Don't remember plants, have some water wisteria, Anubia, crypts, and hair grass. Homemade co2 reactor. I use "plant food".
New To Plants, Let M Know What You Think.
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Looking really great. I'm guessing you mean the yeast kind of reactor. I made a CO2 reactor with yeast before but didn't use it long enough to see if it helped much. I think you are supposed to not use them at night. I just took mine out at night and put it in a glass of water so I could be sure it was still bubbling.
Yeah I'm using the yeast thing. I'm low on funds so gott do with what I can. I've never heard about taking it out at night. As of right now I keep the co2 flowing all the time, with lights on for 12 hours. It's made a lot of my plants flourish green. Not sure how they would react to no co2 at night. But I might give that a try.
Glad to hear it is helping. Well I could be wrong. I'm not that experienced with plants. Unless someone more experienced than me says otherwise, you probably should stick with what your doing since it is workingYeah I'm using the yeast thing. I'm low on funds so gott do with what I can. I've never heard about taking it out at night. As of right now I keep the co2 flowing all the time, with lights on for 12 hours. It's made a lot of my plants flourish green. Not sure how they would react to no co2 at night. But I might give that a try.
. I might make a yeast setup again since I can't afford the fancy co2 systems either.
Some people turn theirs off, and some people like myself never turn off their Co2... the reasoning behind the former is because they think that they may suffocate their fish if their Co2 levels get too high i believe...
Me personally, i run about 3 BPS on a pressurized Co2 system and leave it running 24/7 in my high tech tank, in my low tech with fish, i used to run it at about 2 BPS on a pressurized Co2 system 24/7 and never saw any ill effects with my fish... so i guess it really comes down to personal experience and watching how your fish react....
My main guess for people having problems with running Co2 24/7 and having fish is probably caused by the fact their water surface tension doesn't get broken, trapping more Co2 in the water causing the Co2 levels to rise to a dangerous level for fish...
^ normally speaking, if you run Co2 you wont run an air pump at the same time, otherwise you tend to gas off the Co2...
However, those who do turn off their Co2 during the night / at lights out sometimes like to run an air stone to replenish the dissolved oxygen in their tanks...
So imo, it seems to down to personal preference and how you run the tank...
However, those who do turn off their Co2 during the night / at lights out sometimes like to run an air stone to replenish the dissolved oxygen in their tanks...
So imo, it seems to down to personal preference and how you run the tank...
Yeah I know it gets pretty long, I'm thinking of keeping it short. I'm getting a few Jungle Val stems for free, running out of space in the tank. I think I want the val more towards the back instead of the hair grass. Any tips on trimming it? How short can it be?
