Using Co2 for the 1st time

Hi,

I have on order a Co2 kit and was just wondering the following.

Once i have my light and co2 rigged to come on the right intervals ie co2 on a few hours before and after the light ing run of around 5 hours. Should I run my air pump during the night for the fish or should the plants be able to sustain the fish?

Heres a pic of the newly planted tank. It has been up and running about 4 years since our last house move.

Sorry about the tank specs, these are from memory

I have added the details as I can remember
Thanks
Damian

Gerryd;47274 said:

Hi Damian,

Plants produce c02 at night just like fish...I would keep the air running at night.

Could you please provide some detail on the following:

1. Size of tank.
60X18X18 or about 80us Gallons

2. Type of lighting.
At the moment 1 x grolux and 1 x normal tropical tubes both 36" with reflectors. I will be adding 1 x 4ft grolux and 1 x 4ftsunlight tubes 48w each
3. Substrate.
Mix of pea gravel and course sand about 1" at the front to about 3"-4" at the back
4. C02 delivery method.
This is on the way in kit form. I have 600g disposable co2 welding bottles that will run through a solinoid and glass diffuser in the tank.
5. Filtration
2x ehimn 2233 ithink from memory they are external and move about 450lph each. I am also instaling either a powerhead/internal filters or HYDOR KORALIA to increase the cirulation to around 2000/2500lph

C02 can be affected by many other factors, so the more info you provide the better advice you will receive.

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