Cheap Low Budget CO2 System (DIY CO2)
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- I use these low budget CO2 systems in most of my aquascapes!
they are super cheap, easy to make and work great. This system is great if you are new to CO2
Few downsides:
1. Can't be switched off
2. Needs a refill after 4-5 weeks
3. CO2 levels can't be regulated.
The recipe:
250 grams of sugar
300 grams of water
3 sheets of gelatin
2 grams of yeast
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I am IN LOVE, the idea of COOKING with Aquascaping is AMAZING
Clear explanation! Highly recommend for first co2 beginners.
Thanks mate. Did this and works perfect for 20L tank. Gelatine idea is genius. Keep up the good work.
Bro! You make so many great videos on my hobby topics! Thank you!!! So appreciated!
Your videos are a real treat. I have learned solo much from them. The bloopers at the end really made me laugh. Thank you so much!
My dennerle 60l cube came I’m going to reuse my fluval canister filter even if it might be abit overkill I have it lying around definetly going to do this thanks for the video!
Nicely explained everything in detail. Thanks a lot
The ending 🤣🤣🤣 I cant 😂 cool video 👍🏻🙃so many tips
Hi I’d like to thank you for your thoughtfulness making this tutorial.it’s great to know this about this method.it saves wasting money on commercial products.and what a great idea the gelatine is. I also like the clumsy bits in the last part of your video.😂👍🇦🇺take care Robert
Great information, I'm going to try this. Thankyou.😊
OMG. This is perfect, I am just going to combine my Kombucha/ Beer making hobby with my new Aquascape hobby. I'll just have the one-way release valve from my fermentation project go to my fish tank!
Thanks for your information, it's great for low buget aquarium, I trying your idea ,and works great , Greatings from Prague!!!👍🙏
Thank you very much!
I never knew about this. I’m definitely going to try it out. I bought a Fluval co2 kit and hate it so I’ve been doing more research after that experience. Really wishing I bypassed the kit and just bought the equipment all separately. But this diy system will be fun to try. Learning a lot from your channel. Thanks so much!
Which Fluval CO2 kit did U buy? Im interested to hear more of ur experience & I’ll be glad to hear your honest appraisal .. I wish I could afford to purchase an Fluval kit , even if only to discover I HATED it. What part of the kit didn’t you like or didn’t work for you? Would you be interested in selling it by any chance please? I look forward to you response & hope you consider selling to a n Aussie Nerdy noob fish girl ready to dive headfirst into Co2!! Cheers.
@@MissBuilderBear it's $20 usd and each cartridge runs out in 2 days. A pack of 3 replacement co2 cartridges costs $17 usd. Not worth it at all
hey thanks for the tutorial !
I've tried all sorts of different recipes for co2 and yours is the best by a mile. Adding the galitine is a brilliant idea.
Great to hear!
I’m really glad you have this video up still after making a new diy co2 video, I find the instructions a bit more clear in this one and you might have been nervous but I think you did great explaining things. Both videos are very helpful and appreciated.
Glad it helped!
@@MJAquascaping followed the video and a DIY diffuser video and it’s working like a charm. The diffuser is made using a chopstick cut down into a reed basically. Thanks again 👍
I used this method but even after 1 days and 5 hours still no bubbles are forming ,i used blueberry syrup mix instead of gelatine and air stone instead of diffuser can you help ,by the way love your videos
@@vikalawa5301 I think gelatin is important to his method to slow down the sugar consumption so the yeast doesn’t choke itself out producing too much alcohol too quickly.
Is there any pressure buildup so far? That would at least let you know something is halfway working. If there isn’t any pressure and the bottle squeezes easily then there may be a hole somewhere in the cap/line that needs to be glued better, or the lid of the bottle may have something on it preventing a good seal.
@@dustin89clanton no their is no pressure build up
That gelatine sounds like a nice improvement. I was using a mixture without it when I had bio CO_2 system on my fish tanks, otherwise it was basically the same (even the same dry yeast). Don't use silicone, it won't take a hold. Epoxy could work, but I was using electrical tape and a piece of tubing (from inside) to get rid of any leaks on the cap.
I heard it can be tweaked further with special yeast, such as used for wine or "hard liquor basis" which last longer as they can stand higher alcohol levels.
The silicone caulking should be put on the inside of the cap, not the outside. It will hold the pressure up to rupture of the bottle (approx 100-150psi).
Your video motivates me to try this diy. Thanks from India.
You can do it!
Thanks so much for this tutorial! I'm going to do it on my small tank (paid for a CO2 kit for the main tank like a sucker).
PS You're very nice to look at. 😉
Did it worked? :3
I just started watching a few of of videos on ur channel about diy n co2 I just joined I like ur channel n there's not a lot of aquarium channels I like now so keep up the good work
Awesome! Thank you!
Great tip again! On my diy co2 the yest is leaking in aquarium through diffuser. Now I’ll add the second bottle.
Just uploaded a new video about diy CO2 😬 it’s very similar, just a better quality. And yeah the second bottle stops yeast from getting out of the diffuser 😊
@@MJAquascaping right on time! Perfect!😊👍
works great in a 20l aquarium. thank you. 🇸🇰
How? Mine just won't work. Can't even find any leaks. Do you heat your house all year and never open windows etc. Mine only worked the first few hours (probably due to warm water and that extra tbs of sugar) and stopped. Now a bubble every 10+ minutes if I'm lucky and still not a single co2 bubble out of my diffuser.
Awesome Video. I made my DIY Co2 and it works. I'm about to add a valve when I finish my 1st bottle to see if we can regulate the amount of Co2 and shut it down at night.
Never seen anyone do that in this method , is it really working? Iam using this method for 2 years now
I know this is an old comment but just in case anyone else sees this do not try to shut it off at night, the bottle will explode, if your worried just run an air stone on a timer at night to maintain oxygen levels
Love the video man! Definitely trying it 😁
Cool! Let me know how it works for you 👍
@@MJAquascaping I definitely will.
Thank you for explaining this so well!!
Thank you for the information. I’m going to try it. Can a tell me what size bottles to use???
Thanks for your video. It’s very clear and looks easy. What are the bottles you “pre-made” ? Water-gelatine-sugar? Or the whole mix including the yeast ?
Great video. I just got a LED light and want to add co2 in my grow tent. Just curious though as to what the co2 ppm would be using only sugar and water vs adding geletine
What kind of output can we expect from this system? I like the simplicity!
Tnx A Lot MJ.. BTW is there any way we can stop the Co2 by night ?
The video is well done, nice and calm and then the end BLAM! Lol. Thanks for sharing this!
thanks maaan
Brilliant video. Tried this.
Edit/Update: ok so my actual hose had a tiny hole in it!!! Replaced it and working like a bomb ❤
"The bubble are working. But nothing comes out of my diffuser. There' are no leaks and bought the correct diffuser many have used on dyi co2 systems. Maybe my house is just too cold."
Try an air stone instead of diffuser, not enough pressure maybe. Turn off at night to increase pressure
have you tried using an air control valve to control the outflow of CO2? regardless of that, the video was great, thanks!!
wow who knew u can make this at home! and ending is hilarious :DDDD
😝😝😝
Can I use powdered gelatin or not?
Thank you very much for this video. I just made it but I have one question, if you or your viewers could help: I just saw a similar recipe, but instead of gelatin, they added baking soda? Is the process very different or similar?
Thank you! Regards from Portugal!
Not clear on instructions but what it looks to me is Single line going into first bottle (REACTOR) 1" down from cap and water level 3" below top of bottle.Second bottle(the wash) FIRST hose coming from reactor 6"-8" long going down into bottle. SECOND hose to check valve going into bottle 1" from cap then water level 2"-3" below top of cap. Thanks for the video great info
bro u deserve more subscriber like 250k or 1 mill
at least
hahaha thnx man! we will get there!
hell yah, i am going to try this on my 75G tank as soon as i get on days off. on the fence about a professional CO2 setup so this will give me a pretty good idea if i actually wanna use CO2 or not! i wonder tho, could i not just double all the ingredients and through everything in a 2ltr bottle? twice the capacity, same ingredients, maybe could get 8 weeks instead of a monthly swap?
Bedankt voor de duidelijk uitleg. Kun je voor de 'washing bottle' ook een klein flesje gebruiken 0,5L / 1,0L ?
ja! doe ik normaal ook, maar voor deze video had ik die even niet in huis.
I want to try this out! how many grams is 3 sheets of gelatin?
Hi, thanks for the clear explanation! Can you please let me know how long does it take for the CO2 pressure to build up?
I made one of these systems this week and I was getting no pressure. The diffuser was just a tank decoration. The system was pushing a bubble a second. I tried various diffuser options and was getting no bubbles. Today I checked the whole line system and found a small leak. Remade the line system, pressure and bubbles with glass diffuser was instant with the newly sealed system. I nearly gave up with this system. But I am a bit of a stubborn git, so rechecked everything, and boom, fixed. Now watchinh little bubbles flooding my tank.
What is the consistency of the sugar+gelatine mixer? Should it be hard? Soft jelly? Or watery?
Asking because I can only get the powder type gelatine
Perfect👌👌 but in night, when the light is off
What can we do ??
Nothing 😊 just keep the CO2 running 24/7 if you have some surface agitation from your filter you will be fine
so of a night you don't remove the diffuser or anything just extra surface agitation via air stone or outflow ?
The bloopers at the end though! 😅🤣
Have you got all the sugar out of your carpets?
took a while! haha
Super awesome video, ty :)
Hi MJ.
Are you experiencing any white slim on the diffuser. I have been using method and my diffuser gets clogged with this white slime/film.
I have to clean it everyday to maintain fine bubbles.
Any suggestion greatly appreciated
Hi Marc ! Great vidéos ! Is it possible to connect a solenoid with thin system?
Hi Nathalie! Thank you 😊 No unfortunately that's not possible. If you would shut the system, the pressure would keep building up and i guess the bottle would explode 🤔 so although it is a very cheap solution, this is definitely the biggest downside.
@@MJAquascaping ok thanks !
Will stone bricks made for oxygen work as a diffuser?
I have setup this system now. I just keep Jelatine sugar water refriragtor only 7-8 hours. After make mixture, 6-8hours later CO2 realised. I use passive CO2 bell. I hope this work for my plants. Thanks
Hey thanks for explaining how to do the mixture. But the only thing you forget was. How much water did you add, once you where adding the yeast.
He said it in the video, it’s a liter of water
Do you let the system build up pressure before putting the diffuser in the water? Or will the system make enough pressure to push water out of the diffuser line? My DIY system is making a bubble every 3 seconds. I have a one-way valve on there. the diffuser is in place in the water. But the system doesn't seem to be pushing water out of the line. Or am I not waiting long enough, and it should be diffusing CO2 tomorrow?
Seriously??? I will try, it really intrigues me. It can't be that simple !!! I'll be back with results.
Where the result sir?
Thanks for the video! I have a question, when you said to prepare new bottles ahead. It means that you only make the sugar+gelatin mix, then add yeast later when you swap out bottle right? Thanks!
Yes, correct!
I want to use this setup on my tank but I was wondering if I could turn the system off at night by pulling hose to the CO2 out
Great video, I'm no Aquascaper but am learning a lot about how to keep an an aquarium from your vids. I had wondered whether it would be possible for cat owners to keep an open-top tank, as I will be bringing home a kitten in two weeks... Can you offer any advice on how to manage your cat's behaviour around aquariums please? 🌿🐠🌱🐟😺🌿
We have 2 cats, and they just love to drink from the tanks.. 😂 they don't care about the fish at all. So we just let them drink from it, there's no harm in that.
@@MJAquascaping now there's a picture, thanks Mark, it certainly gives me hope that both kitten and fish will be able to live together in harmony. I saw a video of a cat diving into a full tank the other day 😅, this is my first time owning pets, wish me luck! 🙂
@@sweetdreamstime2266 I have a cat and a fish tank that stay almost exclusively in my room. I did have to install a mesh aquarium cover because i was worried she would get into the tank while im at school or away. I very highly recommend a steel mesh cover for a tank. They are pretty cheap and all you have to do for tubing or cables is cut a few diamonds off with butcher scissors or pliers.
@@wildfiretoff2789 thank you for the advice 👍🏽
Hi thanks for ur informative video i tried that at home but failed there was leakage of gas through the cap how can i seal it tight though i put adhesive tapes
Ideally you would use silicone glue, because that stays flexible, but regular superglue works as well.
Can you use saf-instant yeast in this diy method?
Hi MJ, nice video.What diffuser do You use for low pressure system like this, most of the diffusers I have seen work only with high pressure system?
I prefer the diffusers with the brown ceramic disc, like the aquario, twinstar, dennerle etc.
But tbh every diffuser will work as long as your system is completely sealed
@@MJAquascaping Thanks for reply. I had one of the glass diffusers from amazon, one of the cheaper ones.The diffuser had a good review. I run DIY kit with citric acid and baking soda.Its with gauge always showing nice pressure between 1.5 and 2 but for that diffuser I had to open the generator full and it was almost not making any bubbles.It was air tight. I think maybe it was faulty or maybe only suitable for very high pressure. I connected cheap small stone now and it's making very tiny bubbles which is really amazing for this type of stone I think it's a lucky stone, one in 1000.All the best MJ, waiting for more of Your videos.
What co2 diffuses you have used, because I am not able see any bubbles from the diffuser but I can see co2 bubbles from tube after removing the diffuser can you provide any suggestions
Awesome video. I have a 120 l tank with a external filter that have a flute out pipe and an oxigen bomb. Should i turn the oxigen pump off while i am using co2 ( daylight) and turn it on by night? Or can it be on all the time?
Best would be to have the oxigen pump only at night!
@@MJAquascaping and can i take co2 out of water by night?
What sized bottles does the recipe call for?
How long each bottle lasts ??
Haha. Je kan beter een 5mm gaatje boren. Trek je je 6mm slangetje altijd waterdicht doorheen. Goede video verder!
Wonder if wine yeast would last longer since it can handle more alcohol?
is there a way i can time it so that it is on at the same time as the light
Hi. Am getting 30-40 bubble counts per minute. Is it ok?
Can I use baking powder instead of yeast??
Can i use airstone as a diffuser?
How do I upscale this for a 8x4x2 area?..
Drilling the hole would be better, but whatever works is OK too
u can buy the cap for bottle for 1$ and 30 cent that made for making a diy co2 kit
Kan ik de flessen niet gewoon elke avond er vanaf halen en elke ochtend erop doen?
Nicely presented...
How much water in ml and 3slices means how much in grams?
300 ml and 5 grams of gelatine
Thank u
does anyone know how often you need to replace the second bottle with water for diffusion?
Hey man,
Amazing video as always.
I have one question. Is there any significant downside to using just one bottle? If I use the same recipe, but don't use the 2nd bottle with water, will it be harmful to fish or shrimp in the aquarium in any way?
Not at all
@@MJAquascaping Thanks ^_^
The English word for the black tool is Pliers
which liters of co2 produced by day please ? in4 weeks ?
Im using the amazon diy co2 caps do i need to cut the first line so its out of the mixture
Hi how much ingredients do I put in a 2 litre bottle for a 40 gallon tank please ?
Can we replace the gelatin sheets with powder or some other form of glutin?
yep no problem!
Great vid, and thank you.... I have never heard of "sheets" of gelatine. What would the powder equivalent be?
Any place that sell baking products will have gelatine sheet.
@@NinhNguyen not that I've found in this country (yet) 😢 but if you don't know, I'll just try on my own I guess.
@@ricardocaliman2830 im in the same predicament. Did you figure it out?
@@isaacott3230 sadly no
@@isaacott3230 unfortunately no.
Thanks.iam going to use this method for my 30liter tank.how much b/s iwill need for a full plant tank?
For a 30 liter tank 1 bps should be enough
@@MJAquascaping thanks a lot
Is it good to put this system out of the water at night?
Is there anything that can go wrong with this DIY system (other than the Oxygen at night)
Would this have any effect in a larger tank? (50gallon)
You can scale this to any tank size. Just add more bottles or use bigger bottles with double the recipe! experiment with it!
Can we replace the co2 diffuser to air stone?
Nope that wouldn't work well or maybe not work at all as it will either produce very large bubbles or might not produce at all as it requires high pressure to produce bubbles
I’m about to end my dry start. They say it’s best to have a lot of CO2 in the water at first when flooding the tank. Can this be done by adding less gelatine and or more yeast? Or keeping the bottle in a warmer place? Thanx in advance.
Yep more yeast will for sure speed things up! if you wanna go really crazy you can also leave the gelatine out. But both these things will reduce the longevity of the bottles, so you will have to replace them more often. (2-3 weeks)
Can i use a oxigen difuser instead of a co2 difuser?
Yep!
I made this and i been able to make CO2 however when i connected the diffuser i am not been able yo get any bubbles.... Is this a pressure issue?
What do you do, when comes night? How do you shut down the co2 for a night?
Why dont we can use metallic bottles, so for the night its possible to shud down the co2 ?
Hi, should i use jelly power instead of gelatine?
I used gelatin powder. One packet, -+5-9g is the same as three sheets. Actual jelly to make food is full of sugar, flavourings etc
Hi I've tried this system with my new diffuser and it needs alot of pressure to push bubbles through. How long does your system take to start diffusing bubbles into the tank? Thanks
Its answered at 11:50
I wonder if you could brew some cider and make CO2.
As a wine maker I'm tempted to combine both hobbies.........what could possibly go wrong ;-)
ok so why didn't you set it up to your aquarium so we can see it really working. so you have a video of that
Can you please make a video on how to refill it.. Or else please comment what are the steps to do so.
Basically just clean the bottle with warm water, and then fill it with a new recipe. Also watch this video ruclips.net/video/OtpfltN15-8/видео.html&lc=Ugz9_HRzz3o70tOF6-d4AaABAg
@@MJAquascaping Thank you so much!