Diy Co2 Going To Pressurised?

[mrjezzi]

I've got a Juwel Rio 125 (33US Gallon) with 2 nutrafin yeast reactors in a very heavily planted tank with EI. I don't get any pearling and various co2 calculations suggest 7ppm with 3.3wpg for a midday burst and low light for the rest. I'm thinking pressurised CO2 is the best idea. There would be less effort every couple of days and I'm not sure but I really do think that aside from the cost of installing such a system the running costs would be about the same as diy CO2.

Here are the questions!!!!
-Am I wrong? are the running costs as low as i think?
-What is the best system to go for?
-Following on from the previous question... should I buy a complete kit or pick and choose options?

Finally we use BOC gasses at work and surely the best option if i did go pressurised would be to get a big CO2 tank and set it up once and then it would go for years?!? Obviously would the co2 ppm.

Any help much appreciated!

 

[deucebrennan]

I've got a Juwel Rio 125 (33US Gallon) with 2 nutrafin yeast reactors in a very heavily planted tank with EI. I don't get any pearling and various co2 calculations suggest 7ppm with 3.3wpg for a midday burst and low light for the rest. I'm thinking pressurised CO2 is the best idea. There would be less effort every couple of days and I'm not sure but I really do think that aside from the cost of installing such a system the running costs would be about the same as diy CO2.

Here are the questions!!!!
-Am I wrong? are the running costs as low as i think?
-What is the best system to go for?
-Following on from the previous question... should I buy a complete kit or pick and choose options?

Finally we use BOC gasses at work and surely the best option if i did go pressurised would be to get a big CO2 tank and set it up once and then it would go for years?!? Obviously would the co2 ppm.

Any help much appreciated!

Whats ppm?

 

[Ark]

the cheapest optiomn would be fire extinguisher co2 i remember there was a thread in someones sig about how to set one up

 

[Themuleous]

PPM is parts per million. It is the same as mg/liter.

There is a link in my sig to setting up a pressurized co2 kit using an FE.

Sam