Re: [AGA-sc] [AGA-mcm] AGA new member (fwd)

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Diana forwarded your email to some other AGA members because she generally 
eschews the use of compressed CO2 in favor setups such as she describes in her 
book.
 
Re CO2 info, you can take a look here:
 
http://www.aquariumfish.com/aquariumfish/t/alist40.aspx?category=The+Aquarium+Fish+AquaBotanist&cid=4204
 
and here
 
http://webpages.charter.net/bobalston/AquaticPlants.htm#High%20Pressure%20CO2
 
and here for info and even some products:
 

 http://www.rexgrigg.com/./sale.html
 
Customaquatic.com is another place to look for CO2 tanks and solenoids, etc.
 
Arizona Aquatic  is not a bad place to shop either.
 
http://www.azgardens.com/
 
 
For pressurized CO2 the only must haves are the tank, regulator and a metering 
valve like the Clippard or a Swagelock. A solenoid is not essential but if you 
plug it into your lights timere, that will save you some CO2 but turning it off 
at night when the plants aren't going to be using it.
 
You can feed the CO2 line into the intake of a cansister filter or build a 
"reactor" (i.e., CO2-water mixing chamber) yourself like these:
 
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/CO2/
 
or this one for only a few bucks and some PVC parts:
 
http://www.aquaticscape.com/articles/co2reactor.htm
 
 
There's tons of info on CO2 on the APD:
 
http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/
 
And you can pose questions on the AGA forums:
 
http://forum.aquatic-gardeners.org/
 
Have plants have fun,
 
sh
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
To: aga-mcm@thekrib.com
Sent: Monday, August 7, 2006 3:35:22 PM
Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA new member (fwd)


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Erik Olson
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 13:42:03 -0400
From: dwalstad@bellsouth.net
To: gsahara@hotmail.com
Cc: erik@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: Re: AGA new member

Dear Glenn,

Since I only deal with natural systems, I cannot answer your question about CO2 
injection systems.  I would pose your question to other folks in Aquatic 
Gardeners Assoc.

Diana Walstad
AGA BookStore
>
> From: gsahara@hotmail.com (Glenn Sahara)
> Date: 2006/08/07 Mon AM 12:16:13 EDT
> To: dwalstad@bellsouth.net (Diana Walstad)
> Subject: Re: AGA new member
>
> Hi Diana:
>
> Ok...so I am out here in the boonies..aka the Big Island.  I have been
> researching the CO2 sources and found Dr. Foster and Smith and a place
> in Arizona...Arizona Aquatics or something like that.  I realize that
> you may not be in a position to make any recommendations, but if you
> were to buy a CO2 system, which site is the best?  I can find the
> canister filter, lighting, tank, etc., but I seem to have hit a
> roadblock with this CO2 info...just not that many sources or what?
>
> Alohas,
>
> Glenn
>
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