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Rhinox DIY Pressurized CO2 System, CO2 Generator Kit, Includes Caps, Valves, 3-Way Connector, Tubing and Pressure Gauge, Creates a Healthy Underwater Habitat for Aquatic Pets and Plant
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✔ INCLUDES EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO DO IT YOURSELF --- In order to build an effective and efficient pressurized CO2 system, there are a few pieces of equipment that are absolutely necessary. The SunGrow DIY CO2 Generator Set includes two caps (that perfectly fit common PET plastic bottles), needle valve, check valve, a pressure gauge, a 3-way connector and 6 feet of 6mm tubing. You simply have to use 2 carbonated beverage bottles, a reaction material and connect it to a diffuser.✔ GENERATES ESSENTIAL CO2 FOR A HEALTHY HABITAT --- Fish and aquatic pets release cO2 when they take in the dissolved oxygen from the aquarium water and plants absorb that co2. Carbon dioxide is essential to the photosynthesis process and sometimes fish alone do not generate enough Co2. A pressurized DIY CO2 system adds the needed gas to your water.✔ COST-EFFECTIVE & SAFE TO USE --- Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on expensive CO2 diffuser set-ups, save money by creating your own do-it-yourself CO2 generator. The basic principle behind the pressurized CO2 diffuser kit is to create a continuous supply of pure carbon dioxide by causing two different liquids to create with one another. The DIY solution is a cost-effective and satisfying way to add essential CO2 into your aquarium water.✔ EASY TO READ, SPECIALIZED PRESSURE GAUGE --- The SunGrow DIY CO2 Generator Set comes complete with a high-quality, specialized pressure gauge. The metal pressure gauge clearly shows the level of CO2 gas on a scale which indicates a safe area. An accurate CO2 reading gives you the chance to make adjustments or relieve pressure before there are any negative effects on your aquarium inhabitants.✔ CREATE HOMEMADE DRINKS AS AN ADDED BONUS --- Obviously the DIY Pressurized CO2 Kit is designed to add and control the amount of CO2 available to your fish and plants, but there is a bonus to creating your own CO2 generator. Instead of using baking soda or vinegar as your reaction material, use yeast and grape juice (or yeast and malted barley) to create homemade wine and beer.
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u/Optimoprimo · 2 pointsr/PlantedTank

The nitrate spiked because you stopped dosing fertilizer. The fertilizer boosted plant growth, plants were consuming excess nitrates. Now your system has no fertilizer, so the plants are barely active, allowing nitrate to accumulate. Some plant matter is probably also dying, contributing to system nitrate. Your biggest issue is definitely lack of CO2. Test your pH 3 times over the day - when the lights first come on, when the lights have been on for several hours, and just before the lights turn off. This is your daily pH curve, and if you combine it with your carbonate hardness (KH test kit) you can determine how low your dissolved CO2 level gets over the day. Judging by how clean your substrate looks, you are running at a very very low CO2 level, probably near zero during the day. This will inhibit plants from growing and you'll NEVER get a carpet going in that condition. Emergent plants like floaters would be a good short-term option because they don't suffer as much from low dissolved CO2, since they can grab it from the air. Also invest in a nerite snail to help with the algae, and I think that would at least stabilize the issues you're having now.

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Your options if you want a carpeted/ heavily planted tank are the following:

  1. Invest in a CO2 setup. Low-end you could probably get away with a full setup for $~160. Those paintball setups in my opinion are silly. They still cost significant amounts of money, they often leak, often require adapters, and aren't THAT cheap over the multi-year scale. Local welding shops will sell you a refillable 5 gallon tank of CO2 for maybe $70-80 (refills are 8 bucks for me, I refill once every 6 months), halfway functioning regulator with built-in bubble counter and on/off solenoid will cost ~$60, Tubing $6, diffuser $12. There are also those DIY CO2 setups with plastic bottles, but they're quite a hassle and in the end you get what you pay for.
  2. Restart the tank using the Walstad Method and a dry start. If you really want to "do things right" and maintain a nearly hands-free planted setup without injecting CO2, this is literally the only way to do it. You'd have to keep your fish in a separate setup for 6-8 weeks while the new design sets in, but once you've successfully set it up, it will be stable for years.

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    So I guess you have to decide what's most important to you. Investing in CO2 is a good shortcut but pricey, Walstad method requires patience but is cheap and relatively hands-free once complete, or lastly you could just do your best to maintain what you have now by adding some emergent plants and snails.

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u/format32 · 1 pointr/PlantedTank

Diffuser

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N36MAO4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Citric Acid


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EYFKNL8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1



Co2 kit. Includes instructions on how to mix baking soda with the citric acid. You provide your own bottles. These are just typical 2l soda bottles.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074MC7PK5/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1




I have yet to install the kit as I am waiting for the defuser/bubble counter but from all the research I have done, it seems to be a good working solution that requires minimal fuss.