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Planted tank help - Nutrafin CO2 Natural Plant System (Hagen) ??
Id like to try this one. can you explain how and where i should conect the
tubing? How can you regulate the CO2 that gointo the tank? Thanks -- Paulo "Rikko" wrote in message ... On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 22:28:49 GMT, "Dunter Powries" fech.redcap@spedlin wrote: Maqua wrote in message om... Ok, here's what I've noticed after doing a do it yourself co2 injector set up. ... You, my friend, have been engaged in some kind of intensive wheel-reinvention. Memo: Check krib FIRST. The essentials: Use a juice bottle - they are less likely to collapse (or tip over!) than a soda bottle. Do not use very hot water as it will weaken the plastic bottle as well as killing the yeast. You only need a pinch of yeast - maybe an 1/8 tsp - it is a living organism and will multiply (provided you haven't killed it with hot water). I find that 1/8 tsp yeast to 1.5 cups of sugar will last from one weekly water change to the next. Still, nothing like learning the empirical way, eh? I reverse-engineered the Hagen ratios for their CO2 system: 4oz sugar add 2ml (by volume - I used a Tetra/Wardley pH test tube) wine yeast add 4ml baking soda fill to 16oz line with lukewarm water (not tank water) leave 4oz empty air Shake a very tiny bit to get things moving (I tipped it upside down and back - no more) and hook 'er up - I had my 2L pop bottle bubbling steadily for about 2 months. |
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