thesorcerous
Seedling
Hi all,
I am starting a new planted tank about 12 years after my last one. I have a new tank (70 cm x 32 cm x 45 cm, optiwhite glass on the front and both sides, braceless), a new light (Twinstar LED 600SA), and aquarium soil (Prodibio, i think). I have an old Fluval 304 external filter which will work nicely with it. I have a lot of hardscape from various tanks in the past. I might change the pipes at some point, but there's no rush. There is no water or anything else in the tank at the moment.
For the majority of the time I ran my previous tank, I did not have any CO2 running, but when I did, it was a homemade kit (yeast with porridge etc.). It was never very successful, unsurprisingly.
I am now thinking that I will get a CO2 setup for this new tank. My question is, what do I get? I have seen CO2supermarket have a kit with a dual stage regulator, and CO2Art also have something similar (but at a much higher price). I have also wondered about getting an industrial regulator from, for example, BOC as these seem to be a similar price to the CO2art ones.
My second question is whether i should set the tank up with this to begin with, or whether you think it is better to establish some growth in the plants first and then add CO2 later?
My apologies if this is in the wrong section, or these have been answered many times before. I did search, but couldn't find the comparison I was looking for.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
Rob
I am starting a new planted tank about 12 years after my last one. I have a new tank (70 cm x 32 cm x 45 cm, optiwhite glass on the front and both sides, braceless), a new light (Twinstar LED 600SA), and aquarium soil (Prodibio, i think). I have an old Fluval 304 external filter which will work nicely with it. I have a lot of hardscape from various tanks in the past. I might change the pipes at some point, but there's no rush. There is no water or anything else in the tank at the moment.
For the majority of the time I ran my previous tank, I did not have any CO2 running, but when I did, it was a homemade kit (yeast with porridge etc.). It was never very successful, unsurprisingly.
I am now thinking that I will get a CO2 setup for this new tank. My question is, what do I get? I have seen CO2supermarket have a kit with a dual stage regulator, and CO2Art also have something similar (but at a much higher price). I have also wondered about getting an industrial regulator from, for example, BOC as these seem to be a similar price to the CO2art ones.
My second question is whether i should set the tank up with this to begin with, or whether you think it is better to establish some growth in the plants first and then add CO2 later?
My apologies if this is in the wrong section, or these have been answered many times before. I did search, but couldn't find the comparison I was looking for.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
Rob