DIY recipe for Nutrafin system

[J Roos]

Rather than going the trouble of experimenting, I thought I would ask.
Does anyone have a good DIY CO2 recipe for the nutrafin system?
I like the size of the reactor, but I do not wish to use their expensive
prepackaged material.
I am running it on a 26 gallon tank.
Thanks for any advice.
Joel

[Eric Schreiber]

"J Roos" > wrote:

>Rather than going the trouble of experimenting, I thought I would ask.
>Does anyone have a good DIY CO2 recipe for the nutrafin system?
>I like the size of the reactor, but I do not wish to use their expensive
>prepackaged material.

Same as the recipes for any DIY CO2 system. I'm currently using two
staggered 2-liter bottles with 1.5 cups sugar, 1 tsp yeast, and one
liter of water.

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[jau]

i believe what he's looking for is the recipe's relative proportions.
the nutrifin canister is far from the size of a 2-liter bottle...

[Eric Schreiber]

(jau) wrote:

>i believe what he's looking for is the recipe's relative proportions.
>the nutrifin canister is far from the size of a 2-liter bottle...

Ah.

Easy enough. Measure the canister, calculate the approximate volume,
and adjust the DIY recipe appropriately.

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[J Roos]

Thank you.
Does anyone use baking soda, and if so, why?

"Eric Schreiber" > wrote in message
...
> (jau) wrote:
>
> >i believe what he's looking for is the recipe's relative proportions.
> >the nutrifin canister is far from the size of a 2-liter bottle...
>
> Ah.
>
> Easy enough. Measure the canister, calculate the approximate volume,
> and adjust the DIY recipe appropriately.
>
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> www.ericschreiber.com

[Robert Flory]

Baking soda pushes up the pH, seems to slow down the yeast grown at the
start. I don't think it has much of a long term effect.
bob

"J Roos" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you.
> Does anyone use baking soda, and if so, why?
>
> "Eric Schreiber" > wrote in message
> ...
> > (jau) wrote:
> >
> > >i believe what he's looking for is the recipe's relative proportions.
> > >the nutrifin canister is far from the size of a 2-liter bottle...
> >
> > Ah.
> >
> > Easy enough. Measure the canister, calculate the approximate volume,
> > and adjust the DIY recipe appropriately.
> >
> > --
> > www.ericschreiber.com
>
>
>