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Source for 5lb CO2 tank
Can anyone recommend a good source for a 5lb CO2 tank? I've explored
things locally and it looks like they don't want to rent anything that small so I'm faced with purchasing. Thanks Chris |
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I got mine from a home beer/wine makeing store. It was actually a much
better price than the welding supply stores. I have also heard of people going to fire safety stores. If not, they are available online, although the shipping can be a little high because of the weight. http://www.welding-direct.com/sinstagflowg.html http://www.morebeer.com/ http://www.homebrew.com/ http://www.e-brew.com/keg-part.htm http://www.kegworks.com/pages/draft/regulator.html (I borrowed these links from Chuck Gadd's excellent planted aquarium website: http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/index.htm ) Can anyone recommend a good source for a 5lb CO2 tank? I've explored things locally and it looks like they don't want to rent anything that small so I'm faced with purchasing. |
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"Chris Spierings" wrote in message ... Can anyone recommend a good source for a 5lb CO2 tank? I've explored things locally and it looks like they don't want to rent anything that small so I'm faced with purchasing. Thanks Chris I get mine from the local welding supply and for only $5.50 per refill. -- Paul "You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it Damned foolproof." |
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Just me being curious and ignorant, what do you need a co2 tank for?
Chris Spierings wrote in : Can anyone recommend a good source for a 5lb CO2 tank? I've explored things locally and it looks like they don't want to rent anything that small so I'm faced with purchasing. Thanks Chris |
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Harbor freight has regulators for $30.00
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...unction=Search I bought my cylinder and regulator as a kit from Rapids Wholesale # BD435 - $99 http://rapidswholesale.net/Merchant2/merchant.mv? Bob "Chris Spierings" wrote in message ... Can anyone recommend a good source for a 5lb CO2 tank? I've explored things locally and it looks like they don't want to rent anything that small so I'm faced with purchasing. Thanks Chris |
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On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 17:20:39 GMT, Moose
wrote: Just me being curious and ignorant, what do you need a co2 tank for? Well the first thing that comes to mind seeing as how this is an Aquatic Plant news group would be CO2 injection into a planted tank. But then again maybe he wants to have some kind of kinky sex with it. Chris Spierings wrote in : Can anyone recommend a good source for a 5lb CO2 tank? I've explored things locally and it looks like they don't want to rent anything that small so I'm faced with purchasing. Thanks Chris |
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Just me being curious and ignorant, what do you need a co2 tank for?
Well the first thing that comes to mind seeing as how this is an Aquatic Plant news group would be CO2 injection into a planted tank. But then again maybe he wants to have some kind of kinky sex with it. That would probably be Nitrous, not Co2. See "Blue Velvet." |
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 02:53:10 GMT, Moose
wrote: why not just use baking soda? Adding baking soda only increases the KH (and so increases the pH). It does not in any way add CO2. See the second "Myth" section on this webpage for an explaination: http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua |
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That's rather odd. I know a Dr. of paleobiology who also teaches honours
chemistry who said that it would work. Chuck Gadd wrote in : On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 02:53:10 GMT, Moose wrote: why not just use baking soda? Adding baking soda only increases the KH (and so increases the pH). It does not in any way add CO2. See the second "Myth" section on this webpage for an explaination: http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua |
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Moose wrote in message
3.159... That's rather odd. I know a Dr. of paleobiology who also teaches honours chemistry who said that it would work. Tell 'im to stick to the dead stuff, then... -- -Y- Nestor 10 ".chkr" is for mail-bots |
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What about biogenic decalcification? See P78 of "The Optimim Aquarium".
In article 9, Moose wrote: That's rather odd. I know a Dr. of paleobiology who also teaches honours chemistry who said that it would work. Chuck Gadd wrote in : On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 02:53:10 GMT, Moose wrote: why not just use baking soda? Adding baking soda only increases the KH (and so increases the pH). It does not in any way add CO2. See the second "Myth" section on this webpage for an explaination: http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_plant_co2chart.htm Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua -- Richard Sexton | Mercedes Parts: http://parts.mbz.org http://www.mbz.org Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org W108, W126 Mercedes Classifieds: http://ads.mbz.org ** new -- Watch list: http://watches.list.mbz.org |
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Source for 5lb CO2 tank
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 04:46:56 GMT, Moose
wrote: That's rather odd. I know a Dr. of paleobiology who also teaches honours chemistry who said that it would work. Well, that Dr. better go back to school. There is no way that adding baking soda will add any CO2 to the water. A few aquatic plants CAN get their carbon from the carbonates in the water, and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) will provide that. But it is definitely NOT the same as adding CO2. Even for those few plants that can use carbonate, it is a very inefficient process. Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua |
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Source for 5lb CO2 tank
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Chris Chris Spierings wrote: Can anyone recommend a good source for a 5lb CO2 tank? I've explored things locally and it looks like they don't want to rent anything that small so I'm faced with purchasing. Thanks Chris |
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On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:29:06 -0600, Chris Spierings
wrote: Can anyone recommend a good source for a 5lb CO2 tank? I've explored things locally and it looks like they don't want to rent anything that small so I'm faced with purchasing. I'd look in the yellow pages (online version is best) and check out welding suppliers, gas suppliers, restaurant suppliers, brewing suppliers, beverage suppliers, etc. You don't need, or even want a new tank. It would probably cost more, and most places don't actually re-fill YOUR tank, they simply sway your empty tank for a filled one, so you won't get your new shiny tank for long anyway. When I first got my tank, there were about 10 places within 20 minutes of my house that would exchange my 5 or 10lb CO2 tank, and only one place that would actually fill my tank on site, and that place stopped doing on-site fills a few months ago. Chuck Gadd http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua |
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