Re: [GSAS-Member] CO2 System Question

[Dana Rasmussen <danamr@gmail.com>]

> I have a hard enough time keeping up with trimming my plants WITHOUT any
> fancy gizmos or CO2 injection, but I've spent years killing various
> species of plants figuring out which ones do well in my low tech systems,
> and which ones don't. You can get a pretty lush looking tank without ANY
> special equipment. I guess the first question you have to ask is whether
> you grow plants for the PLANTS or whether you grow plants to keep critters
> happier. As long as I can create a planted environment for my critters,
> it's OK with me if Amazon swords are impossible for me to grow (wink).
> 
> Betty Goetz
I do agree with this. The tank w/o CO2 is just as overgrown as the one with.
The CO2 regulator was a birthday present. I bought the CO2 tank ages ago but
had never hooked it up. My wife decided to do something about that.
One thing to keep in mind about the $$ aspect. This is stuff does not in
general wear out. So if you spread the cost out over 3-5 years it is not
that much. Filling a 5# tank with CO2 is cheap. I suspect the high tech
regulator/bubble counter thing will not live as long as a purely mechanical
system, but with a three year warranty I am not worried. You can do low tech
just as well, but that's too much work for me. I have enough problems
remembering to do weekly water changes, without have to worry if the CO2 is
going.
-- 
Dana



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