Understanding CO2

[bobalston]

80gJoe - Well I for one do think the advise on CO2 given above was great!

Bob

 

[125gJoe]

Originally posted by bobalston
80gJoe - Well I for one do think the advise on CO2 given above was great!
Bob

Not sure we are on the same Thread...
This one was great too, as well as the Thread a month or more ago..

 

[125gJoe]

Originally posted by plantbrain
You people are acting like CO2 is complicated or soemthing.
....Tom Barr

That's what we thought when we first got started with pressurized CO2! The mechanics and chemistry can throw some off at first...!

 

[plantbrain]

Yea, scarey stuff for a newbie.

I don't bother, I just ask them to tell me their KH and then I tell them to add enough CO2 gas ONLY to lower their pH to a good level based off the chart.

All they need to do is keep the pH there. Not bad. Most folks can do that.

But that's about all there is to it.

Low light tanks with CO2 are awesome, too many folks assume that lower light tanks do not benefit from CO2, this is simply not true, some of the best looking and long term tanks I have _ever_ seen are of this type.

Regards,
Tom Barr