Luananeko
Aquarium Advice Addict
I'm interested in getting into CO2 and fert dosing for my 75 gallon tank, but I'm having trouble researching how to go about it. Chemistry has never been one of my strong suits and all of the guides I've read about how to set up CO2 or do EI are like trying to learn a foreign language (another thing I've struggled with). Also, most of the links in the Resources & References sticky appear to be broken...
Can anyone recommend some easier to understand guides or dosing schedules? Also, are there specific brands of CO2 systems that should be avoided? I definitely want a pressurized CO2 system, preferably one that is as forgiving as possible of mistakes as I don't want to accidentally hurt any of my fish. Extra features that make it easy to tell if I'm overdosing CO2 or if my CO2 tank needs replacing soon would be ideal too.
Here's the other details on my tank atm if it helps:
- 75 gallon tank
- GLO Dual T5HO lighting fixture running a 6500K and a Colormax bulb
- Rena Filstar XP3 filter running with 1 package of biozorb, 1 package of nitrazorb, LOTS of biomax tubes, and the default foam types that came with the filter
- Marineland Emperor 400 filter (soon to be decommissioned as I think it's too much current for my guppies and I hear HOB bio-wheel filters are bad for degassing CO2)
- 20" bubble wall (currently runs constantly to meet my Hillstream Loach's oxygen requirements, but my LFS says he should be fine without it during the day when I swap to CO2 since the plants will generate more oxygen)
- My plants/fish stock is in my profile
Any other tips/suggestions are appreciated as well. Thanks!
Can anyone recommend some easier to understand guides or dosing schedules? Also, are there specific brands of CO2 systems that should be avoided? I definitely want a pressurized CO2 system, preferably one that is as forgiving as possible of mistakes as I don't want to accidentally hurt any of my fish. Extra features that make it easy to tell if I'm overdosing CO2 or if my CO2 tank needs replacing soon would be ideal too.
Here's the other details on my tank atm if it helps:
- 75 gallon tank
- GLO Dual T5HO lighting fixture running a 6500K and a Colormax bulb
- Rena Filstar XP3 filter running with 1 package of biozorb, 1 package of nitrazorb, LOTS of biomax tubes, and the default foam types that came with the filter
- Marineland Emperor 400 filter (soon to be decommissioned as I think it's too much current for my guppies and I hear HOB bio-wheel filters are bad for degassing CO2)
- 20" bubble wall (currently runs constantly to meet my Hillstream Loach's oxygen requirements, but my LFS says he should be fine without it during the day when I swap to CO2 since the plants will generate more oxygen)
- My plants/fish stock is in my profile
Any other tips/suggestions are appreciated as well. Thanks!
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