Flora Grow Co2 Set

[gregcool]

Hi all im a newbie and would love some advice please if poss....i have a 90 ltr tank with about 8 small plants in and gravel...the tank name is a FLUVAL and pump and heater all came with it,,,well iv got it all up and running geting ready for fish in a few weeks after water co2 amonia ect levels are all corect with the advice of my farther who keeps marine and has done for years....well what im looking for is he was advised to put a FLORA-GROW CO2 SET into my tank but i have no idear how oftern you need to fill the chamber that goes in the tank there seems to be no real advice on how you use it , only what it does...it clearley states how to fill the chamber with the co2 and what time of day , but not (at what point in time ) and how often you need to do this ....please just some advice on this product would be very greatful....thanks Greg

 

[waterdrop]

I'd repost in the planted tank section. Some of the hobbyists there may have tried that method and know about it. --wd--

 

[OldMan47]

I am going to assume that the kit you are working with is a CO2 from sugar and yeast mix kit. That means that you set up the tank, with plants, then you get a start on producing CO2 for the water. This will give your plants enough CO that it will no longer be the limiting factor for plant growth. Your plant growth rate will have some other limiting resource instead. If you are dealing with a sugar and yeast setup, it is best to renew it about every 2 weeks. A freshwater tank is not run on the same principles as a salty tank, so any advice you are getting from the salty side is probably wrong. For cycling a freshwater tank, I would advise that you read up on "fishless cycling" There is information on it in the Beginner's resource center that will put you on the right course. I have a link to that and to the fishless cycle in my signature area.