Will heat help the yeast? I have a planted 5g with no fish. Can I stick the mixture in it? I guess with some extra glass I have, I can make it blow prof.
C02
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heat will heat up their generation time and metabolism. It will also burn through the media faster, and give you higher output of CO2.
I'd just use a reusable container as your reactor... If you don't have an airtight reactor, the CO2 will just dissolve into the atmosphere, rather than being focused and pushed through the water. The pressure from the reactor must be greater than the backpressure of the water, otherwise you won't get much out of it.
HTH
I'd just use a reusable container as your reactor... If you don't have an airtight reactor, the CO2 will just dissolve into the atmosphere, rather than being focused and pushed through the water. The pressure from the reactor must be greater than the backpressure of the water, otherwise you won't get much out of it.
HTH
I'd like to jump in on this thread and ask a question. WOuld it be possible to use an IV bag and tubing instead of the tubing and soda bottle? If I can figure out how to get the sugar, etc into it, the tubing fits airtight, and I could lay the bag on the floor and run the tubing up to the tamk, and there is this nice little roller clamp to regulate flow. The bag itself would expand with the expanding gasses, but I don't think it would blow. Anyone ever used this?
I have access to outdated IV stuff, so would even be freebee.
I have access to outdated IV stuff, so would even be freebee.
Swimfins
This is as good as it gets.
I can see how the roller clamp and tubing will work, however, how do you get your mix into an airtight IV bag?
Ok. I got mine up. Theres C02 in the tubing, but not fully at the exit of it. What can I do to help it? I used 2cups of sugar and 1/2tsp of yeast.
It is working now. But too good. I have it in my FilStar's intank. Its a 20g tank, and now I have bubbles every where. After a quick KH and pH test, everything is the same. How can I slow it down?
You could try using a bell, ladder, or other method of getting the CO2 into the tank, rather than feeding it directly into the filter.
The only way to lessen DIY CO2 production TMK is by using less sugar, and less yeast. You could try getting another bottle and pouring half the solution in, diluting it with water, and seeing how that goes, but I don't think it will solve the bubble problem. I use a small piece of bubble wall to diffuse the CO2 in all my tanks (I know it's not the best way, and I'm careful to clean them every week). Some of the CO2 in the 65g gets sucked into the FilStar, and it periodically releases a cloud of tiny bubbles - I tried feeding it directly into the filter, it didn't work well at all (many bubbles, and very noisy).
The only way to lessen DIY CO2 production TMK is by using less sugar, and less yeast. You could try getting another bottle and pouring half the solution in, diluting it with water, and seeing how that goes, but I don't think it will solve the bubble problem. I use a small piece of bubble wall to diffuse the CO2 in all my tanks (I know it's not the best way, and I'm careful to clean them every week). Some of the CO2 in the 65g gets sucked into the FilStar, and it periodically releases a cloud of tiny bubbles - I tried feeding it directly into the filter, it didn't work well at all (many bubbles, and very noisy).
Swimfins
This is as good as it gets.
I don't like feeding directly into the filter, becaue the sugary goop can affect the impeller system and also affect your guarantee.
I'd use a bell to difuse it. An overturned shotglass with the co2 line run underneath it works fine prop the edges of the glass on some stones so its not flat on the substrate, wedge the co2 line under. Slows down diffusion somewhat. Or as I did, get a clear plastic spice bottle. Make a hole in the lid that you can pass your spraybar thru, right out the other end, slide the bottle up the spraybar, make another hole at the bottom of the bottle and run your co2 line up into it (from the bottom of the spice bottle) Spraybar running down thru the bottle, co2 line running up into from the bottom. Watch the co2 pooping at the top of the bottle. The spraybar will difuse it and send co2 back into the water at a slower more consistent rate.
Edit: I didn't mean pooping, I meant 'pooling' :joke:
I'd use a bell to difuse it. An overturned shotglass with the co2 line run underneath it works fine prop the edges of the glass on some stones so its not flat on the substrate, wedge the co2 line under. Slows down diffusion somewhat. Or as I did, get a clear plastic spice bottle. Make a hole in the lid that you can pass your spraybar thru, right out the other end, slide the bottle up the spraybar, make another hole at the bottom of the bottle and run your co2 line up into it (from the bottom of the spice bottle) Spraybar running down thru the bottle, co2 line running up into from the bottom. Watch the co2 pooping at the top of the bottle. The spraybar will difuse it and send co2 back into the water at a slower more consistent rate.
Edit: I didn't mean pooping, I meant 'pooling' :joke:
