Just picked up a Natural Plant System CO2 is it good??

idle0095 · 07-04-2007, 06:19 PM

Hello i just went to petsmart and picked up a CO2 Natual Plant System. is it any good? Here is the link to it.

http://www.petsmart.com/global/produ...ant+systme&N=2

Clerk · 07-05-2007, 01:04 AM

If you actually read the box it says its enough for an 20 gallon, if that.

If its for your 75, its not going to even come close to cutting it.

idle0095 · 07-05-2007, 09:41 AM

ill tell you the natural plant system co2 is a piece of junk. not worth the $33.99. im returning it. i cant even get it to work

Clerk · 07-05-2007, 07:17 PM

Ugh... It takes a little while for the reaction to start as well. It does work, its just to small for your tank.

**JustOneMore20** · 07-05-2007, 09:02 PM

I agree.....its not big enough for a 75g tank. A better option would be to get 3-4 2 liter yeast generator bottles and connect them.....that might just give you enough CO2 for a 75g. The best option for that size tank is a pressurized system though.

Here is a link to making DIY yeast generators: http://www.plantedtank.net/articles/DIY-Yeast-CO2/7/. It does get very time consuming to maintain that many bottles though, so if you are wanting CO2, then I'd look into a pressurized system.

SBDTHUR · 07-05-2007, 09:34 PM

And this is why I gave up on plant keeping. It's time consuming, another added cost, and makes the water dirtier. But if you maintain it properly it is extremly rewarding. Good Luck!

**JustOneMore20** · 07-06-2007, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by SBDTHUR

And this is why I gave up on plant keeping. It's time consuming, another added cost, and makes the water dirtier. But if you maintain it properly it is extremly rewarding. Good Luck!

Plants actually make the water cleaner, if you do it right.

It doesn't really take up much more time IME. It is extremely rewarding though....you are right on that.

Zoe · 07-06-2007, 08:15 AM

I don't find my plants make the water dirty... unless my plants are dying, but I try to avoid that

The only drawback (other than cost, of course!) I can see is that it makes it impossible to vacuum the gravel. Oh well!

idle0095 · 07-06-2007, 09:56 AM

so i took a 1 gallon bottle filled it with cup in a half of sugar then filled 3/4 wih warm water. then added tbsp of yeast and tbsp of baking powder. did it at 8am today but as of now noon it hasnt made any co2

**JustOneMore20** · 07-06-2007, 10:07 AM

Thats also quite alot of yeast....for 2L bottles, I only use about 1/4tsp, so for a gallon (or ~3.75L) I'd probably use at most a teaspoon. I probably would have used 2 cups of sugar. Usually it takes 24 hours to produce any CO2, so give it some time.

idle0095 · 07-06-2007, 10:40 AM

okay thanks. well now i know what to use for yeast and what not.

Zoe · 07-06-2007, 10:48 AM

Why baking powder? Just curious, I've never heard of that before.
I use 1tsp also, of yeast, in a 2L coke bottle with 2 cups of sugar. Seems to work ok.

idle0095 · 07-06-2007, 10:51 AM

i was told many times to do baking powder. what it does is it makes the sugar last longer so you dont have to keep adding sugar every 2 weeks. now lets you do it every month

Zoe · 07-06-2007, 11:15 AM

Huh, good to know!

thanks!

07-04-2007, 06:19 PM	#1
idle0095 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 155	Just picked up a Natural Plant System CO2 is it good?? Hello i just went to petsmart and picked up a CO2 Natual Plant System. is it any good? Here is the link to it. http://www.petsmart.com/global/produ...ant+systme&N=2 __________________ 180 Gallon Oceanic Tank All Wood Canopy Coralife Aqua Light 72" Quad Bulb Fluval FX5 Fluval 405 Dual Sponge Power Heads Natural Substrate Live Plants

07-05-2007, 09:41 AM	#3
idle0095 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 155	ill tell you the natural plant system co2 is a piece of junk. not worth the $33.99. im returning it. i cant even get it to work __________________ 180 Gallon Oceanic Tank All Wood Canopy Coralife Aqua Light 72" Quad Bulb Fluval FX5 Fluval 405 Dual Sponge Power Heads Natural Substrate Live Plants

07-05-2007, 09:02 PM	#5
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,571	I agree.....its not big enough for a 75g tank. A better option would be to get 3-4 2 liter yeast generator bottles and connect them.....that might just give you enough CO2 for a 75g. The best option for that size tank is a pressurized system though. Here is a link to making DIY yeast generators: http://www.plantedtank.net/articles/DIY-Yeast-CO2/7/. It does get very time consuming to maintain that many bottles though, so if you are wanting CO2, then I'd look into a pressurized system. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

07-05-2007, 09:34 PM	#6
SBDTHUR is a Farting Ninja Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 15 Posts: 322	And this is why I gave up on plant keeping. It's time consuming, another added cost, and makes the water dirtier. But if you maintain it properly it is extremly rewarding. Good Luck! __________________ 29 Gallon Nothin... The Hosting Boss PiranhaLife

07-06-2007, 08:15 AM	#8
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	I don't find my plants make the water dirty... unless my plants are dying, but I try to avoid that The only drawback (other than cost, of course!) I can see is that it makes it impossible to vacuum the gravel. Oh well! __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

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07-05-2007, 01:04 AM	#2
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 463	If you actually read the box it says its enough for an 20 gallon, if that. If its for your 75, its not going to even come close to cutting it.

07-05-2007, 07:17 PM	#4
Clerk Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 463	Ugh... It takes a little while for the reaction to start as well. It does work, its just to small for your tank.

07-06-2007, 09:56 AM	#9
idle0095 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 155	so i took a 1 gallon bottle filled it with cup in a half of sugar then filled 3/4 wih warm water. then added tbsp of yeast and tbsp of baking powder. did it at 8am today but as of now noon it hasnt made any co2 __________________ 180 Gallon Oceanic Tank All Wood Canopy Coralife Aqua Light 72" Quad Bulb Fluval FX5 Fluval 405 Dual Sponge Power Heads Natural Substrate Live Plants

07-06-2007, 10:07 AM	#10
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,571	Thats also quite alot of yeast....for 2L bottles, I only use about 1/4tsp, so for a gallon (or ~3.75L) I'd probably use at most a teaspoon. I probably would have used 2 cups of sugar. Usually it takes 24 hours to produce any CO2, so give it some time. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

07-06-2007, 10:40 AM	#11
idle0095 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 155	okay thanks. well now i know what to use for yeast and what not. __________________ 180 Gallon Oceanic Tank All Wood Canopy Coralife Aqua Light 72" Quad Bulb Fluval FX5 Fluval 405 Dual Sponge Power Heads Natural Substrate Live Plants

07-06-2007, 10:48 AM	#12
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	Why baking powder? Just curious, I've never heard of that before. I use 1tsp also, of yeast, in a 2L coke bottle with 2 cups of sugar. Seems to work ok. __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

07-06-2007, 10:51 AM	#13
idle0095 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 155	i was told many times to do baking powder. what it does is it makes the sugar last longer so you dont have to keep adding sugar every 2 weeks. now lets you do it every month __________________ 180 Gallon Oceanic Tank All Wood Canopy Coralife Aqua Light 72" Quad Bulb Fluval FX5 Fluval 405 Dual Sponge Power Heads Natural Substrate Live Plants

07-06-2007, 11:15 AM	#14
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	Huh, good to know! thanks! __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

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