Sodastream Cylinder

[cs091]

does anyone use a sodastream cylinder in a CO2 system?

The connector looks like my avatar (can't attach picture!!!)

I've got a couple that we rarely use any more and I can get them filled more easily than the 'proper' aquarium cylinders as my lfs does't seem to do CO2.

Will an ordinary pressure regulator fit on it?

 

[craynerd]

i can`t at all see properly in the picture but it looks a different connector.

I doubt it, or the chaps on here would be using them already

I`m sure someone will give you a more definite answer

Chris

 

[MoreCoffee]

does anyone use a sodastream cylinder in a CO2 system?

The connector looks like my avatar (can't attach picture!!!)

I've got a couple that we rarely use any more and I can get them filled more easily than the 'proper' aquarium cylinders as my lfs does't seem to do CO2.

Will an ordinary pressure regulator fit on it?

I agree with Sam: I doubt yr regulator will fit and if it did, I dont think they would last very long - - - how much gas do they hold ?

If your 'proper' cylinders are JBL, then you should be able to get them filled at a Maidenhead Aquatics if there is one near you. Not sure where in the Midlands you are (I'm Nr Loughborough) but the one at Stapleton (Nr Hinckley) recharges a 500g bottle for £13.
However the ONLY do JBL bottles (not aquamedic etc)

I've rung around quite a number of stores in my area and no one else seems to do them - I thought of starting a thread on here listing all the shops I've tried and if they recharge CO2 or not !

Have you thought about using a 2KG CO2 fire extinguisher ?
JBL and Aquamedic regulators fit on them just fine. I picked up a fully tested, fully charged one for £30 (£15 for the bottle & £15 for 2KG of gas), each refil will cost £15.
I could have found one cheaper on ebay, but this guy is local and more than happy to provide a 'same day refil' service for me.

As an example, JBL do a 2KG cylinder .... It cost over £100 for the tank alone !

 

[Ginge]

I got my 2kg tank for £20, the reg for £45 and tubing for £3 and the glass diffuser for £15 total about £80 and i could still get a soleniod for £30 from the germna seller i got the reg from.

 

[craynerd]

lol Sam ?

 

[MoreCoffee]

I got my 2kg tank for £20, the reg for £45 and tubing for £3 and the glass diffuser for £15 total about £80 and i could still get a soleniod for £30 from the germna seller i got the reg from.

I looked at a larger tank from Germany. But in the end I decided refills were far easier and cheaper using the 2kg extinguisher and a local supplier.

Do you have any problems getting your tank refilled ?

 

[cs091]

I haven't got a CO2 system yet. I was just hoping to use something I've already got!

The cylinder holds 250g. You're probable correct that an extinguisher would be cheaper to refill. I'll have to investigate places round here (lichfield) that refill them.

It just seems the sets marked 'Aquarium' are expensive for what they actually are. Perhaps they think fishy people have too much money!

 

[MoreCoffee]

I haven't got a CO2 system yet. I was just hoping to use something I've already got!

The cylinder holds 250g. You're probable correct that an extinguisher would be cheaper to refill. I'll have to investigate places round here (lichfield) that refill them.

It just seems the sets marked 'Aquarium' are expensive for what they actually are. Perhaps they think fishy people have too much money!

Have you tried Erdington Aquatics (Nr M6 Jn6 or down the A5127 from Lichfield). I'm not sure if they do a recharge service or not (bit too far from me), but they might be worth a try. Only been there twice, but I seem to remember that their plant selection was pretty good for a LFS (when compared to mine anyway!)

 

[Ginge]

I got my 2kg tank for £20, the reg for £45 and tubing for £3 and the glass diffuser for £15 total about £80 and i could still get a soleniod for £30 from the germna seller i got the reg from.

I looked at a larger tank from Germany. But in the end I decided refills were far easier and cheaper using the 2kg extinguisher and a local supplier.

Do you have any problems getting your tank refilled ?

My tank is an extinguisher i got it for £20

 

[cs091]

Have you tried Erdington Aquatics (Nr M6 Jn6 or down the A5127 from Lichfield). I'm not sure if they do a recharge service or not (bit too far from me), but they might be worth a try. Only been there twice, but I seem to remember that their plant selection was pretty good for a LFS (when compared to mine anyway!)

I work in Sutton but I've never heard of them!

I go after work today

Thank you all.