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Old 08-08-2007, 02:49 PM   #1
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Default DIY CO2 reactor

Thought I'd post this to go along with my other CO2 post... if this should go in DIY section, feel free to move it there.

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Gather materials
- 1 bottle with cap (coke bottle, for example)
- warm water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp yeast
- some airline
- a CO2 diffuser
- drill / souldering iron
- pliars / pinchers



Fill the bottle about 2/3 with warm water



Add 1 cup of white table sugar, and shake till disolved



Using a drill bit that is slightly smaller than the width of your airline to drill a hole in the cap.



Cut the airline on an angle to make a point.





Poke the point through the hole in the cap



Pull the airline through about 1/2 inch using pliars or tweezers



By now, the sugar should be completely disolved



Take 1/2 tsp of yeast



Put the yeast in the bottle



Close the bottle



Attach your diffuser or whatever you're using to the other end of the tube



And put the diffuser in your tank!
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