Adding co2 and more plants to planted fish tank

[Paul]

Going to add the plants, a piece of driftwood, and co2 from my plants only
tank to my 46g Bow Front with 96 watts of lighting. This should make a
somewhat heavily planted tank. The 46g has 9 zebra Danios, 2 CAE's and a 4"
long Leopard Plec. Would like to know what to watch out for in adding the
Co2. As I seem to have had difficulty in the past in determining the Co2
content I am wanting to start slowly on the Co2 and increasing it slowly and
checking the pH(normally at 7.6) till I get some pearling. Don't want to get
a drastic change in anything that might harm the fish. Thanks for any
advise.
--
Paul

"You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it Damned foolproof."

[Bob Alston]

Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants:64816

Rather than continuing to add CO2 until you get perling, suggest you use the
calculator on the attached.

http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm

Lots of reasons why even with appropriate co2 you might not get perling.


--
Bob Alston
918.494.4913

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> Going to add the plants, a piece of driftwood, and co2 from my plants only
> tank to my 46g Bow Front with 96 watts of lighting. This should make a
> somewhat heavily planted tank. The 46g has 9 zebra Danios, 2 CAE's and a
4"
> long Leopard Plec. Would like to know what to watch out for in adding the
> Co2. As I seem to have had difficulty in the past in determining the Co2
> content I am wanting to start slowly on the Co2 and increasing it slowly
and
> checking the pH(normally at 7.6) till I get some pearling. Don't want to
get
> a drastic change in anything that might harm the fish. Thanks for any
> advise.
> --
> Paul
>
> "You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it Damned foolproof."
>
>
>
>
>

[LeighMo]

>Rather than continuing to add CO2 until you get perling, suggest you use the
>calculator on the attached.
>
>http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm
>
>Lots of reasons why even with appropriate co2 you might not get perling.

Agreed. In fact, I've never gotten pearling with only 2 watts per gallon, no
matter how much CO2 I added.


Leigh

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/

[Paul]

"Bob Alston" > wrote in message
.. .
> Rather than continuing to add CO2 until you get perling, suggest you use
the
> calculator on the attached.
>
> http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm
>
> Lots of reasons why even with appropriate co2 you might not get perling.
>
>
>Good advice. I refer to CGadd's site frequently. I just always seem to have
trouble nailing down co2 readings and am really wary with the fish involved.
In my plants only tank I didn't worry too much about it, just set bubble
rate for good growth rate. Thanks.
--
Paul

"You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it Damned foolproof."