My New Tank

[fish_keeper2]

well my newest tank(sorry no pics) is a 29 gal planted. decore is small natural colored gravel with a few big rocks and some driftwood with lots of river rocks. plants are as folows: 3 bunches of hornwort, 3 bunches of anacharis, 2 bunches of cabomba, 1 big bunch of red ludwigia, 5 jungle vals, 6 small amazon swords, 4 java fern, and 2 small dwarf water lilies. fish are: 1 angel fish, 1 male and female german blues rams, 3 ottos, 7 neons, 7 glo lites, 2 albino corries, 2 palaeteus correis, and 1 spotted corry. equipment is just the standered filter, lighting, and heater that came with the tank.

btw by bunches i mean approx 5-7 stems per bunch. the big bunch of red ludwigia is about 9 or so i think.

today i set up my diy co2.
i used:
1 2litter bottle
2 cups of sugar
1 tsp of dry active yeast
1 tsp of baking soda
and filled the bottle approx half way with water

ive already gotten some bubbles......i havent conted how many yet. i was wondering what would be a good amount as far as bubbles per minute?

oh and i wanted to know if its bad to have activated carbon in the filter. also i dose this once a week: http/www.petsmart.com/global/product_det...D=1137048927102

 

[pseud]

I demand to see some pictures!

 

[fish_keeper2]

lol.......sorry i got no digi cam......

 

[leafs]

I'm not sure if it will make a difference but I'll fill the bottle with water up to where the bottle bends. I don't think it's a good idea to have too much empty space. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I use the same mix as you do and I'm getting a bubble just about every second, and it slows down as time goes on. Carbon will remove some trace elements that you need, so I wouldn't use it.

 

[shrimply]

I have a huge space at the top of my bottle but my set-up is different. The bubbles don't take that long to come. Had a beast change over last night using this piece of wine making equipment. I got bubbles within ten minutes of hooking it up.

 

[sparky2006]

I have a huge space at the top of my bottle but my set-up is different. The bubbles don't take that long to come. Had a beast change over last night using this piece of wine making equipment. I got bubbles within ten minutes of hooking it up.

not sure if this will help

http/www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/co2-narten.html

let me know

worked great for me in my old tank, some lasted about a month some longer, fairly cheap process though.