No more CO2

Take a look at these articles:

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

http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~davidr/discus/articles/co2.html

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"cthulhu" wrote in message
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I'd like to know how you made your own CO2 generator.
"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
I've started pulling so many plants out of my tanks that I just can't
justify the CO2. It was great while the plants were getting
established,
but now that they're becoming annoying I've decided not to use my
generators
anymore. I built them all from juice bottles, so it's not a huge loss
by
any means. I haven't filled a generator in perhaps 3 or 4 weeks.

If anybody REALLY wants clippings, you can pay me in sugar and yeast
I
have a bunch, few of which I can identify -- maybe I'll post a picture
or
two for the local spend-thrifts, and if you like I'm in Mississauga,
nearly
Oakville, just off Lakeshore.

Cheers;
Duncan






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"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
I've started pulling so many plants out of my tanks that I just can't
justify the CO2. It was great while the plants were getting established,
but now that they're becoming annoying I've decided not to use my
generators
anymore. I built them all from juice bottles, so it's not a huge loss by
any means. I haven't filled a generator in perhaps 3 or 4 weeks.

I wouldn't say that's a very good idea. Unless you have low lighting,
growing plants without extra CO2 will likely lead to problems. If the plants
are limited by CO2 (or anything other than light) they'll be unable to
outcompete the algae, which will most likely take advantage of these
conditions. Without CO2 injection, your plants will not only grow slower,
they will not look as healthy as they do with it. Most tanks with CO2
injection have fast plant growth, and that's what hobbyists are trying to
achieve with CO2. If you want to slow down plant growth, reduce the lighting
instead of CO2, or get slower-growing plants.
__
Alex
pcalex (at) hotpop.com

Hmmmmm. Perhaps this explains the recent explosion of hair algae....

"Alex R" wrote in message
et...
"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
I've started pulling so many plants out of my tanks that I just can't
justify the CO2. It was great while the plants were getting
established,
but now that they're becoming annoying I've decided not to use my
generators
anymore. I built them all from juice bottles, so it's not a huge loss
by
any means. I haven't filled a generator in perhaps 3 or 4 weeks.

I wouldn't say that's a very good idea. Unless you have low lighting,
growing plants without extra CO2 will likely lead to problems. If the
plants
are limited by CO2 (or anything other than light) they'll be unable to
outcompete the algae, which will most likely take advantage of these
conditions. Without CO2 injection, your plants will not only grow slower,
they will not look as healthy as they do with it. Most tanks with CO2
injection have fast plant growth, and that's what hobbyists are trying to
achieve with CO2. If you want to slow down plant growth, reduce the
lighting
instead of CO2, or get slower-growing plants.
__
Alex
pcalex (at) hotpop.com

How do you build a CO2 generator with a juice bottle?
"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
Hmmmmm. Perhaps this explains the recent explosion of hair algae....

"Alex R" wrote in message
et...
"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
I've started pulling so many plants out of my tanks that I just can't
justify the CO2. It was great while the plants were getting
established,
but now that they're becoming annoying I've decided not to use my
generators
anymore. I built them all from juice bottles, so it's not a huge loss
by
any means. I haven't filled a generator in perhaps 3 or 4 weeks.

I wouldn't say that's a very good idea. Unless you have low lighting,
growing plants without extra CO2 will likely lead to problems. If the
plants
are limited by CO2 (or anything other than light) they'll be unable to
outcompete the algae, which will most likely take advantage of these
conditions. Without CO2 injection, your plants will not only grow
slower,
they will not look as healthy as they do with it. Most tanks with CO2
injection have fast plant growth, and that's what hobbyists are trying
to
achieve with CO2. If you want to slow down plant growth, reduce the
lighting
instead of CO2, or get slower-growing plants.
__
Alex
pcalex (at) hotpop.com

I believe another post in this thread contained links to two sites, one of
which I used as a guide.

For any who care; CO2 is now back on my 38g, which is having real problems
with hair algae. I'll give it a month, and decide if I need an SAE/CAE or
not.

Cheers;
Duncan


"Yog-Sothoth" wrote in message
...
How do you build a CO2 generator with a juice bottle?
"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
Hmmmmm. Perhaps this explains the recent explosion of hair algae....

"Alex R" wrote in message
et...
"Duncan A. McRae" wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
I've started pulling so many plants out of my tanks that I just
can't
justify the CO2. It was great while the plants were getting
established,
but now that they're becoming annoying I've decided not to use my
generators
anymore. I built them all from juice bottles, so it's not a huge
loss
by
any means. I haven't filled a generator in perhaps 3 or 4 weeks.

I wouldn't say that's a very good idea. Unless you have low lighting,
growing plants without extra CO2 will likely lead to problems. If the
plants
are limited by CO2 (or anything other than light) they'll be unable to
outcompete the algae, which will most likely take advantage of these
conditions. Without CO2 injection, your plants will not only grow
slower,
they will not look as healthy as they do with it. Most tanks with CO2
injection have fast plant growth, and that's what hobbyists are trying
to
achieve with CO2. If you want to slow down plant growth, reduce the
lighting
instead of CO2, or get slower-growing plants.
__
Alex
pcalex (at) hotpop.com