Can I use Co2 with just 2wpg?

[drunkenmastera]

Can I use Co2 with just 2wpg?

I going to make diy co2, any warnings I should take beside the ones I have already read?

This is on a 29 galleon tank.

 

[avionics30]

Can I use Co2 with just 2wpg?

I going to make diy co2, any warnings I should take beside the ones I have already read?

This is on a 29 galleon tank.

Yes, you can always use CO2 in a planted tank no matter what your lighting is, especially DIY CO2. You'll not even come close to overdosing your tank.

Best wishes!

 

[drunkenmastera]

Yes, you can always use CO2 in a planted tank no matter what your lighting is, especially DIY CO2. You'll not even come close to overdosing your tank.

Best wishes!

thanks, i have plants now, but it grows sooooooo slow.........

 

[coach_z]

CO2 will drive greater growth in a planted tank than a small increase in lighting. CO2 is the limiting factor in most tanks.

 

[ferrettim]

if you look at my SE asian tank, that's about 7 months of plant growth stemming from a handful of java moss and 3 4" java ferns with 2.5wpg and DIY CO2. I now about java moss covering the better portion of 2 20g tanks, about about 10 8" ferns.

 

[peanutbowl]

do an internet search for a small DIY reactor made with a Hagen Mini Elite filter. unless you have a canister filter you plan on misting into, this idea will work best to get CO2 dissolved and distributed well in the 29. i took the original idea further and meshmodded my umpellar. I am using it with pressurized CO2 with awesome results. also consider doing the two bottle method with the DIY. Alternate with one fresh mix of yeast/sugar weekly. one bottle is too inconsistent and will trigger black brush algae.

 

[excuzzzeme]

The more nutrient/growth elements added will help plants. Any one item will help over having nothing but won't be the great solution. A combination of elements will be the great additive to spur substantial growth.

Even adding some fertilizer without any other element will help. No matter what it is, if it is a part of a plant's environment, it will help to some degree.

I have minimal lighting and only add some ferts on a weekly basis. I have found the addition of ferts does in fact help. I have compared tanks with same water, same fish and same lighting - 1 with ferts the other without. There was a clear enhancement of the plants that got a little ferilization over the one that didn't. I also compare brands of liquid ferts and have found Seachem to be a better value.


My lighting is less than 2WPG and I am going to do DIY CO2 on one (or more) of the tanks.

Lighting is simply one component of the plants needs. As is nourishment, etc.

 

[FSM]

What kind of light do you have?

 

[Jspigs]

Can I use Co2 with just 2wpg?

I going to make diy co2, any warnings I should take beside the ones I have already read?

This is on a 29 galleon tank.

What warnings have you already read?

Also what kind of light do you have?

 

[thrak76]

[...] also consider doing the two bottle method with the DIY. Alternate with one fresh mix of yeast/sugar weekly. one bottle is too inconsistent and will trigger black brush algae.

:iagree:
I alternate the fresh mix bottles on my 29g, and I am able to maintain a nice green color in my drop checker. I was having a problem with BBA before adding the second bottle, and now the BBA is slowly abating. It also helps to have a couple nice stands of fast growing stem plants to out-compete the algae for nutrients.