Anyone have any advice before i make my co2 system?

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I'm ready to kick up myplants a notch, i bought some yeast, airline tubing and an airstoe to diffuse it. It's a 75 gallon tank, but im just gonna start with a 2 liter to see if it even works, does anyone have any words of caution or tips before i begin this adventure?
 
hydrate the yeast
keep the yeast at a warm room temperature, 80 degrees would be great
add a drop checker and a check valve
and finally i dont think 2l will be enough for a 75g tank.. my 10g runs on 3.5l, so for a 75g tank you would need like 10l to get results and even then it will be very unstable.
 
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hydrate the yeast
keep the yeast at a warm room temperature, 80 degrees would be great
add a drop checker and a check valve
and finally i dont think 2l will be enough for a 75g tank.. my 10g runs on 3.5l, so for a 75g tank you would need like 10l to get results and even then it will be very unstable.

yeah....thats what I was thinking. Pretty much your only option for a tank of that size would be to get a pressurized system.

Yeast based solutions are generally made for small tanks, not 75g monsters.
 
oh, darn i thought i might be ok with 2 bottles, i didnt really wanna spend the money on a pressurized system.
 
Although almost everyone will tell you that diy is not effective on large tanks, I found that ANY extra Co2 helps. When I first added Co2 to my 75 gallon it was only 1 two liter bottle and it was amazing what it did for the plants. Of course a pressurized system is the way to go and is what I use now but if you can get close to 100% diffusion any extra Co2 will help. Once you see what can do you will eventually buy a pressurized system only because they are so much less work and can be controlled easier especially if you use a pH controller.
 
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