Heagney
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This is selling for just £40, is there anyway to manipulate it to use a fire extinguisher or something rather than yeast etc?
Look I rem using a diy kit on my first tank before the Bucks starting rolling in on both yeast and b carb citric acid for as little as £20 setup have a look about on eBay 1kg of b carb and citric acid around 3-4 pounds.No I was just looking at options. Not got a spare couple hundred kicking around for a wee 63l
I just like a lot of the more hard to keep plants as I'm sure most people do haha
No don't waste your money honestly that's a lot for that you could spend that 40 and get it all than just the kit your be able to get it for half that price honest eBay type in search diy co2 you might even get a kit for a tenner on bid don't rush shop about.This is selling for just £40, is there anyway to manipulate it to use a fire extinguisher or something rather than yeast etc?
No worries all the bestThanks John Dory but I wouldn't have the money for all the kit for a couple of months tbh I've got a lot on at the mo.
Thanks ray I'll have a shop around. I'm a bit weary of the whole co2 malarkey with 2 young kids around. Pressurised gas puts the sh1ts right up me haha
Has anybody used this method before?? Could be better than yeast if it's more controllable?
Yeah I used this before I used the kit too a lot better than making your own no leaks. It's really good as it auto feeds the acid to the b carb but not sure what you mean by controllable? I believe it or not went back to the yeast i personally found the acid to be more of a risk I knocked the bottle over hit 4bar yeast last longer slow reaction. A 1kg bag sugar what 55p a tin of active yeast 39p get the Balance right can last more than a week c acid eBay say 700g fiver 1kg b carb fiver =10 faster reaction auto feed good psi yeast slower reaction 2bar last longer each to there own yeast works for me.
Has anybody used this method before?? Could be better than yeast if it's more controllable?
I used the diy kit on a 120l with a good valve to shut off of an evening good pressure and a diffuser drop checker worked well.With me being new to planted aquariums I think the yeast option is more feasible at the moment. I quite liked the system that's he used although I would defo add a drop checker. The pressure he got seemed to enable the use of a ceramic diffuser which I've read is better but I would porobably position it under my canister filter intake.
Thinking about scrapping my hood that came with the tank and customising one do I can have double t5s or t8s aswell.
I did see a video of someone using 2x LED outdoor spot lights to good effect so possibly another option, less heat etc etc