why go pressurized ???

[smithrc]

i have a 10 gallon tank with two florescent 20 watt bulbs (40 watts in total) but they are meant for home household use, not aquariums, so i dont know how much WPG you take off.......i was told i have about 2 WPG........is that right??

well i plan on having my tank pretty well planted (already have 6 plants in there, and with micro sword grass) so do i need CO2 in a 10 gallon?

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Start a new thread... thats not related to the subject of presurised CO2 systems...

 

[kenneth_kpe]

hmm.....

anyways the tanks ph right now bounces between 6.8 to netural 7.5 when the yeast starts to run out. thats before i added baking soda to the tank, im gonna measure again tonight.....


thats why i want to go pressurized... consistent consisten!

i asked around and it would cost me roughly around 3500Php or around 60 USD for the whole kit i think... and refills cost too little to mention haha hmmm think think !!!!! it still hurst to churn out that sum of money heheeh

 

[Yenko]

im using a cyclone reactor right now.... hmm i didnt think of that,, good idead.. i should re do the reactor and increase water flow going into the reactor and see what happens

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You dont need a fancy reactor; just run the airline from your CO2 bottle into your filter intake; the impeller will atomize the bubbles and they will dissolve in seconds.

 

[Yenko]

i have a 10 gallon tank with two florescent 20 watt bulbs (40 watts in total) but they are meant for home household use, not aquariums, so i dont know how much WPG you take off.......i was told i have about 2 WPG........is that right??

well i plan on having my tank pretty well planted (already have 6 plants in there, and with micro sword grass) so do i need CO2 in a 10 gallon?

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With tanks under 30 gallons, the WPG rule doesn't apply (Small tanks need higher WPG, larger tanks need lower WPG). 40 watts is pretty good, though; your plants will have enough light.

WPG is just a rule of thumb; what actually matters is watts/surface area of the tank bottom.

 

[kenneth_kpe]

i tried that before, i think it wont work as well because im using a hob, the hob splatter inside just doesn't diffuse the c02 too well.thats why i used a cyclone reactor .

yup WPG rule breaks up, in my 13 gal its running almost 5WPG and i dont think i would be able to grow high light plants to carpet my substrate thats why i used dwarf sag.. planted tanks are so complicated