CO2 refills from Paintball stores good or bad?

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Hi guys. I was wondering if anyone had any experience filling up co2 from paintball stores? my local store will do a 10# cylinder for $5 and I was wondering if the co2 is good for my aquarium or not. They also sell 10# cylinders for $40. So it was going to cost me $45 to get a full 10# cylinder compared to $90 from some other place.
Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Omid
 
There was a huge long post on this very topic on another forum. I am a paintball player and an aquarist. I do not use CO2 in my tanks, but I do use it for my paintmarkers. A 10 lb cylinder for $40 seems awefully cheap. Those tanks have a limited life span before they require expensive hydrotesting. Also a 10 lb fill for $5 is great. My paint ball store charges $8 Canadian for a 20 ounce fill. Some people think that oil is added to paintball CO2 but to the best of my knowledge this is not the case. I buy my CO2 in bulk from a local gas supply company and they do not have any specifically for paintball. Long and short of it is as long as there is no oil added to the gas it will be fine for your tank. Ask them that at the store.
 
Im bumping this for more opinions. I plan on starting up CO2 very soon and am wondering if the local paintball store has the ability to fill my 5lb CO2 tank?
 
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As a scuba diver I would like to comment on the added oil idea. No place would specifically add oil to there air. There is no reason. But if the air is non consumable then there is no need to make sure that oil from the machine doesn't get into the supply.

Of course since C02 is generally not a consummable air then one can assume that there might be oil or other contamenents in any CO2 source. I don't know how they would affect your tank.
 
Why a paintball store to fill your tank? Have you asked a welding or a medical place how much it will cost? I refill my 5lbs tank at a welding suuply place for less than 10 bucks Canadian... every 6-7 months. Pretty darn cheap if you ask me.

-Richer
 
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