Re: CO2 IS WORKING, UPDATE 1-10-07-5.5 gallon nano planted tank
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
Re: CO2 IS WORKING, UPDATE 1-10-07-5.5 gallon nano planted tank
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.
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
Re: CO2 IS WORKING, UPDATE 1-15-07-5.5 gallon nano planted tank
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
Re: CO2 IS WORKING, UPDATE 1-15-07-5.5 gallon nano planted tank
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!
Re: CO2 IS WORKING, UPDATE 1-15-07-5.5 gallon nano planted tank
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.
Re: CO2 IS WORKING, UPDATE 1-15-07-5.5 gallon nano planted tank
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.
Re: CO2 IS WORKING, UPDATE 1-15-07-5.5 gallon nano planted tank
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.