As a craft beer brewer I can shed a little light on making yeast last longer and co2 more voluminous. Most of the DIY planted tank systems I see use way too much sugar. If using baking yeast, 1 cup of sugar to 8 cups of water is too much. Baking yeast dies at about 4% alcohol. If using brewers yeast ( available from local or on line home brew sources), then you can use 3 times more sugar to water. Also, dosing a new batch of sugar water with reclaimed yeast will work well for 5 or 8 generations of use. Also using a prepared yeast nutrient which contains diamonium sulfide ( also available from home brew supply) will make yeast last much longer in a nutrient poor solution of table sugar. An addition of a small amount of fruit juice will substitute in a reasonable manner as a substitute for commercial yeast nutrient. Grape juice is especialy fermentable, as are palm dates.
For those asking about check valves, yes you need to have one. If you don't what happens is that once the CO2 stops producing, you'll end up getting a syphon back to your bottles, meaning water will be pulled out of your tank, the check valve stops this from happening. You should always use check valves even with regular air pumps, otherwise you risk water syphoning down and into your air pump, possible electricution or water damage to the pump. Great vid Joey
I hope you realize what a gift you are to us ?! i just found these and really im a new *addict* to aquariums and i was starting to see a strained look on my husband's face at the expenses. Im not afraid to experiment, try these, fail, get better and try again with your guidance here :) so THANK YOU really really special what your able to show us.
I must have missed how often you need to change the mixture or add more mixture to it. I'm also not really seeing if anyone else has actually done this build with success. I truly appreciate the video and the hard work that is put into helping us learn these techniques.
Joey, thanks for *all* your videos, Few things in regards to this video: - Cut the tube at a 45deg angle: it's much easier to plug in the cap. - Use soda bottles as they are made to resist internal pressure. - In your mix add 1-2 small pinch of salt: it slightly inhibits the growth of yeast and prevents a production spike. (last longer) Also add 1 or 2 drops of vinegar to the water to bring down the PH. Add few cubes of super sweetened jell-o: it dissolve very slowly and release sugar.
nice vid. i still can't believe how well diy co2 works in my planted nano tank. it took about 3 weeks before it really started to kick in, now they won't stop growing.
Joey, great vid by the way... One improvement to the system might be is joining the two pipes coming from bottle 1 and 2. By doing this you can add some water to the third bottle and then submerge the pipe coming from the two bottles so that you can create a bubble counter...
This was really helpful. I have a 50 litre tank and wanted to plant it but was a bit concerned about the cost of buying all the stuff I need. I'm glad to know that I can just grab a few bits and pieces out of the cupboard and rig something up. Thanks a lot!
i just wanted to thank you for all that you do, you've saved me hundreds of dollars throughout the last year or so since i discovered your videos, just saying, i appreciate it.
Dear joey, I have made myself a filter and a bodem cleaner that you have shown on your video's. I'll thank you for that. That bodem cleaner works perfectly!! Thnx!!
Thanks for all the DIY info Joey, I've been watching your channel for a while and I appreciate all the awesome free info you're giving out. I recently ran into an issue on a smaller 20gal sectional planted tank" 1 filter 2 tanks" where I upgraded the lighting too fast and went waaay too high and black beard ate my tanks up lol. Increasing co2 was the way to go not only for killing the algae but for plant growth. I previously tried chemical co2 generators which were around $20 a month and with this system you definitely just saved me money so I just wanted to say thank you for a quick and ez nano tank co2 generator for my shrimp tanks!
Nice video! I think Im going to try this out my self. I want to add something though! I think might work well with this system. If you want your yeast to produce moor CO2 you need to let the yeast have some supply of air from time to time. This leads to arobic respiration witch makes the yeast abel to break down the sugar moor completly. To fix this you could install a check valve from an old bike wheel tube, onto the CO2 generator. Then u can use a bike air pump to pump air into the system. And also the pump would counter the pressure difference in and outside the system so the air actualy can enter through the check valve even thought there is higher pressure inside the system then outside.
Great video! I will definitely use your method when I decide to try out CO2. I just wanted to point out that those plant species you chose don't even need CO2 injection, unless you wanted to try growing them at a more rapid rate.
Hey Joey, Lobe your videos. I am currently researching different tank set ups and such to do a complete rebuild on my 55gal freshwater tank. I would like to add an overflow into a ten gal sump that also has its own overflow build out of spare air line. The duel tank duel overflow combined with a drip system should eliminate water changes while adding additional filtration and auto-top-off. I built a single bottle of the generator as a proof on concept. Keep the vids coming.
Nice Vid. I also found that plastic airline connectors inserted into the holes in the bottle cap also form their own seal without the need for glue of any kind.
Thanks for your video, it was really informative. I have another suggestion for a diy diffuser, you can use small bamboo skewers (or toothpicks) and stick it into the tube. Then cut the skewer such that only a bit of it is sticking out. The air will diffuse through the skewers in really small bubbles. You will also have to block off the end of the tube. You can run the tubing across the bottom of the tank and stick the skewers into the parts of the tube that will be closer to the plants.
I have been doing DIY Co2 this way but I use a TINY fountain pump (or beta tank power head pump) and I put a barb (from a drip system emitter I broke apart since it is the same size tubing and then has the big round end) through the little grate where the pump sucks in water. Then route the Co2 hose to that and tilt the pump a little so it sucks water and gas. The power head diffuses the gas beautifully, creates circulation of the gas AND, the best part is it acts like a solenoid
Very clever and informative, thanks for sharing. Also, I've been wondering how to create CO2 and forgot that bread yeas and sugar does this. Thanks for the reminder. This method is also useful for someone who is trying to create a bed bug trap which uses chemical CO2. Using bread yeast for CO2 creation is excellent.
Thanks! That is a great idea! I ordered a C 02 diffuser on Amazon it may take a while to get here but in the mean time I found a power head to tap the C 02 into and it seems to work great. I found Penn Plax at Goodwill brand new still in the box for $3.99 It's kind of large for my little quarantine tank but it's okay till the diffuser comes.
I never saw a 3 bottle method before. I did this many years ago with a single 2 liter bottle on a 55 gallon community tank and never had any issues with fish dieing. Added a little baking soda to the mix to slow the reaction down some. To diffuse I used an airstone, but also tried running the CO2 tube to the filter intake of a canister filter- once with one filled with media with no issues and then added an additional smaller empty canister filter with no issue.
Dude, this is probably the best explained diy co2 video I've watched. I just had two (probably dumb) questions: would the blue and white filter media work in place of the sponge on the diffuser? and since I don't want to have to run an airstone at night, would it be ok to just take the cap off the water bottles at night, or would the pressure be lost?
Thicker bottles always help for the exploding thing. And when you say airstones are expensive in your country, do you mean an air pump or the actual airstone piece? Because you can still get an air pump to bubble with some tubing and no airstone, the airstone is just easier and looks nice.
This video is great, many thanks - so helpful, starting a new aquarium and this is saving me a lot of money and also helped me understand the whole CO2 deal ! Keep it up!
The video mentioned using an inline valve to regulate the flow of CO2, That would also enable you to easily shut it off at night. . Another idea I found works well: If you have an internal filter, drill another hole just above the inlet slots & feed the airline into it. The impeller will chop up the CO2 bubbles way finer than any diffuser.
Looks fine, but from what I remember, silicone tubes that comes from the power mixture (yeast mixture), should be extended in order to reach below the water in the third tank. The water in that tank should purify the gas, that is formed by fermentation. The rest is as much as possible in line with practice. Besides i use a 1410 recepture, that means 1l of hot water, 400dg of sugar and 10dg of yeast.
I don't know if this has already been asked, I'm just setting my unit up now, does the amount of CO2 produced depend on room temperature? Will the reaction produce more CO2 when warmer? the room my tank is in is fairly cool especially now we're going into winter so do i need to find a way of keeping the mixture warmer to produce the required level of CO2? This is an awesome vid and from all the ones I ended up watching (which was a lot) this was by far the best and easiest to follow, thanks :)
Be that as it may, it's never stopped planted aquariums (nor my own for that matter) from growing well over the years. I'm sure you'd increase the growth rate. But NEEDED? Not in my experience. The only possible scenario were it really would be needed is when attempting to grow some really dense or harder to grow plants ala the Iwagumi tanks. But vals, anubias etc etc.not necessary. By the way, I like how you actually take the time to respond to commentators. Props to you my good sir :)
Hi Joey, Do you still have this tank set up? If so would you post a new video of it as it is today. I'd like to see how it has done from then to now. Thanks and I enjoy all of your DIY videos. I am also a member of DIYfishkeepers.
Hey Joey, as always great information. I do have a few questions though. 1. could you just attach an small air stone to the line instead of building the Co2 diffuser? 2. Can you also attach the Co2 line to an air pump line and have both flow into the tank at once?
hai joey, i have made my diy co2 coming with a diy diffuser. but the problem is the diffused co2 was too little..how can i solve it? please advice. thank you.
i brew beer ...could i use a 180 to 200 gallon tank for aquascaping, just rig my carboy up to a dyi filter and diffuser... combining hobbies has me stoked... how would this work? any problems come to mind?
What do you think of adding a T-valve with another check valve leading to the open air? That way you add CO2 and well as O2, hopefully resulting in less asphyxiated fish. It works in my head but I don't know if it really works.
This is amazing. Very well explained. Very useful.I am a beginner for planted aquarium and I am gonna try this. I have subscribed to your channel to see if i get more info on planted aquarium :).. .Thanks buddy :)
You are amazing!!! I love your videos, they are so helpfull, eventhough I'm not making most the things you show, it really helps for later projects... thanks.... :D
hey joey nice to have those staff you have shown. please if you can give a idea of preparing soil for tank of 36 inch long by 18 inch in width and height i will be very much thankful to you bro..
when attaching the airline to the lids of the bottles you can also drill just a bit bigger hole, put the tubing through the hole and then lightly heat up the end of the tubing with a heat gun, torch or lighter, then flare it out a lot with a sharpie or some type of pen. Then pull it snug. and its airtight
Yeah, you're right. I think he should clarify that the hose into the third bottle needs to go under water. It seems that he didn't sank the hose in the third bottle. Which is extremely important because you need to get rid of the other gases and alcohols produced by the reaction. But the bottle is there, there is no need for an extra bottle ;-)
The great thing about yeast is when it runs out of food it doesn't die, it goes dormant. If you continually run CO2 using residual yeast from the last run will 'restart' when sugar is added again so adding new yeast is not required!
Hey Joey ***** Would I need a diffuser, if I attach the outlet to my impellar on the HOB filter on my tank. Now its a 5 gal nano, so It has a small HOB for 15 gals or less on it. There is fine sponge on the inside for the gas to pass through on the way out. Would that be sufficient?
i already have fish in my tank and tried to add plants they didn't do well; didn't know about the co2! im going to fix this but before i just tank out the air stone and add the co2 system i was wondering how this might affect the fish. i know the plants will produce the oxygen for them but the plants are really small and im worried that they wont produce enough. so i was wondering if i could just add the co2 and leave the air stone until the plants are bigger or could i take out the air stone add more or bigger plants and the co2. its a 75 gal with 3 koi, 2 angel fish, 2 cory catfish and a pleco.
can you do a guide on how to build a planted aquarium. what things should i do first? etc.. etc.. I'm still confuse on how to start and what to consider first. thank you
Hello Joey!I liked your video and I just finished the setup.I have a dilemma/question : as a diffuser,can I use the one from an old Tetra CO2 Optimat(maybe you know it,if not,Google knows it for sure :) ).This is a dilemma for me because the top of that diffuser has a very thin membrane that keeps the CO2 inside for a long period of time and the mixture with yeast and sugar produces CO2 continuously,so I am not sure if it will not accumulate too much pressure inside that big "green tube". Thanks
I know a fella that exhales through a straw for 10 minutes a day on his 90 gallon tank and his plants exploded in growth. He did it as a test as he said we exhale co2. He swears by it. It may be something I will try just to see. Great vid for the small tanks.
i have aquestion, i have 4 planted small mini tanks, and i wil use your system, only where do i put the check valve?, i have now 1 check valve, do i need 4? also i have a metal splitter with 3 ways out (+tap taps) to use : to my other 3 mini planted tanks. (3 are same gallon, 1 is bigger gallon, please can you help me where i put the check valve(s), and where put the splitter 3 way out, with tap taps, thank you..
hey mate, great videos btw, one question, how in the world can you make the water look so clear and blueish, could you please respond or make a video about it? thank you
Thank you for all yours ideas about aquariums systems. Then i DIY me CO2, its a littlebit difficult to put the air hose through that 4,5 mm hole. I use me scissors to cut about 60 degree off the end of hose, after that its easy to put it through.
If anyone is using a HOB filter for their planted tank, a great idea is to use a suction cup to secure the CO2 tube opening right above the impeller, that way the bubbles get pulled into the impeller and chopped up.
Air-stone is basically a diffuser. You need a specific diffuser for CO2 because air-stones do not release small enough bubbles to be taken into into the water by the time they reach the surface and escape.
Great video! I love all your vids, but this one is especially awesome. One question though: On other DIY Co2 generator videos I've watched they run the gas out of the yeast bottle up through water in the collection bottle to purify it and take any alcohol out of it. Is this necessary or optional? You seem to know a great deal and I trust your guidance, but will running it through water once before it heads to the aquarium harm the Co2 in any way do you know?
Joey, have you ever tried another source of CO2? I think that yeast will not deliver enough pressure. I'm thinking about mixing citric acid with sodium bicarbonate. Will share with my results. pH can be a problem. Thank you for your video.
hi I have an home made co2 with reactor the gas goes in to the small, bottle then in to my tank how would I turn it off at night and where will the gas go will it just stay in the small bottle as I have a bubble ladder on mine and it's going all the time I want to shut it off at night cheers happy fish keeping
hey joey another informative video, I followed your design except used a 2L and then the smaller bottle for my tank but i connected the last hosing with the check valve to my tank to a old powerhead as the diffuser. Specifically i connected it to the venturi/airline valve on the output. Is this okay? I glued my bottles inside and out and i do see bubbles, the powerhead is on too, is this a good idea?.
Hey Joey I have a bunch of 800 mL bottles lying around that I want to use rather than buying new 1 L or 2 L bottles. If I use the 800 mL bottles for half a litre of the mix, can I get a CO2 output equal to a 1 litre mix if I put 1/4 tsp yeast and 1/4 tsp warm water? Essentially, if I want to double CO2 output do I just directly double the yeast mixture, or is the ratio different?
I'm using the 3 500 ml bottles as you indicated.. Am I correct that for a 10 gal tank, you'll only use 2 generator bottles filled with a total of 2 cups of water/sugar split equally between them?
I have a 110 gal tank and was thinking about making a larger DIY system using PVC based on your design. What do you think about the PVC idea and would you have any tips as to go about it?
As a craft beer brewer I can shed a little light on making yeast last longer and co2 more voluminous. Most of the DIY planted tank systems I see use way too much sugar. If using baking yeast, 1 cup of sugar to 8 cups of water is too much. Baking yeast dies at about 4% alcohol. If using brewers yeast ( available from local or on line home brew sources), then you can use 3 times more sugar to water. Also, dosing a new batch of sugar water with reclaimed yeast will work well for 5 or 8 generations of use. Also using a prepared yeast nutrient which contains diamonium sulfide ( also available from home brew supply) will make yeast last much longer in a nutrient poor solution of table sugar. An addition of a small amount of fruit juice will substitute in a reasonable manner as a substitute for commercial yeast nutrient. Grape juice is especialy fermentable, as are palm dates.
Brewers yeast is cheaper too. Now to find a way of connecting the demi-john airlock to tank, as I already make wine :D
I used some waterproof glue to attach an aquarium air hose to the hole in the center of the stopper.
Managed it with silicone sealer and put a bottle in between just in case:D
I will scour youtube for more of your wise words
For those asking about check valves, yes you need to have one. If you don't what happens is that once the CO2 stops producing, you'll end up getting a syphon back to your bottles, meaning water will be pulled out of your tank, the check valve stops this from happening. You should always use check valves even with regular air pumps, otherwise you risk water syphoning down and into your air pump, possible electricution or water damage to the pump. Great vid Joey
I hope you realize what a gift you are to us ?! i just found these and really im a new *addict* to aquariums and i was starting to see a strained look on my husband's face at the expenses. Im not afraid to experiment, try these, fail, get better and try again with your guidance here :) so THANK YOU really really special what your able to show us.
What i like about you is, a normal person will take this vid and make it 5 mins but you take your time to explain
I must have missed how often you need to change the mixture or add more mixture to it. I'm also not really seeing if anyone else has actually done this build with success. I truly appreciate the video and the hard work that is put into helping us learn these techniques.
Joey, thanks for *all* your videos, Few things in regards to this video: - Cut the tube at a 45deg angle: it's much easier to plug in the cap. - Use soda bottles as they are made to resist internal pressure. - In your mix add 1-2 small pinch of salt: it slightly inhibits the growth of yeast and prevents a production spike. (last longer) Also add 1 or 2 drops of vinegar to the water to bring down the PH. Add few cubes of super sweetened jell-o: it dissolve very slowly and release sugar.
nice vid. i still can't believe how well diy co2 works in my planted nano tank. it took about 3 weeks before it really started to kick in, now they won't stop growing.
Joey, great vid by the way... One improvement to the system might be is joining the two pipes coming from bottle 1 and 2. By doing this you can add some water to the third bottle and then submerge the pipe coming from the two bottles so that you can create a bubble counter...
This was really helpful. I have a 50 litre tank and wanted to plant it but was a bit concerned about the cost of buying all the stuff I need. I'm glad to know that I can just grab a few bits and pieces out of the cupboard and rig something up. Thanks a lot!
i just wanted to thank you for all that you do, you've saved me hundreds of dollars throughout the last year or so since i discovered your videos, just saying, i appreciate it.
Wow. You and your videos have changed a lot in 6 years. You have come a long way
Dear joey,
I have made myself a filter and a bodem cleaner that you have shown on your video's. I'll thank you for that. That bodem cleaner works perfectly!! Thnx!!
This is very impressive and I have subbed. You saved me about a hundred bucks! It's really expensive to buy co2 systems where I live.
Thanks for all the DIY info Joey, I've been watching your channel for a while and I appreciate all the awesome free info you're giving out. I recently ran into an issue on a smaller 20gal sectional planted tank" 1 filter 2 tanks" where I upgraded the lighting too fast and went waaay too high and black beard ate my tanks up lol. Increasing co2 was the way to go not only for killing the algae but for plant growth. I previously tried chemical co2 generators which were around $20 a month and with this system you definitely just saved me money so I just wanted to say thank you for a quick and ez nano tank co2 generator for my shrimp tanks!
Nice video! I think Im going to try this out my self. I want to add something though! I think might work well with this system. If you want your yeast to produce moor CO2 you need to let the yeast have some supply of air from time to time. This leads to arobic respiration witch makes the yeast abel to break down the sugar moor completly. To fix this you could install a check valve from an old bike wheel tube, onto the CO2 generator. Then u can use a bike air pump to pump air into the system. And also the pump would counter the pressure difference in and outside the system so the air actualy can enter through the check valve even thought there is higher pressure inside the system then outside.
Great video! I will definitely use your method when I decide to try out CO2. I just wanted to point out that those plant species you chose don't even need CO2 injection, unless you wanted to try growing them at a more rapid rate.
Hey Joey,
Lobe your videos. I am currently researching different tank set ups and such to do a complete rebuild on my 55gal freshwater tank. I would like to add an overflow into a ten gal sump that also has its own overflow build out of spare air line. The duel tank duel overflow combined with a drip system should eliminate water changes while adding additional filtration and auto-top-off. I built a single bottle of the generator as a proof on concept. Keep the vids coming.
Best how to video I have seen plan to make this system for my 29 gal tank
I found that it is easier to insert the line into the cap if you cut a 45 degree angle on the tip of the hose before inserting it.
Nice Vid. I also found that plastic airline connectors inserted into the holes in the bottle cap also form their own seal without the need for glue of any kind.
Thanks for your video, it was really informative.
I have another suggestion for a diy diffuser, you can use small bamboo skewers (or toothpicks) and stick it into the tube. Then cut the skewer such that only a bit of it is sticking out. The air will diffuse through the skewers in really small bubbles. You will also have to block off the end of the tube. You can run the tubing across the bottom of the tank and stick the skewers into the parts of the tube that will be closer to the plants.
very detailed explanation, good work and you sure are a good teacher for "dummies for DIY"
I have been doing DIY Co2 this way but I use a TINY fountain pump (or beta tank power head pump) and I put a barb (from a drip system emitter I broke apart since it is the same size tubing and then has the big round end) through the little grate where the pump sucks in water. Then route the Co2 hose to that and tilt the pump a little so it sucks water and gas. The power head diffuses the gas beautifully, creates circulation of the gas AND, the best part is it acts like a solenoid
Very clever and informative, thanks for sharing. Also, I've been wondering how to create CO2 and forgot that bread yeas and sugar does this. Thanks for the reminder.
This method is also useful for someone who is trying to create a bed bug trap which uses chemical CO2. Using bread yeast for CO2 creation is excellent.
You are so young in this video! Wow! :-D
Thanks for updating you camera, Joey! Your channel has grown, you've come a long way. Keep it up!
Awesome! That's the cleanest DIY CO2 setup I've seen on RUclips. Thanks! I will be running this on my new planted tank!
jaysonmetsfan hey plz reply . Does it work?
i use regular 2 liter diy co2 system but this looks good so ill try it on a 10 see how goes. good work and luv your helpful vids, keep it up
Thanks! That is a great idea! I ordered a C 02 diffuser on Amazon it may take a while to get here but in the mean time I found a power head to tap the C 02 into and it seems to work great. I found Penn Plax at Goodwill brand new still in the box for $3.99 It's kind of large for my little quarantine tank but it's okay till the diffuser comes.
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I never saw a 3 bottle method before. I did this many years ago with a single 2 liter bottle on a 55 gallon community tank and never had any issues with fish dieing. Added a little baking soda to the mix to slow the reaction down some. To diffuse I used an airstone, but also tried running the CO2 tube to the filter intake of a canister filter- once with one filled with media with no issues and then added an additional smaller empty canister filter with no issue.
I've just put a variant of this together after watching your video, looking forward to seeing how it goes!
Dude, this is probably the best explained diy co2 video I've watched. I just had two (probably dumb) questions: would the blue and white filter media work in place of the sponge on the diffuser? and since I don't want to have to run an airstone at night, would it be ok to just take the cap off the water bottles at night, or would the pressure be lost?
Thicker bottles always help for the exploding thing. And when you say airstones are expensive in your country, do you mean an air pump or the actual airstone piece?
Because you can still get an air pump to bubble with some tubing and no airstone, the airstone is just easier and looks nice.
This video is great, many thanks - so helpful, starting a new aquarium and this is saving me a lot of money and also helped me understand the whole CO2 deal !
Keep it up!
Can't wait to give this a try with my Gatorade bottles laying around. This looks really cool.
RUclips should create a "TWO-THUMBS-UP" button especially for you! Great work man and thanx for the effort.
Excellent video and great tips, now to make some changes to my set up, love the diffuser, thanks.
The video mentioned using an inline valve to regulate the flow of CO2, That would also enable you to easily shut it off at night. .
Another idea I found works well: If you have an internal filter, drill another hole just above the inlet slots & feed the airline into it. The impeller will chop up the CO2 bubbles way finer than any diffuser.
Looks fine, but from what I remember, silicone tubes that comes from the power mixture (yeast mixture), should be extended in order to reach below the water in the third tank. The water in that tank should purify the gas, that is formed by fermentation. The rest is as much as possible in line with practice.
Besides i use a 1410 recepture, that means 1l of hot water, 400dg of sugar and 10dg of yeast.
I don't know if this has already been asked, I'm just setting my unit up now, does the amount of CO2 produced depend on room temperature? Will the reaction produce more CO2 when warmer? the room my tank is in is fairly cool especially now we're going into winter so do i need to find a way of keeping the mixture warmer to produce the required level of CO2?
This is an awesome vid and from all the ones I ended up watching (which was a lot) this was by far the best and easiest to follow, thanks :)
built it today waiting to see what happens as plant looks a bit depleted but hoping it will work nicely and put some life in to the plants cheers
Be that as it may, it's never stopped planted aquariums (nor my own for that matter) from growing well over the years. I'm sure you'd increase the growth rate. But NEEDED? Not in my experience. The only possible scenario were it really would be needed is when attempting to grow some really dense or harder to grow plants ala the Iwagumi tanks. But vals, anubias etc etc.not necessary. By the way, I like how you actually take the time to respond to commentators. Props to you my good sir :)
Built it the other day...works awesome! thanks bro
Another method of creating co2: ruclips.net/video/1JzvfHO31Ug/видео.html
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Hi Joey, Do you still have this tank set up? If so would you post a new video of it as it is today. I'd like to see how it has done from then to now. Thanks and I enjoy all of your DIY videos. I am also a member of DIYfishkeepers.
U got a amazing transformation man
Joey, if you keep the Yeast alive the check valve isn't needed, just plug the end and perforate the tube.
great video. What is your suggestion for (my) 130 gallon tank? I don't have any live plants right now ,but I am thinking about it.
Nice vid! Would love to see the diffusor in action up close.
Your videos are so incredibly helpful and informative. Thank you for doing this. Subbed.
The ckeck valve can be called a non return valve which is a litte more self explanitory. I enjoy your vidios. Thank you.
Hey Joey, as always great information. I do have a few questions though. 1. could you just attach an small air stone to the line instead of building the Co2 diffuser? 2. Can you also attach the Co2 line to an air pump line and have both flow into the tank at once?
Awesome DIY man. Works great with micro valve!
hai joey, i have made my diy co2 coming with a diy diffuser. but the problem is the diffused co2 was too little..how can i solve it? please advice. thank you.
i brew beer ...could i use a 180 to 200 gallon tank for aquascaping, just rig my carboy up to a dyi filter and diffuser... combining hobbies has me stoked... how would this work? any problems come to mind?
Hell yeah the aboot gets me. sick ass ch man. Happy for how far you've come
Man, i love this guy. Keep up all the good work :)
Also, to help keep costs low, there are usually coupons that can be found every month that can be used when buying sugar.
What do you think of adding a T-valve with another check valve leading to the open air? That way you add CO2 and well as O2, hopefully resulting in less asphyxiated fish. It works in my head but I don't know if it really works.
This is amazing. Very well explained. Very useful.I am a beginner for planted aquarium and I am gonna try this. I have subscribed to your channel to see if i get more info on planted aquarium :).. .Thanks buddy :)
Great video. Maybe you can make a video on how to make a pressurized paintball CO2 system?
You are amazing!!! I love your videos, they are so helpfull, eventhough I'm not making most the things you show, it really helps for later projects... thanks.... :D
Nice job very informational I'm going to use this method I'm going to start to grow plants for guppy/endler breeding nice job! :)
hey joey nice to have those staff you have shown. please if you can give a idea of preparing soil for tank of 36 inch long by 18 inch in width and height i will be very much thankful to you bro..
when attaching the airline to the lids of the bottles you can also drill just a bit bigger hole, put the tubing through the hole and then lightly heat up the end of the tubing with a heat gun, torch or lighter, then flare it out a lot with a sharpie or some type of pen. Then pull it snug. and its airtight
Yeah, you're right. I think he should clarify that the hose into the third bottle needs to go under water.
It seems that he didn't sank the hose in the third bottle. Which is extremely important because you need to get rid of the other gases and alcohols produced by the reaction.
But the bottle is there, there is no need for an extra bottle ;-)
The great thing about yeast is when it runs out of food it doesn't die, it goes dormant. If you continually run CO2 using residual yeast from the last run will 'restart' when sugar is added again so adding new yeast is not required!
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Thank you for this video my question is why else would you need a check valve for this
Hey Joey ***** Would I need a diffuser, if I attach the outlet to my impellar on the HOB filter on my tank. Now its a 5 gal nano, so It has a small HOB for 15 gals or less on it. There is fine sponge on the inside for the gas to pass through on the way out. Would that be sufficient?
Thank you for taking time to do this video. Very useful info!!!
i already have fish in my tank and tried to add plants they didn't do well; didn't know about the co2! im going to fix this but before i just tank out the air stone and add the co2 system i was wondering how this might affect the fish. i know the plants will produce the oxygen for them but the plants are really small and im worried that they wont produce enough. so i was wondering if i could just add the co2 and leave the air stone until the plants are bigger or could i take out the air stone add more or bigger plants and the co2. its a 75 gal with 3 koi, 2 angel fish, 2 cory catfish and a pleco.
can you do a guide on how to build a planted aquarium. what things should i do first? etc.. etc.. I'm still confuse on how to start and what to consider first. thank you
Hello Joey!I liked your video and I just finished the setup.I have a dilemma/question : as a diffuser,can I use the one from an old Tetra CO2 Optimat(maybe you know it,if not,Google knows it for sure :) ).This is a dilemma for me because the top of that diffuser has a very thin membrane that keeps the CO2 inside for a long period of time and the mixture with yeast and sugar produces CO2 continuously,so I am not sure if it will not accumulate too much pressure inside that big "green tube".
Thanks
good video... my concern is about the alcohol byproduct of this process.. will that affect the fish and or tank health?
I know a fella that exhales through a straw for 10 minutes a day on his 90 gallon tank and his plants exploded in growth. He did it as a test as he said we exhale co2. He swears by it. It may be something I will try just to see. Great vid for the small tanks.
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Hello, DIY master, i just wondering, if a airstone would work, instead using a sponge to release the co2 at the end.
i have aquestion, i have 4 planted small mini tanks, and i wil use your system, only where do i put the check valve?, i have now 1 check valve, do i need 4?
also i have a metal splitter with 3 ways out (+tap taps) to use : to my other 3 mini planted tanks. (3 are same gallon, 1 is bigger gallon,
please can you help me where i put the check valve(s),
and where put the splitter 3 way out, with tap taps,
thank you..
hey mate, great videos btw, one question, how in the world can you make the water look so clear and blueish, could you please respond or make a video about it? thank you
Thank you for all yours ideas about aquariums systems.
Then i DIY me CO2, its a littlebit difficult to put the air hose through that 4,5 mm hole.
I use me scissors to cut about 60 degree off the end of hose, after that its easy to put it through.
Thanks. I really like your diffuser!
If anyone is using a HOB filter for their planted tank, a great idea is to use a suction cup to secure the CO2 tube opening right above the impeller, that way the bubbles get pulled into the impeller and chopped up.
Air-stone is basically a diffuser. You need a specific diffuser for CO2 because air-stones do not release small enough bubbles to be taken into into the water by the time they reach the surface and escape.
Where did you get the sponge? Is it a celulose sponge for like doing dishes?
Would the air pressure from the CO2 generators be enough to just use a airstone on the end instead of using the DIY diffuser?
do you put that mixture in each of the 500ml bottles, or do you split that mixture in half for each 500ml bottle?
Will a DIY co2 system cause major pH swings? I want to get rams but read they are really touchy with that.
every thing works fine ..! will the plants grow like the one the shopkeeper has.....and plz tell me how to make a nice diffuser...plz!!!
Great video! I love all your vids, but this one is especially awesome. One question though: On other DIY Co2 generator videos I've watched they run the gas out of the yeast bottle up through water in the collection bottle to purify it and take any alcohol out of it. Is this necessary or optional? You seem to know a great deal and I trust your guidance, but will running it through water once before it heads to the aquarium harm the Co2 in any way do you know?
Joey, have you ever tried another source of CO2? I think that yeast will not deliver enough pressure. I'm thinking about mixing citric acid with sodium bicarbonate. Will share with my results. pH can be a problem. Thank you for your video.
hi I have an home made co2 with reactor the gas goes in to the small, bottle then in to my tank how would I turn it off at night and where will the gas go will it just stay in the small bottle as I have a bubble ladder on mine and it's going all the time I want to shut it off at night cheers happy fish keeping
hey joey another informative video, I followed your design except used a 2L and then the smaller bottle for my tank but i connected the last hosing with the check valve to my tank to a old powerhead as the diffuser. Specifically i connected it to the venturi/airline valve on the output. Is this okay? I glued my bottles inside and out and i do see bubbles, the powerhead is on too, is this a good idea?.
THANK YOU for explaining this thoroughly.
Hey Joey I have a bunch of 800 mL bottles lying around that I want to use rather than buying new 1 L or 2 L bottles. If I use the 800 mL bottles for half a litre of the mix, can I get a CO2 output equal to a 1 litre mix if I put 1/4 tsp yeast and 1/4 tsp warm water? Essentially, if I want to double CO2 output do I just directly double the yeast mixture, or is the ratio different?
some very good information dude cheers
Great man I gonna give it a shot, thank you!
I'm using the 3 500 ml bottles as you indicated..
Am I correct that for a 10 gal tank, you'll only use 2 generator bottles filled with a total of 2 cups of water/sugar split equally between them?
I have the same question!
Great vid Joey
I have a 110 gal tank and was thinking about making a larger DIY system using PVC based on your design. What do you think about the PVC idea and would you have any tips as to go about it?