diy co2 mishap - cloudy water!

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missmonday

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Hello all,

I changed the water in my 28 gallon today, and also changed the diy co2 mixture in my nutrafin co2 plant system. I got it second hand, so I just put a little bit of yeast, sugar and water to create the co2 bubbles that run up a plastic ladder inside the tank.

Everything was fine until I noticed the once crystal clear water was sort of cloudy! I thought it odd as my tank is very close to being completely cycled and thought a bacterial bloom would be strange. Then I noticed that some of the yeast was somehow coming out of the airline tube and into the tank :(

The water is only slightly cloudy, and none of the fish seem affected. I took out the container and the tubing so nothing else will leech in.

Anything else I can do? How do check valves work?
 
Did you out your bottle higher or lower than the tank?

I suggest placing the bottle below the water line, so if anything comes up, doesn't get all the way to the tank except gas.

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The bottle is held at about the same level as the water, it clips on to the back of the tank.
 
I can't clip it on mine. I just put it on the floor..

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