Anyone see this reactor for co2

[Lady Hobbs]

http://www.azgardens.com/images/pgp-powereactorThumb.jpg (http://www.azgardens.com/images/pgp-powereactor.jpg)

This one is for tanks under 100 gallon. $49.95 and is listed here if interested

http://www.azgardens.com/newCO22.php

Kinda neat I thought.

[cocoa_pleco]

NEAT! wish i found that one rather than the nutrafin one i just bought

[Chrona]

That's a fairly monstrous reactor for anything under 55 gallons ;)

[Lady Hobbs]

Oh, I wouldn't want this on a little tank but on a 40 and up would be nice. Look how many bubblers it would prevent you buying.

[Chrona]

Oh, I wouldn't want this on a little tank but on a 40 and up would be nice. Look how many bubblers it would prevent you buying.

Most people use these glass diffusers under a powerhead, or a glass diffuser under the filter intake, regardless of tank size. Those big reactors are very nice and efficient, but a real eyesore (as is a bubble ladder). The alternative, if you have a canister filter, is to make or buy an inline reactor that works similar to the one you posted, except the filter output takes the role of the powerhead and the other end is capped and leads to the output line that goes in the tank.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250099071188&ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX_Stores&refitem=250098847256&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget

They make smaller ones for smaller tanks.

But for tanks under 20g, sticking the tubing into the filter intake works just fine.

[Chrona]

These guys would be the equivalent of a nutrafin bubble ladder

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-pcs-Nano-Co2-diffuser-Live-aquarium-plant-fish-tank_W0QQitemZ250098772107QQcategoryZ66794QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[cocoa_pleco]

thats freakin tiny!

[Lady Hobbs]

I will move mine into the back of the filter, I think. The constantly burping going into the uplift filter starts to get annoying. :) I'm gonna take a pic in a second here of my new amazon swords I got tonight. Hang in here a second.

[Chrona]

See the beauty of the glass diffusers is that the tiny bubbles they put out don't make a sound when the impeller hits them. I don't really mind the burping, so i just have my tubing going right into the filter :P

[Lady Hobbs]

How do these guys look. Nice, huh?

[Chrona]

Is that in the 29g?

Sword looks great! It's gonna be a tankbuster though ;) Apparently, some varieties top out at 3 feet leaves? LOL

[Lady Hobbs]

These guys would be the equivalent of a nutrafin bubble ladder

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-pcs-Nano-Co2-diffuser-Live-aquarium-plant-fish-tank_W0QQitemZ250098772107QQcategoryZ66794QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Ya. I like them better, too.

[Lady Hobbs]

Tell me. And I grabbed the two today just because it's not often they have good ones. I have 3 in this tank! To be moved soon... don't faint. Heck, I can plant one in the middle of my tank and be done with it. LOL

[Chrona]

You can just keep clipping the leaves as they grow too long. It'll get bushier that way. I'm clipping like 2-3 leaves a week from my sword. Now that I've got all the stuff I need in the tank, growth has pretty much exploded.

[Lady Hobbs]

I have added no fertilizers yet. Figured the fluorite had enough goodies in it to last them for awhile especially with crummy lighting. I ended up ordering the light from Arizona Gardens after all. One light tube, 30 inches and 65 watts for $79. This will give me 25 more watts than I posted you about...the double strip light. I thought I could move the light on my 29 to my 55 but no such luck. It's a 30 inch and the lights on my 55 are 24 inches so had to order one of those, too. :(

[Chrona]

I have added no fertilizers yet. Figured the fluorite had enough goodies in it to last them for awhile especially with crummy lighting. I ended up ordering the light from Arizona Gardens after all. One light tube, 30 inches and 65 watts for $79. This will give me 25 more watts than I posted you about...the double strip light. I thought I could move the light on my 29 to my 55 but no such luck. It's a 30 inch and the lights on my 55 are 24 inches so had to order one of those, too. :(

Hey, it's all Abbeys_Mom's fault right? ;)

But yeah, all Flourite does is provide iron, some trace, and hold nutrients for the plants. They don't innately provide any nutrients, which is why they never need to be replaced. Nitrates and phosphates will come from fish waste, and under 2 watts/gallon, you don't really need to dose it, but at your lighting level, it's borderline. Just keep an eye on nitrates and keep an eye on any signs of deficiencies. Dry fertilizer is probably the cheapest thing about a planted tank. A few pounds of the stuff costs about 20 bucks and will last you well over a year. Dosing is also easy provided you do 50% water changes weekly.

Muahahaha, I am slowly converting everyone on this forum to high tech planted tanks ;)

[Lady Hobbs]

yes you are

[hungryhound]

Muahahaha, I am slowly converting everyone on this forum to high tech planted tanks ;)

Didn't have to convert us, we started there :) Now we just have to figure out what we're doing!

[cocoa_pleco]

I just restarted planted tanks because chronas on speed dial. I used to only use driftwood, then driftwood and fake plants, then add a few rocks, now its live plants, rocks, and driftwood.

[Chrona]

The truth is, Seachem and nurseries around the nation are paying me to convert people.

[cocoa_pleco]

WOW, how much dya get? Do they drug us?