gu2high
Aquarium Advice Freak
When you inject CO2 to water and maintain it at 30ppm, have you considered how much injected CO2 is used by all plants in the tank?
I wonder to reach and maintain a balance of CO2 in the tank, it is likely to be,
injected and solved CO2 + fish/inhabitant released CO2 + absorbed CO2 from air = escaped to air CO2 + absorbed CO2 by plants
If omit the "fish/inhabitant released CO2 + absorbed CO2 from air" as they are relatively small compared to the injected, then,
injected and solved CO2 = escaped to air CO2 + absorbed CO2 by plants
Then, what is the ratio of "escaped to air CO2" to "absorbed CO2 by plants" in a heavily planted and strong lighted and ferted tank? Assume you inject 100 unit of CO2 in the water within one hour, does plant take in 5 unit and remaining 95 unit escaped to air in the period?
I wonder to reach and maintain a balance of CO2 in the tank, it is likely to be,
injected and solved CO2 + fish/inhabitant released CO2 + absorbed CO2 from air = escaped to air CO2 + absorbed CO2 by plants
If omit the "fish/inhabitant released CO2 + absorbed CO2 from air" as they are relatively small compared to the injected, then,
injected and solved CO2 = escaped to air CO2 + absorbed CO2 by plants
Then, what is the ratio of "escaped to air CO2" to "absorbed CO2 by plants" in a heavily planted and strong lighted and ferted tank? Assume you inject 100 unit of CO2 in the water within one hour, does plant take in 5 unit and remaining 95 unit escaped to air in the period?