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@aidilaizat91

2 жыл бұрын

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@profjayromotta

2 жыл бұрын

Where i s your c02 diy system video link?

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

@Antonio Jayro Fonseca Motta Fagundes I forgot to add it sorry kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaikyM6tfpSbXZs.html

@squa_81

2 жыл бұрын

Well i've been dropping half a pill a day in my 20l, it's a lot but with surface agitation it keeps the c02 levels nice. And my Monte-Carlo is finally after one and a half month taking roots and spreading. Note: i does seem that my plabts who needs c02 still don't like the environment, so i think i'll stop using these. Thank you for running the experiment and telling us the results!

@davidh4485

2 жыл бұрын

Can You try to experiment using Liquid Co2 (Liquid Carbon) … People said they are better than the tablets ? Thanks

i completely lost it after you said the fake plants would grow after using the tablets

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@joshbonner9409

6 ай бұрын

I cracked up lol😂

Most thorough review of anything I’ve ever seen in my life ! Great job man this deserves a follow keep up the amazing content please !

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Okay, thank you for ending the debate about these dang pills! But more importantly thank you for the super SUPER cheap and easy DIY alternative to the expensive setups! 😭❤️👏 I'll be trying it out at some point!

Everyone who uses CO2 tablets finds out that it raises their pH and hardness. They're all most likely sodium bicarbonate (aka baking soda) tablets. It's often used in vitamin or antacid tablets to produce that 'fizz' as it dissolves. As your pH gets higher, it takes longer to dissolve the tablets so even though the reaction does produce CO2, it can't ever give nearly enough needed. They're not wrong in that it does produce CO2, just not in the quantities we need.

Great video as always! Looking to forward to more videos man.

I’ve been using your DIY co2 from yeast and sugar with great results even after 3 weeks thank you! Enjoyed the vid.

Ahahaa, this experiment made me laugh. I was expecting not to be a good option for co2 injection. 😆 Great job, Mark, on documenting it all.

When you first showed the tablets the first thought that jumped to mind was that these are seltzer tablets. The results of your water testing would seem to confirm my suspicions. Seltzer tablets are made of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda pressed into a tablet). They should definitely increase carbonate hardness because they're directly adding carbonates to the water.

@gyin2337

Жыл бұрын

as a joke i was thinking carbonated water would increase co2

@ADUAquascaping

8 ай бұрын

Mixed with citric acid! So, it creates carbonic acid and CO2 gas

Thank you for doing this so we don't have to..... I really appreciate you putting this info out for us 👌🏻

Mark, your bookshelf is looking so beautiful... still very excited for a room tour again lol. Please keep up the great work and I just wanted to say how fast this channel is growing as well.

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@alonsogarcia526

2 жыл бұрын

You should make a review on the sochting oxidator. The thing looks interesting.

@LordAinzOoalGown00

2 жыл бұрын

@@alonsogarcia526 or the sochting carbonator which produces co2 as well

Another wonderful video. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this great info about the CO2 tablets. Was contemplating whether to buy or not before stumbling upon your video.

When you showed amazon the Sera tabs next to the ones you purchased I've used those combined with the sera tab reactior/diffuser . They are supplied as a kit called Sera CO2 start, works very well in a small aquarium without altering the parameters

THIS is a very good experiment. Congrats man, really REALLY useful!

thank you for this video a final and clear answer on the efficacy of these tabs

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@marypaigeflynn4512

2 жыл бұрын

Yes❤️🙌

I've followed your low-budget way of CO2 injection for serveal months now ( i replaced it with Axit Nitric and Baking soda ) Thank you, for good videos always

very nice informative video. keep it up brother.

Unique video idea and very informative. 💪

Thank you for this ❤️🌿🐟🌿💚

Excellent TEST...thanks

Informative video, with a beautiful aquarium, my friends recommend it for viewing!

First👍 keep up the good work.

Wow nice thanks for sharing. I try this soon.

I'm thankful you did a water test after the tablets. I am surprised your PH and KH went up so high. I thought CO2 is supposed to help lower a high pH, which is what I am trying to achieve.

Thank you sir , for making an eye opening video……I was fooled by theses tablets when I began this hobby.

What a concept…..right. Mark your facial expressions as you read the comments and viewed the videos were priceless. I love your channel content.

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

😝

Hey MJ would you consider having a skimmer on that last tank? cause I see the bubbles getting stuck on the surface. Nice videos man, love them, you are one of the few that the experiments are helping me all the time! Cheers!

Super experience merci 👍

Thanks for that test

Thank you so much for the experiment , you save my money from wasting , Thank you so much 💚💙

I’m glad I didn’t waste my money trying the cheaper co2 routes! I’ve had pressurized co2 for over a month now. Sure it was expensive initially but there’s no question if I’m getting enough co2 or not!

Thanks for sharing experience.

Check your tds and you will see wonders ... I tried one of these co2 tabs in 15 liter of water and i see a substantial jump of 100 in tds ... Great 👍

If you’re strapped for CO2, you can make one. Just use a 1 liter bottle, 1 cup of sugar, 1/3 packet of quick rise yeast. Drill a hole into the cap and glue an air line tube into it. Attach a co2 diffuser stone to the other end. Fill the bottle 2/3 with water and shake up before placing on the cap. Put the diffusing en into the tank and leave it. Runs for two weeks before redoing the bottle mixture, and if you have animal stock, ALSO use an air stone to not kill them. Cost like $35.

Tnx for another video😍🤩🤩

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

You do valuable work. I am fortunate to have no difficulty affording injected CO2, but I still like to see the options checked out. You never know when things will change--especially in your aquarium.

@dsmethurst41

10 ай бұрын

Yo buy me a co2 kit moneybags I'm not fortunate enough 😅

@williamwescott4213

10 ай бұрын

Don't worry, @@dsmethurst41, I have other misfortunes.

great investigative video! in theory it should work, but sa for a 100+ gallon planted display tank, from your calculation, i'll be dropping 100 tabs every few days, can't see how that is economical, love it and keep up the great work!

Plz don't add any intro in your video, i like this channel this way more on point and really informative!

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I think as well 😊 Everyone just skips the intro anyway

@renandoprasetyo5538

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJAquascaping exactly! I"m happy you get the point

Thank you for sharing this. Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Weer een geweldig leuke video en test MJ, ik hoorde dat je binnenkort in Nijmegen ook gaat filmen, ik ben benieuwd en zou daar graag bij zijn ook, Ik ben er zelf meestal op een vrijdag. Succes met je leuke video’s Gr johnny

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Ja klopt! Ik moet nog even een afspraak maken, maar ik hoop deze maand nog langs te gaan.

CO2 tablets are Baking Soda. You can raise pH and kH with Baking Soda... and a very small amount of CO2 will be released as it reacts with acids in the water. Only good if someone has very low kH and very soft water but wants to keep livebearers or Africans.

been using Co2 tablet since a few month, i didnt want to invest in CO2 cyclinder,,but i guess i'll have to do that from now on !! thnks a lot mj

Thank you for the video. I’ve been thinking of giving the pills a go, but not now.

You should make a review on the sochting oxydator. The thing looks interesting.

Could you please do a test between the two CO2 drop checkers with a pressurised system, just to test the accuracy difference between both.

Just saw your post on instagram.and I am here

I'm gonna try It with the Bayer pills, let's,go ! 🤣. Thanks man ))

Well, at least you started this experiment with your mind clear :P

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Aquascaping clears my mind 😁

please do this test with co2 chamber like the tropica system 60. appreciate these videos a lot! I'm going to be starting a 30C tank and i'm not sure what's the best way to inject co2 for such a small tank...

Oh my, I lost time and money, I got some of this "Magic" pills, well, btw IM very new in Aquarism ( w plants) , Im back after 30y w no aquarium, and now many thinks was changed, and I found your channel, thanks to great content, salutations from Brazil, and sorry about (any) gramma/typos and more.

New Sub Great video

와우~한국어 자막이 달린 좋은 영상덕분에 15달러를 아낄수 있었네요~ 좋은 정보 감사합니다☺

عالی بود دمت گرم داداش. thanks you for this video. 😍

Excellent video, like others say - looks like a chalk tablet. A few months ago I added a CO2 system to my tank. The canister is rented with a £50 deposit, costs £15 to refill and the needle hasn’t moved since day 1 so I think it’ll last about 8months between refills. The regulator and defuser cost £150 but that’s a one off purchase. The change in the plants is amazing - and technically it’s all very easy. There’s basically no extra maintenance. I thought CO2 would be expensive and complicated, so far, it’s working out to be nearly 0 running cost and it’s created no extra work for me at all. Wish I’d done it years ago!

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear James! I wish more people would see it like that

@ayantikpal3684

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the narration...everyone gets upset when they hear the initial investment but hey, it will save you time and money in the long run

planning to buy that chinese brand tablet.. after seeing this video, might just use the DIY co2 once it arrives here.

It's not Co2 in the pills but some kind of acid, like seachems Acid buffer. The way it works is it dissolves available carbonate hardness (Kh) in your water into available co2. Seems like these pills are a combination of acid and alkalinity buffer, to try and maintain a stable ph while dissolving the carbonate hardness into co2.. and clearly doesn't do a great job at it lol. This is also probably why some people see actual changes and others don't see any change at all, because it depends on your water parameters and what is available for these pills to alter.

@BioTechproject27

2 жыл бұрын

It's the opposite of an acid, it's a base. A carbonate/bicarbonate to be exact, probably mixed with an acid, most likely citric acid as it has a solid form to form carbon dioxide and a citric acid salt. [on a side note: CO₂, please, not Co2 (Co ist Cobalt, a heavy metal)]

if you want to use co2 tablets more effectively, place the tablets in the diffuser box, so that the gas is trapped in the box, then dissolves with water. box I mean like the bottle upside down on the tropica co2 system. in my country using a DIY box for co2 tablets, effectively lowering the ph from 7.4 to 6.7 and getting a green co2 indicator. You can replace the tablet with a cylinder of co2, and save your money, because an inverted bottle doesn't need high pressure to fill it. only 1 bubble per second, put the co2 hose into the bottle without going through the diffuser, you don't really need high pressure.

Thank you for sharing this Mark! Glad I didn't fall into the tablets scam. Investing in a CO2 system was really worth it instead.

the guy putting co2 tablets in his tank with fake plants made my day 😂

Interesting to see those tabs raise your parameters like that. Makes me suspect that they were carbonate hardness generator tablets, like sodium bicarbonate (which are sometimes recommended as a suitable alternative to CO2 injection). Ironically though, a higher pH lowers CO2.

Please do disposable co2 canister next!

i use the same tabs for my 5 gallon tank....... I normally use 2 tab per day and I get decent growth..... the plants in my tank are s.repen, cobomba, monte carlo and dwarf hairgrass.

@porcu12345

2 жыл бұрын

The 'decent growth' would almost definitely occur without the tablets.

@prasadprabu3904

2 жыл бұрын

@@porcu12345 I'll try without the tabs

Thanks Mark, I'm going to try your DIY CO2 system when I re-do my 55 gallon tank 😊 I noticed you have a Chihiros light, I have one on my Waterbox Cube 20. What do you think of this light? I really love the quality of the light and slimline look on the tank.

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Cool! good luck with that! Yeah I love the Chihiros lights!

Thank for videos . From indonesian n have cc indonesia 👍👍👍

the DIY method of sugar and yeast works well and it's cheaper, one can also tweak the preparation process to make it easier and efficient..I don't see any reason why anyone would go for the tablet route. If the co2 from the tablet doesn't get show in the drop checker, I wonder if it has the same properties, or if not just basically a tablet version of Excel.

amazing review on fake products. you always show best things legend. goldy

Thanks for this video. I just bought these pills and was also skeptical. I also noticed that when I put in the second batch of pills - while watching your vid - I noticed it also bubbled less. These pills look like rolaids/eno for stomach acid because they fizz just like pills that I have used in the past when I had stomach acid/heartburn. (I would not ingest this, of course). Thanks again, God bless. Love your tanks, btw!

The most hensom aquarist from netherland

Thank you

Thank you for releasing this. I have also tried them and didn't see any difference. If you did it would likely be a placebo effect and had to do with some other variable. I started using DIY CO2 recently with the baking soda and citric acid method. I have seen lots of improvement in the plants in that aquarium. That CO2 runs high pressure so I may be able to get away with hooking 2 tanks up to it. I have had issues with the liquid from the bottle getting into the lines going into the tank. Any advise for preventing that?

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Sorry no advise for your issue, I've never used the DIY citric acid and baking soda setup apart from the SS reactor

thank you

Can you make a video about how you get your moss so healthy? Ive tried several things but it just wont go.. the plants are doing fine but the moss is just green brown..

Mark, I was hoping that the experiment would work. You save lots of us money. My Nano tank doesn't have co2, the carpet plants are not growing well. Thanks

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Try my DIY CO2 system 😊

@sufienadahalan5285

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJAquascaping want to try but please make video for diy CO2🤗

I actually Buy a root tabs fron te same chinese brand. From wish. I hope You can make a Review soon. I love this Chanel. Greetings from México.(sorry for My Bad English :p)

Hai..do experiment with portable co2..co2 in tin can spray bottle

What did you expect/hope your dropchecker to show ? Don't they already display the desired clour ? Greenish ?

hi man, i love your videos! which is your light blue background? where can i buy it?

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

It's the simple sticky foil that's used for windows and stuff. Can find it in any hardware store 😊

Try that with excel flourish 👍👍

Can you do a vid on how to add fish to a co2 tank when you get them from the fish shop without co2 please

Thx u. No wonder my plant was not doing well

hi! I haven't finished the video yet but i bought these same tablets from my local fish store (a small business) and happened to fid your video! I wanted to say that mine were IMMEDIATELY FIZZY. I dropped one in and got lots of bubbles instantly! It seems like maybe the ones people are buying off amazon aren't working as well for some reason? I'm not sure where the guy at the fish store procures his from, but they are the exact same bottle! I just tried my first tablet ever so idk how has affected my tank (if at all), but i'm hoping it will revive a new plant i have that isn't doing very well.

Which mixture and diffusor are you using for your DIY-CO2-bottle on your 20L Cube? I am still using a Dennerle CO2 Micro Flipper with Bio-CO2 on my 30L tank and was already thinking of a diffusor upgrade, but i tried one from my father and the pressure wasn't enough. Enjoying your videos, keep it up.👍

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

I'm using the diffusers from Aquario, love them! The mixture is basically 250 gr sugar and 250 gr water. I heat that up and then add in 3 gelatin leaves. The entire recipe is here kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaikyM6tfpSbXZs.html

Great video! i have one question, how do you turn off de DIY co2 system at night?

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

That's not possible 😊 so it runs 24/7 which isn't a problem, just make sure you have some surface agitation at night to provide oxygen

Was trying a LOT cheaper chinese version (2 different types): was adding 6-8 tablets at once into a 30 L aquarium's filter (for the best water flow) and the CO2 checker's color NEVER changed!!

I’ll stick to neo co2, thanks for the review

my theory is this might be some form of maybe a calcium carbonate. The reason why it dissolve slower over the past couple of days is because the more of these tablets dissolve in the water column, the more it reduces the acidity simply because of the carbonate (and maybe the calcium), as for the GH, it's probably due to the calcium in the tablet or what ever it is that is in the tablet, as for the KH, well.. it's a carbonated tablet so there's your answer.

Few things to note here: They write CO₂ wrong. Co (with a little o) is Cobalt, a heavy metal which is completely different from carbon dioxide. Also they change how they write it throughout their text. Also they use a large 2 instead of a small one at the bottom, which I guess is acceptable, but for a company really embarassing. 2nd of all my guess is that it's a form of carbonate/bicarbonate, judging from the rate at which it dissolves most likely soddium or potassium bicarbonate. Which would increase pH as well as carbonate hardness. Bicarbonates and sometimes carbonates can be used by plants directly (e.g. elodea/egeria densa; myriophyllum heterophyllum), known as bicarbonate-assimilation, however that requires a lot of energy (compared to using carbon dioxide directly) and can't be used by all plants. So it's god damn stuipid to use those.

Yes I have tried sometime ago SERA tablets system and it works but not as CO2 injection.

Was this my request from your previous co2 vs no co2 planted tank. Thanks a lot! If not, still thanks!😅

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure 😆 what was your request?

@xxxxxxxxxx1600

2 жыл бұрын

@@MJAquascaping exactly this one. To try co2 tablet. I bought the chinese brand you showed. And I don't think it really works. Some particles of the tablet don't dissolve so there will always be white things floating around in the tank. Luckily, it just cost me USD1.5 for 1box, 36tablets.

what kind of PSI can you achieve with your DIY setups? I want to use bazooka diffuser but without eenough pressure the atomizer diffuser wont work. Thanks for these vids.

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know to be honest, I guess I would have to buy a simple gauge to check it. But yeah probably not enough for a bazooka diffuser.

What if it’s simply not enough co2? I started adding co2 to my tank 3g. I was adding 1 bubble per 3 sec and slowly increased it but those first few days it was blue all day

do you have a tutorial video how u made the selfmade co2 ? How much sugar and what do we need for this ?

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaikyM6tfpSbXZs.html

Mark, how about the Ista Disposable CO2 Can? Have you ever tried it? It seams like it could be a good low budget alternative

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Yep this works 😊

Hey Mark. Have you tried the Sochting Carbonators? Looks like a diy co2, but its all internal in a little cylinder

@MJAquascaping

Жыл бұрын

I’ve only tried the oxygen type, maybe I will order the other ones and do a little test

Can You try to experiment using Liquid Co2 (Liquid Carbon) … People said they are better than the tablets ? Thanks

Have you tried seachem Flourish excel as a source of carbon dioxide? Would like to know what you think.

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I have! In my opinion it's only good for killing algae

Do some testing with sparkling water (cheap stuff like spa rood).

@BioTechproject27

2 жыл бұрын

if you can provide it constantly and regularly then it is a good option

Tak, miałem te tabletki CO2 , ale nie dosyć że nic nie dają to jeszcze strasznie woda robi sie mętna...

Hello brother . I just have a question for you please. I do have Osmocote aquarium plant root tabs under tropica soil. Should I use liquid fertilizer as well or not at all ??

@MJAquascaping

2 жыл бұрын

If all your plants are root feeders you should be fine, but if you have some moss or epiphytes then you might need some liquid fertilizer as well