leetric0 Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Hey everyone. Im looking at most likely making a cheap c02 and was just wondering how you guys would go about doing it for under $200 and a easy to monitor set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 The cheapest I can do it for is as follows (inc. shipping) $98 regulator with solenoid $45 adaptor $40 per sodastream bottle new (around $20 second hand on TM) Diffuser, bubble counter, check valve etc anywhere from $20 up to $50 usually Refills cost around $12 and last a 60x30x30 high tech tank around a month. How big is the tank you want it for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/f ... 317375.htm Likoma is using one of these and it works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetric0 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 The cheapest I can do it for is as follows (inc. shipping) $98 regulator with solenoid $45 adaptor $40 per sodastream bottle new (around $20 second hand on TM) Diffuser, bubble counter, check valve etc anywhere from $20 up to $50 usually Refills cost around $12 and last a 60x30x30 high tech tank around a month. How big is the tank you want it for? Its for a 245l tank. I just got some twisted val, sag and amazon sword and im just wanting to get them to grow faster. Where would i buy that from or would i get that from you? That diy c02 kit looks pretty good and easy to set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 For the cost of refills it would almost be worth getting a full sized cylinder I think. Everything except the adaptor (which can be found on TM) and the cylinder (bought from Mitre10, Briscoes or TM) can be bought from fish-street.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetric0 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 Any idea on how much a full sized cylinder is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 There's one for $284 on TM, that's a 2kg cylinder so around x7 times the size of a sodastream cylinder, they can be anywhere between $200-$350 really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetric0 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 >.> thats out of my price range haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Yeah unfortunately pressurised CO2 for larger tanks is still very expensive here, you could go the sodastream route but you'd be looking at a bottle a week so $50 a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 You can rent a bottle from boc gas for not much per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetric0 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Well im looking at getting this http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/f ... 317375.htm what you suggested godly. Do i just mix the the baking soda/ citric acid with water in the bottle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetric0 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 and is what sort of soda/citric acid do i use? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 The guy who sells them is a member of this forum, his username is lotofish and he's a really good guy. I would pm him and ask him to give you some more details. I have never used that type of system but I've heard good things about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetric0 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leetric0 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 I thought i might upload a couple of pictures of plants in my tank currently. I just got some twisted val and 2 amazon swords and some sagg and its looking REALLY messy at the moment since they were a little bit beat up from the post ride down to hamilton :slfg: Any suggestions on growing them? http://s290.beta.photobucket.com/user/r1c4rdo3/library/ Also ignore the fact that there in little containers at the moment haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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