HUGE DIY Co2 system

[mark razmandi]

so i went through the painstaking process of converting my 40g biotope into a nasty geophagus planted tank. i have 4in on aquasoil in it and its pretty heavily planted right now. i made a HUGEEEEE co2 injection system using a 5 gallon jug, regulators, bubblecounter, check valve, t valves, 2 nano diffusers

recipe for my reaction system
25LBS sugar
22 Teaspoons dry activated yeast
4 gallons water

this thing is a BEASTTTTT. EASILY puts out as much as a pressurized....its nasty

i will post pics when i get home from UH

[TaTeR ToT]

here you go bro


5g Water Container




25lb. Bag of Sugar




Mark Pouring the Sugar in the 5g Container



thats all the pics i have....

[ssrprelude]

Did you have a recipe or just winging it?

[TaTeR ToT]

no, he did it by the book.

the diy co2 pimp handbook

[mark razmandi]

Did you have a recipe or just winging it?

i posted my recipe in the first post, its the recipe ive always used except im using a smaller yeast ratio because i want it to last longer

[cichlid1409]

that thing is huge!!

[mark razmandi]

filled with about 60 lbs of mixture, you can see the swelling from the pressure


regulator valve


bubble counter


one nano diffuser under intake


other nano diffuser on far end of tank

[TaTeR ToT]

this thing is sooooo legit!!!

is it pumping out the co2 yet?

[mark razmandi]

did you see how swollen that thing was? its pumping ungodly amounts of co2 into my tank :P

[TaTeR ToT]

thats a B-E-T!!!

[cichlid1409]

you worried about that thing blowing up?

wheres an FTS of the tank?

[TaTeR ToT]

LOL

that would SUCK!!!
frickin roaches and bugs everywhere trying to get the 60lbs of syrup out of your soaked sticky a** carpet

[TaTeR ToT]

hell as much as is in there, it will probably be all over everything, walls carpet, ceiling, furniture

[mark razmandi]

you worried about that thing blowing up?

wheres an FTS of the tank?

im actually not worried about it blowing up, its super strong and the threads on the screws are THICK

and the FTS is waiting for the journal because i JUST set it up the other day and the HUGE ammonia spike from 4in of aquasoil mixing with a 100% water change and super established media cause a GINORMOUS bacteria bloom that still hasnt cleaned up. i wanna get all my geos in there too

[ssrprelude]

i posted my recipe in the first post, its the recipe ive always used except im using a smaller yeast ratio because i want it to last longer

You always used 25lbs of sugar? GD