Home made CO2??? Have you heard of this?

[john7110]

I am using a home made CO2 system using a 2 litre bottle, tubing, sugar and yeast. seems to be working ok if I keep it heated. Anyone ever heard of this???? Pros?- Cons? Thanks for any info.

 

[fort384]

It is a very economical way to inject CO2. Thousands of members here use DIY CO2 reactors. You an do a search here on the forums to read more about it.

 

[Atxpunx]

What size tank is your DIY co2 for? Depending on the size of your tank, you might only be injecting enough to increase algae in your tank.

 

[Blueangel4730]

I use DIY CO2 and I will tell you my plants almost grew before my eyes. Have to use ferts as well.

 

[john7110]

I have a new 55 gal. setup. everything seems to be doing good. No fert. yet. I have been told ,Jobe house plant spikes work fine. I am trying to find info on this too before I try it.

 

[fort384]

Using DIY CO2 in a 55gal tank probably isn't going to be very effective...

 

[hippy guy]

It would work if you rigged up 2 or 3 diy c02 at once and had em all runing together..

 

[fort384]

Probably more like 3 or 4. It just isn't practical for a tank that size IMO. Low, unstable injection is worse than no injection at all ime.

 

[Batt4Christ]

That's what folks here call "DIY" CO2. I've been using two bottles on my 29g for a while. What I found was that using gallon size juice bottles lasted longer, and running two bottles staggered in fill.