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

Reel McKoi said the following on 1/9/2008 10:41 PM:
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> "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.
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>> <URL: http://thereeftank.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90039&page=23>
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>> 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.

That is very true. I tried it because I was setting up a plant tank. The 
hope was to make it a planted and fish tank but I wanted the plants 
established first, then introduce the fish. Since there were no fish, I 
didn't have to worry about over-dosing the CO2.

One thing I have thought about doing was putting the T in it and let one 
side just dump out (not into the tank) so that I could try to regulate 
what is going into the tank.

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Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind