Bubbles0oO said:Well I guess next time I go to he LHS I'll pick up some 100% silicone aquarium sealant. It is aquarium safe so I'll put it on immediately.
This project has been annoying me so much. Everytime I walk by the poorch I sigh because it's all ready it's just not sealed yet lol.
Fishandmusic81 said:Lol I just sealed mines I used construction sealant i have to wait 48 hours now for it to dry then the moment of truth will come lol
sadly the DIY route is getting too much for me.
I bought a sealant, which i then opened up and it told me it was all sorts of poisonous (even to breathe, and that in california, it's ingredients were known to cause heart failure and cancer). so yeah...rather than go back and go on and on and on, i'm a DIY drop out.
if it's not one thing, it's the other, and sadly i don't have time to keep fixing something, to then have a subpar set up. it comes down to not enough time, and then wanting to spend that time i DO get on it, productively, rather than chasing up 15 new things to get every time something goes wrong.
i'm looking into the fluval or potentially paintball style.
good luck with your attempts!
Austin.b said:Good luck! I've never had success using DIY CO2. I've tried it 3 different times, but still can't seem to get it. If not one thing, its the other, CO2 leaking or the mix going bad and stopping after 3 days.
Monkey Magic said:one thing with most silicones is they need physical agitation to bond to surfaces. YOu cant just squeeze it out of the tube and hope for the best give it some love and massage it in!
Austin.b said:Good luck! I've never had success using DIY CO2. I've tried it 3 different times, but still can't seem to get it. If not one thing, its the other, CO2 leaking or the mix going bad and stopping after 3 days.
Monkey Magic said:Actually try looking into dosing flourish excel at higher levels ive heard some algaes dont like this.
That would mean you dont have to blackout the tank. Cutting down you potoperiod slightly might help
themox said:I do have some flourish, I'll happily do that. is there a post on it somewhere?
edit: seachem flourish, that's what I have; is that it? haha
Austin.b said:I don't think thats it. Does it say excel on the bottle? I think you have flourish comprehensive. Yes, spot dosing excel will kill algea because it has an algeacide in it, even though seachem wont admit it lol its name escapes me right now, but i think it call gulahydrate? Im pretty sure I butchered that name pretty badly though haha
jkdubs2 said:I built mine in a half hour. I just drilled holes smaller than the airline tubing into the lids, and cut the ends of the tubing that were going into the bottles at angles and stuck the end through the bottle cap and pulled with pliers carefully and its air tight. Didn't use any sealer and I use 2 tsp of yeast and 2 cups of sugar in warm water. Worked out great. Then I bought a small power head and ran the tubing into the intake of it to smash the bubbles into tiny ones to diffuse.