co2 goes through tubing and is dissolve in my filter by my impeller.

dazzler

ah now its as clear as mud!!! and how long does that last before you re stock your mixture.. and how much mixture do you put in there

atmmachine816

recipe
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon yeast
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

add two cups sugar
fill two liter bottle up with 3/4 luke warm water
add yeast and baking soda, cap tightly
co2 will be coming in a few hours
lasts 3-4 weeks

For you being such a large tank you would have to have a lot of DIY bottles up and running, you might want to go for pressurized instead

Depending how many watts you have co2 may or may not be necessary

p.s. how's your tank coming, going to make a journal

atmmachine816

Here's a two week update, have co2 running too

1. tank
2. closer of the tank
3. swords
4. spikey wanted a picture
5. excuse the cucumber
6. mass of hornwort
7. My light, thinking of buying a new fluescent tube to even the light out more and get more to the sides of the tank as this has one light in the middle

Thanks for looking

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Golden Fish

Very Crafty ATM! wow!
I am a big fan of DIY projects. It's alot more fun! Unfourtantly I am very lazy, although that is where i get alot of my ideas from! How can i make this easier? LOL!

atmmachine816

the DIY co2 it is easy, maybe half hour max for setup that's it

dazzler

ATM in glad you posted your recipe for co2 and your diy set up it will help me when i convert from fake to real plants

chhers for that
dazzler

atmmachine816

If you plan on using it on your grandady tank you are going to need to make a lot of them for them to have much of an effect, I would just go with easy low light plants then go co2, it's a lot easier that way. Later I'll make a post on how to make it, I DID NOT come up with this way, I got it from John n. on a plant forum, this is common knowledge and I just used his way.

atmmachine816

Been a bit lazy on this, a update will come tomorow. Did weekly maintence today but didn't get time to take any pics. got over a three foot of hornwort in there now, I absolutely love this stuff now.

Gunnie

Dazzler,
Co2 is not required for all aquatic plants. You can have a beautiful low light set up without using Co2:

http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=17

atmmachine816

Yes sorry gunnie is right, and you would have to a lot of co2 bottles for a tank your size so you'd be better off pressurized or low light.

thank for pointing that out gunnie

atmmachine816

Just some updated pictures from last week, late I know.

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Isabella

Atm, your tank looks really BEAUTIFUL Great job !

atmmachine816

Ya unfortunately I'm fighting a little algae so the plants are a little out of order and since I didn't buy plants like you are I'v been stuck waiting for plants to grow. Overall yes everythings going well.

thanks for the compliment