And tank size. I'll wager that without a KH boost I could easily nuke one of my 10g tanks with a single bottle of yeast-sugar CO2.
Just curious: did the protein mix yeast solution work any better than normal sugar solution?happychem said:http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/Nyberg_yeast.ppt
I found the points about nourishing the yeast interesting, I've often contemplated it, my fiance works with a bunch of yeast biochmists, but none of them could provide me with more details about what's actually in their yeast media.
I'm trying out her recipe now. I'll post later if I think there's any significant advantage over the simple sugar & yeast mix. Worst case scenario, I've got a bunch of protein mix now, I'm gonna be HUGE! j.k.
I will add one more thing, I switched from bread to champagne yeast for this new batch. It seemed to start working right away, whereas the bread yeast took a full day to get rolling.
great post, and very informative. I imediately printed out this post, went to the site sugested and printed out that chart, and all other information I could find on this topic. I was feeling ready to examine my tank and figure out if/how I should tackle the CO2, when I noticed that my test kit for KH and Chuck Gadd's (who made that chart) must be different. He shows KH as going from 0.5 to 15.0 whereas my test kit shows "Total Alkalinity (KH) ppm-freshwater 0 to 300" where 0-40 is low, 80 moderate, 120-180 ideal, and 300 high.djlen said:Maintaining the appropriate amount of dissolved CO2 is an important part of a planted aquarium. Most planted aquariums require around 1 gram of dissolved CO2 for every 25 gallons of water. By comparing the pH value of the water and the carbonate hardness (KH) as determined through test kits it is easy to derive the milligrams per quart of CO2 through the use of a simple flow chart which is available from many sources, one of which is here: http://www.aquabotanic.com/charts.htmLen