Hi, just thought I'd share a little trick I've discovered. I've never come
across anything about this, and if anyone who reads this has, I'd love to
have the link.
I live in central Florida, and my 55g aquarium is on an porch which is
enclosed, but not heated or cooled. Of course I heat the aquarium, but have
had problems with my diy CO2 production fluctuating with the ambient
temperature. When it's in the high 80's on the porch, tons of CO2 is
produced, and when it's in the 40's virtually none is. My solution was to
build a little wood shelf that allows the yeast mixture (which I keep in
three soda bottles) to sit up against the aquarium glass (behind the
aquarium which also keeps them out of sight). I then built a little
enclosure out of leftover insulation board that goes around the other three
sides of the bottles along with a little insulated cover so I can get to
them for maintenance. Voila, the bottles are now kept at the same,
relatively constant, temperature that the aquarium is. It has worked great
so far, my CO2 production is wonderfully consistent now. I'm gonna feel
really stupid if you guys send me 5,000 links of sites that describe how to
do this, or mock me for not having a pressurized system, but oh well. I
felt like sharing Allison

"Allyb" wrote in message
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Hi, just thought I'd share a little trick I've discovered. I've never
come across anything about this, and if anyone who reads this has, I'd
love to have the link.
I live in central Florida, and my 55g aquarium is on an porch which is
enclosed, but not heated or cooled. Of course I heat the aquarium, but
have had problems with my diy CO2 production fluctuating with the ambient
temperature. When it's in the high 80's on the porch, tons of CO2 is
produced, and when it's in the 40's virtually none is. My solution was to
build a little wood shelf that allows the yeast mixture (which I keep in
three soda bottles) to sit up against the aquarium glass (behind the
aquarium which also keeps them out of sight). I then built a little
enclosure out of leftover insulation board that goes around the other
three sides of the bottles along with a little insulated cover so I can
get to them for maintenance. Voila, the bottles are now kept at the same,
relatively constant, temperature that the aquarium is. It has worked
great so far, my CO2 production is wonderfully consistent now. I'm gonna
feel really stupid if you guys send me 5,000 links of sites that describe
how to do this, or mock me for not having a pressurized system, but oh
well. I felt like sharing Allison

Sounds like an excellent idea to me. I've been around the plants sites and
haven't seen this mentioned, so you may be onto something...congratulations.

Oz

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"Ozdude" wrote:

I think Allyb is on to something here, as the tank both warms itself and the
CO2 with one or two heaters.

I agree, it's a very clever idea. But for people who don't have room
behind the tank for such an arrangement the bucket method allows for
remote placement under or beside the tank rather than directly behind it.

That's true, I do have a lot of room behind my tank because of the way my
hood opens...

"Rich M" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Ozdude" wrote:

I think Allyb is on to something here, as the tank both warms itself and
the
CO2 with one or two heaters.

I agree, it's a very clever idea. But for people who don't have room
behind the tank for such an arrangement the bucket method allows for
remote placement under or beside the tank rather than directly behind it.

"Allyb" wrote in message
...
That's true, I do have a lot of room behind my tank because of the way my
hood opens...

I agree, it's a very clever idea. But for people who don't have room
behind the tank for such an arrangement the bucket method allows for
remote placement under or beside the tank rather than directly behind it.

What about at the side of the tank then?

Oz



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"Ozdude" wrote:


What about at the side of the tank then?

Oz

That would need to be a deep tank to fit 3 two liters on the side :^)
Seriously though, I don't think it would look very attractive having a
styrofaom box attached to the side of a tank. To each his own.

I have my two litter CO2 bottle inside of two socks..
keeps the temp fluctuations down to a minimum.

Worst case if there is no room to hang something on
the sides or back, you could always run a hose off
a power head and wind the hose/tube around the bottle.

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"Rich M" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Ozdude" wrote:


What about at the side of the tank then?

Oz

That would need to be a deep tank to fit 3 two liters on the side :^)
Seriously though, I don't think it would look very attractive having a
styrofaom box attached to the side of a tank. To each his own.