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Old 04-12-2010, 07:19 PM   #57 (permalink)
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Default Re: DIY CO2 made easy

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Originally Posted by jeffro0050 View Post
What size box was your jello? not sure 8 oz exists down here!
I think mine was a 6oz. I bet I could still do it with a 3oz and use less water and still work. But it really doesnt matter really, no need for all that math. I think you are thinking too hard. Just as long as your 2 seperate cups of sugar is fully dissolved in the jello that you made, you are fine. Then just dump in the activated yeast. The water doesnt have to be precise, neither does the yeast. If you accidently put more yeast, all it does is increase CO2 rate and decreases your bottle's lifespan and if you accidently put less, then its lower CO2 rate and longer lifespan. After a while I stopped measuring and just did everything by estimates. I measure out the 2 cups sugar though
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Light - 6500K CFL, 23wattsx5 5hr/day
Substrate - Red Mexican Clay, Sphagnum Peat moss, Eco-Complete
Misc- Pressurized CO2, EI Dose KNO3, KH2PO4, CSM-B
Plants -Limnophila Aromatica, Stargrass, Dwarf Hair Grass, Christmas Moss, Baby Tears (HM), Dwarf Baby Tears(HC), Rotala Rotundifolia, Ludwigia Glandulosa, Riccia Fluitans


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