Not sure what you mean by "more than required". When making the Jell-O, your basically making Jell-O wigglers using that recipe which calls for 2 1/2 cups boiling water.

sigh, I think they might have changed the recipe. I had to make 9 OZ since 6's and 3's were the only sizes available... neither called for sugar and it called for 2-1/2 cups per 12 oz. Guess we'll have to see what horrible blob thats waiting for me in my fridge.

Also, is there a reason not to use plain aquarium bubble filter tubing?

I think I know now what you were referring to as extra ingredients. Yes, the sugar is seperate from the Jell-O. You make the Jell-O as if making Jell-O wigglers. Then you will add the sugar to it and dissolve it prior to putting it in the fridge to set.

The plain air tubing is not made for CO2. The CO2 will eventually dissolve/corrode (whatever you want to call it) the regular tubing.

I was afraid you'd say that- I've called about every single supplier in town looking for specially rated tubing for CO2 systems and it seems my only option is to order it online.

Do you have a Petsmart or Petco near by? The blue tubing is what you want to look for. Unless you can find a place that specifically states for CO2 use like an air/gas store.

okay I'm dumb, petco has it... my jello turned out too be a revolting blob though. 2 cups of sugar right? I got half a pan of jello on top, and half a pan of sugary jello goo on the bottom... 2 cups of sugar was almost the same quantity as the jello mix itself, has the recipe changed or am I just a god awful jello cook?

No changes in the recipe.

Bring water to rolling boil. Measure out 2 1/2 cups. Dissolve 1 6oz box of jell-o (stir for about 3 mins should do it). Add 2 cups sugar, stirring until dissolved (again should be about 3 minutes). pour into container and place into fridge for at least 4 hours.

JIGGLERS FROM JELLO

4 sm. pkgs. (4 serving size) or 2 lg. pkgs. (8 serving size) Jello brand gelatin, any flavor
2 1/2 c. boiling water or apple juice

Completely dissolve gelatin in boiling water or juice. Pour into 13"x9" pan. Chill until firm or about 3 hours. To remove, dip pan in warm water about 15 seconds. Cut into decorative shapes with Jigglers Cutters, ordinary cookie cutters or cut into 1" squares. Lift Jigglers from pan.


I guess my big mystery is on the sugar, is that something for this aquarium CO2 grade jello? I can't seem to find a recipe that calls for sugar. Again, not questioning you and this is an insanely stupid dilemma, but I'm just trying to make sure my next attempt doesn't end up like this one!

Just (1) 6oz box or (2) of the smaller 3oz boxes. So basically 6oz jell-o with 2 1/2 water.

The sugar is used exclusively for DIY CO2.

That's precisely what I needed to know! Thanks for the expedient responses, as usual. Three cheers for James!


edit: If you're still viewing the thread, the extra water is straight up so the huge amount of sugar will dissolve, yes? I think a 6 oz pack needs 1- 1/4 cup for just the jello per the box's instruction- should I just go with 1 6 oz? or use 9 oz again and add slightly more water?

No need to try to break it down into ratio's. Just 1 6oz box of jell-o, 2 cups sugar with 2 1/2 cups water. That's it. After it has sat up, then add to bottle (if not already in the bottle). Activate your yeast for ~ 15 minutes. then fill bottle to within 2" from top with warm tap water.

*EDIT* I keep saying 6oz. I think my guide says 8oz. Now you're gonna make me get home and double check the box size. ;o)

Haha, yeah, that's what I was wondering

The jello step is the only one alien to me, I bake my own bread on occassion so the rest really shouldn't be a problem for me

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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

What size box was your jello? not sure 8 oz exists down here!

make sure you arent using sugar free jello... that might be why it isnt calling out for sugar

ok...the big boxes are 6oz. Not sure where that 8 came from. ;o)

I'll get that corrected.

yes...regular jell-o not sugar free.

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55gallon
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

Hello peoples. So I used the same set-up without the jello. Instead, in the reactor, I used 1.5 cups sugar, 1 teaspoon of yeast, and a pinch of baking soda. This recipe gave out CO2 for a little over 2 weeks.

Oh, can't forget the water. lol

I figured out a problem and decided to shared with everyone in case one of you guys have the same problem I did. If I could upload a video I would but I can only upload pics.

Before my bubbles came out all at once.. 10-15 bubbles then a long pause, then another 10-15 bubbles all at once. I was told the way to fix this is to add an airstone, but my results were the same. To fix this.. I added more water to the gatorade bottle and removed the "curved" tubing in the bottle. Its the bottle that was filled with just plain water. BEFORE I had it filled to where I had 2 inches of space between the water level and the cap. NOW I added more water and filled it up to where I only have 2-3cm of space.

Here is a picture of my setup. I tried to get a good pic, as you can see there I left a small amount of air space in the gatorade bottle. And reduced my tube line. I get no pauses and a constant rate of 2-4 bubbles every second. The bubbles are still countable. Im not saying it will work for everyone, but if yours isnt working the way it should you could try my idea =]

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55gallon
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