How to: Home made CO2 for planted tank

[angelfish123]

Hey, I have been reading about a way to introduce CO2 in your planted tank as a way to improve plant growth. I've read you put yeast, sugar, and baking soda in a 2 liter bottle, and somehow rig it to inject this in your tank. I'm puzzled on the exact method, and was wondering if any of you would be kind enough to provide me with a detailed how-to guide. Am hoping to create a heavily planted 10 gallon tank, and am willing to do whatver it takes to get premium plant growth. Does anyone know if this CO2 genorater is necessary in the first place, and if so, how would you accomplish this?

Thanks, Jacob

 

[webcricket]

http://www.plantedtank.net/articles/DIY-Yeast-CO2/7/

You may not need injected CO2 if you are not going for a high-light set-up. In my 10 gallon low-light I stick with Flourish Excel as a liquid carbon source and have no problems.

 

[Mgamer20o0]

this link is also good.

http://www.fishforever.co.uk/carbondioxide.html

 

[Ketso]

If you decide on using a DIY Co2 setup, this site shed a lot of light on the subject for me.

http://www.qsl.net/w2wdx/aquaria/diyco2.html

Hope it helps,
DeMonZ