Re: RM...........here are some links to some good sites that have the proper bulbs

"Randy Webb" <HikksNotAtHome@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> g_in_k_o said the following on 12/31/2007 3:23 PM:
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>> You can bubble your own CO2 with yeast, sugar and water in a 2 liter
soda
>> bottle.  It's a pain to keep feeding the yeast, but it's pretty cheap
and
>> does a good job for many plants.  Google "DIY CO2" should get some info

>> to you.
>
> <URL: http://thereeftank.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90039&page=23>
>
> About half way down that page is a section where the guy posted pictures

> and instructions on how to make a DIY CO2 generator. I found that
article 
> while researching for a reef tank. I made one two nights ago and it
works 
> good. Too good in fact. I double dosed the yeast trying to jump start my

> plant tank and ran into a problem worse than recharging the yeast.
Trying 
> to regulate the CO2. Instead of bending a stiff piece of tubing, I
simply 
> used flex tubing and ran it through the bottom of the strainer (after 
> drilling a hole for it). The problem is that it produces so much CO2
that 
> the bubbles actually build up and cause my filter to "dry run" for about
a 
> half a second every minute or so. I am going to have to put a T in it
and 
> split it up. Impossible to regulate.
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Thanks Randy but I really don't have the time to mess with something like 
that. I can kill all my fish if I make a mistake.
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RM....
Zone 6.  Middle TN USA
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