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Homemade CO2 PART 1 OUT OF 2

video Homemade CO2 PART 1 OUT OF 2

This is how to make a homemade carbon dioxide generator for your aquarium plants. Please comment. THIS VIDEO BELONGS TO QUAQA88 OF YOUTUBE

15 comments

Oct 9, 2011. 2:22 PMRGalliath says:

There are two problems with this:
1. Your more lily to kill your fish and fish provide co2 anyway.
2. When the pressure inside gets to big to escape through the airline its going to explode. It will through bits of plastic, sugar water, alchohal, and live yeast everywhere.

Jul 27, 2009. 1:22 PMmas9779 says:

help plants and kill the fish.

Apr 23, 2011. 9:43 AMthats mr sonic to you says:

if you stop it during the night it does not kill the fish

Sep 12, 2010. 10:56 AMjazzeux says:

Don't forget to check your PH level. When you inject CO2 in the aquarium, PH will drop a bit. If you don't do so, it might kill your fish

Jan 24, 2010. 11:06 AMtoddstivers says:

ive tried this and it didnt work suggestions

Jan 10, 2010. 1:12 PMLiquidLightning says:

It's not a reaction, yeast is alive, and basically once it eats the sugar, it farts out CO2. =D

Jun 14, 2009. 1:50 PMbassmonkey says:

"...and they get very happy."

Jan 4, 2009. 8:42 PMzwanman89 says:

You can speed up the reaction by warming the water up a little before. Yeast grows the fastest at about 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Be careful not to make it too hot though cuz you can kill the yeast. BTW the reaction is fermentation. The yeast is turning the sugar and water into alcohol.

Mar 22, 2009. 7:50 AMD4NG3RNL says:

Yeah, you get the EXACT same reaction with beer/wine ect ect ;)

Mar 16, 2009. 12:09 AMGlitched says:

Instead of / or to use with the check valve, I use a second bottle for the gas to pass through first to act as an overfull catch can. Helps to stop any mess getting into the tank

Dec 26, 2008. 11:48 AMbooyaababe says:

Oh..its not called a diffuser, its a reactor...my bad...

Dec 26, 2008. 11:46 AMbooyaababe says:

Hey .. LIke the video..I was reading on another site about these C02 rigs..they suggested some sort of diffuser at the aquarium end of the tube so that the C02 doesn't just go up in bubbles ..it forces the C02 to be absorbed into the water..they used a small aquarium vacuum...? I dunno, maybe something to check into?

Dec 14, 2008. 4:52 PMbiopak says:

can you come up with a home made automatic fish feeder next, possibly containing enought food to last around a month

Dec 5, 2008. 3:49 AMtcassaday says:

I noticed that you ran your aerator during the day. I would recommend that you only run it at night, because during the day the plants will make enough O2 (oxygen) to offset the CO2 (carbon dioxide) so you don't need to use an aerator. But at night you do need to run it because plants take in O2 instead of CO2. So at night if you are not careful you could end up with excess CO2 and some major pH swings.