Jim got busy doing other things. ;-)
I got as far as having the paintball regulator cleaned and relubricated by
the manufacturer (who is local in sacramento) with a food grade silicone
grease. I also have all the fittings and tanks necessary but since I'm now
packing to move cross country everything is also now packed away. I won't be
able to get back to messing with it until sometime in the fall at the
earliest.
BTW, the size of the equipment is quite small but you won't save much if any
money over full size equipment.
The tank was a Eclipse System3 which isn't really a very good choice for a
hightech tank since the light distribution is pretty screwed up due to the
percentage of the top taken by the filter assembly. I did retrofit one of
the S3's with a 9w PC lighting and reflector from AHS but found that the
tank required trimming nearly every other day since the difference between
trimmed and max height is very small for a small tank.
I'd recommend leaving the S3 light as it is (2W/gallon) and just using
crypts, anubias and java moss. At that level the plants will grow slowly to
avoid lots of frustrating trimming. If you do want some carbon then use
Seachem Excel daily when feeding.
I'll post again if I get some time in the fall with any results, either
positive or negative.
jtm
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"Harry Muscle" wrote in message
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About a year ago I read about Jim Miller experimenting with using Paintball
CO2 tanks to devise a smaller/cheaper way to use compressed CO2 with planted
aquariums. However, I didn't seem to find any posts on the outcome of that
experiement on google. Just wondering if Jim (or someone familiar with the
outcome) might be able to let everyone know a little more about what has
happened. Is the system up and running? How long does it last between
refills? What size is the CO2 tank and aquarium it's being used on. How
much did everything cost?
Thanks Jim and everyone else who might respond,
Harry
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