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Old 02-01-2009, 05:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question DIY Co2 What am I doing wrong?

Hi everyone, I've read alot on this forum for the past 2 moths and I've been tempted to try DIY Co2 with Yeast in my new 25 gal.

But first a bit on me.
I just started in aquariophilia and my thank has been setup for 4 months. I got 24 fish and a couple of plants.
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fishs
7 rasbora
2 bolivian ram
3 Kuhli
2 gouramis
6 oto
1 borneo
3 neritinas

plants
Hygrophila polysperma
Vallisneria spiralis
Echinodorus cordifolius
Chladophora aegagropila
Bacopa monnieri
Althernanthera reineckii


for a couple of days now, I've notice some staghorn algea, so as I've read I OD excel for a period of a week. without much effect. At my LFS, the guy suggested to start injecting co2. Not having the money to go with compression I decided to give a try to the DIY method.

I've used the method described here. From the sticky
http://www.qsl.net/w2wdx/aquaria/diyco2.html

with this recipe:
Quote:
Mixture Formulas

For two-liter bottles:

* 2 cups water
* 2 cups Sucrose (cane sugar)
* ¼ teaspoon Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast
* ¼ cup tepid (ideally 104ºF) water

The yeast should rehydrated first in the tepid water. The aseptic method mentioned previously should be used.
Setup in the experimental planted tank. 9 gal.



After more than 6 hours, I am guetting a bubble per half an hour. I already checked for leaks everything seems air tight.

Also my tap water got a ph of 7.8. Is this a problem?

Does my air line is too long?

thanks alot

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