DIY C02 System

[Phacias]

Moonshine! ^^'

[letmeshowuhow2stunt]

Those bottles just look ugly if your going to use them you should hide them in the stand

[BusaFalconer]

The fan that is moving the surface water is ruining all your effort! water surface should only move at night!!!

[subtleserveyor]

@BusaFalconer Why?

[wazeer3]

do you shut down the co2 system at night?

[gobanana11]

name the fish at 0:52sec?

[gills77]

@gobanana11 it's a siamese algae eater

[emeryt121314]

400g sugar+yeast

[iwish24]

Seems very nice! how often do u have to change and mix a new solution? Thanks!

[Roden]

may i know can this co2 system shutdown when i turn of the light ? since this is not electic ...

[petideak]

I think it operates day and night continually. Yeast and sugar does not have a switch off button. :)

[azncardninja169]

@petideak you could put something to stop the flow :D but then you just made a bomb tho lmao

[vvvNikolayvvv]

@petideak

There's a on/off valve

[azncardninja169]

no, even if you get like one of those valves, it will cause the bottle to explode or something due to the pressure. so this system doesnt turn off.

[rivermud76]

@Roden

the only way to "shut down" this system is to have a valve to diverts gas release to open air rather than the aquarium. otherwise if you tried to close or stop the CO2 from being released you would build pressure in your container and quite possibly make it go BOOM. I've sadly seen things go BOOM before when i first tried one of those DIY beer kits about 20 years ago.. BIG MESS

[TheBadenBoy]

I have the same filter :)

Good work ;)

[bmleyva]

sorry i have a couple question that might sound stupid but i got to ask.

1.Did it make a difference in you're plant's growth?

2.Did it make you're plants healthier?

[IngMonkey]

ofcourse it does, its no1 and basic fertilizer. Most of the organic material is made from C and plants get C from CO2. It greatly affects also aquarium ecology - Plants will consume more NO3, NO2 and NH3, practically no need for any filtering and airpumps. I don't use filter and airpump and have 0ppm NO2 and about 5ppm NO3. and ofcourse i have CO2 with DIY reactor(0.5l bottle + pump output from top + CO2 inject = 100% efectivity) I have oxygen bubbles everywhere.

[ryanovrhondda]

sorry guys, my bad

[ryanovrhondda]

Ive heard that you need a certain amount of h2o pumped in your tank otherwise your fish can die from too much of it. Is this true, if it is how can i prevent it? because ive got a h2o defuser and the yeast and sugar sollution but i need to know how much is needed. also, i do have a lot of plants in my tank.

thanks. all help needed.

[klswn22]

H2O is water, compadre.

you're thinking CO2. It depends on how many gallons your tank is and how many plants your tank has. If you're putting too much CO2 in the tank the excess will just dissipate into the atmosphere. You want to find a good amount to avoid wasting.

[yournamehere954]

You will need H2o for sure or your fish will die. Just because H2o is water and the last time I checked fish cannot live without it.

[aotearoastyle]

@yournamehere954 3 people agree with this guy yet the co2 supply food to the plants an in turn the plants release h20 into the water through photosynthesis . . . . . . . Ever ask yourself why people feed co2 into an aquarium with plants in it ?

[rivermud76]

@aotearoastyle They release O2, not H2O. The reason they use CO2 in tanks is for plant growth and algae control, not for the O2 that is released into the tank.

[zerocool212121]

@aotearoastyle i think u got it all backwards. plants use co2 light and nutrients to produce sugars 'food' a biproduct is oxygen not water.

[aotearoastyle]

@zerocool212121 lol Yep i got 02 and h02 muddled up

[manta965]

@zerocool212121 but at night they take in oxygen so if you ever get more fish turn the co3 off at night and use an air pump

[zerocool212121]

@manta965 it shouldnt matter on if u get more fish or not, diy cant just shut off!! you may divert the flow of it but thats more work and isnt as usefull vs a real co2 set up where it can shut it off. if your worried then just get better suface agitation = more co2 exchange due to surface area.

[wsanders10]

There are several factors in figuring out how much c02. search in google

"c02 calculator" or "c02 chart"

Things such as water hardness and Ph effect the healthy levels of c02 your tank can have

[cichlidkeeper89]

H2O is water dude.

[HiDeguild]

Heavy metals are attracted to the sediment chemically through redox reactions, so they never enter the water column above the gravel. Just make sure there isn't too much iron or your plants could turn kinda yellowish.

[ZooTycoonMaster]

That would be Riccia

[greenaquarium]

cool

[ollieflp]

Ive seen tanks with no CO2 system at all how do they get away with it?

[xBenawesomex]

It just depends how they set it up.

A lot of people do low-tech setups because they are easier and less demanding. They get plants that don't require much light like javafern, java moss, hornwort, and many others and just pretty much throw them into the tank, low-light plants don't require co2 or ferts. Thats how they do it, thats how I do it.

[HiDeguild]

One could also put an inch or two inch thick layer of topsoil underneath a gravel cap to provide around 8-10 years worth of carbon for the plants as well as nutrients for more natural growth.

[quaqa88]

I don't understand what a reactor does?

[quaqa88]

This is not smart, too much carbon dioxide kills fish. Especially since you have three bottles. Also, CO2 lowers pH. By having three bottles, the pH is probably decreasing very quickly, and large pH swings causes stress on the fish, which will eventually kill them.

[pokermon919]

he's using 2 bottles, the one in the middle acts as a bubble counter/gas seperator

[xpistalpetex]

usually diy co2 doesnt need drop checker mostly pressizured imo...i never got around to one when i used diy

[bonex2005jr]

haha..showing the riccia has photosyntesis succesfully..but how bout the foreground plant?..

[crosseyed55]

what kind of light fixture you have on that tank?

[Sojaofdapepo]

sweet growing the fish food cool

[eut256]

prob smell abit guessing 1 teaspoon of yeast 1-2 cups of sugar and some tepid water mix it up = co2, more yeast = more co2 produced but it wouldent last aslong, thinking of getting preasurized one myself but thees are great for smaller sized aquas

[mastainventa]

too wasteful its crud all the co2 is wasted but the production of co2 is fine you need a good reactor

[hatstalker]

thats alot of yeast

does it stink pm me

[onekk]

very nice :)

[nicky1822]

what mixture are you using in your bottles?

[Studio102]

....I'm guessing sugar and yeast with warm water....

[via7877]

sugar water + yeast