Thus far I have made at least 6 attempts to do diy co2 for my tanks. The last recipe I used worked the longest, it actually produced for a full week. All recipes I tried before I would only get two days out of if anything. I would really like to be able to go a month before changing the yeast mixture. Does anyone have any good recipes they would like to share?
FYI here's what I did that worked for a week:
1 cup sugar (dissolved in warm water)
1/4 tsp quick rise yeast (I tried regular yeast and it did nothing...the grain size of quick rise is much smaller so I think it just dissolves better)
pinch of baking soda
filled the bottle to the shoulder with warmish water
Maybe I need to be adding something else?
I should mention that I did two bottles at once and yesterday when I noticed one failing I added 1/4 tsp of yeast again to both that one and the other one. That one didn't work at all anymore, but the other one is still going strong from outward appearances. In fact it's doing so well I even have oxygen bubbles forming on the plants in that tank!
FYI here's what I did that worked for a week:
1 cup sugar (dissolved in warm water)
1/4 tsp quick rise yeast (I tried regular yeast and it did nothing...the grain size of quick rise is much smaller so I think it just dissolves better)
pinch of baking soda
filled the bottle to the shoulder with warmish water
Maybe I need to be adding something else?
I should mention that I did two bottles at once and yesterday when I noticed one failing I added 1/4 tsp of yeast again to both that one and the other one. That one didn't work at all anymore, but the other one is still going strong from outward appearances. In fact it's doing so well I even have oxygen bubbles forming on the plants in that tank!