have a look at aquarium designs because he uses little canister filter pumps and they seem to be a good alternative to this

Music is tooo loud mate 😢 terrible experience watching ur video

It's branded and will cost you a bomb. This is a designer item in the world of fish keeping. But I tell you. My filter cost $5 SGD and it keeps my tank crystal clear!

im in Canada and building this currently. where does one get that size foam for the intake cover?

What kind of light is under the cave?

Brilliant video! Do you think this can be scaled up? I need to triple the Co2 of a 30sqm room to around 1200ppm Is this process cheaper than running a propane generator or a big cylinder? Thinking about using a big old propane tank and fitting an opening and regulator valve and connectjng a solonoid valve to a light sensor. It's for plants

I returned to the hobby after being fired during covid pandemic. I needed it. It is one of the things that occupy my mind and relaxes me, I watch the tank when arrive from work to unwind.

Still using this? Do you ramp up your light for an hour or it's just 100% on from when it becomes on? Ty

Excellent! Enjoyed watching. Learning for my first 5 gallon with a waterfall. Thanks.

How do you service the cave?

hi can you tell me what brand that tiny cave light is please?

Wow thanks. I was going to ditch my Eden 501 vacuum cleaner to get a filter with thermo for my nano cube. Then I found your video 😮 so basically all I need is the oase adapter and super fish 50w heater right?

Does the aqua soil go into the pipes and start blocking water intake after a period of time?

I would only buy the Thermo, l think the heater built-in is the best thing about these filters

Why use cigarette filters? Why spend that much? You could buy cotton balls much cheaper!

alumunium cylinder can refill right ?

For aquariums with high KH, what should be done? I am adding CO2, but it takes 5 hours for the drop checker to turn green, and 12 hours to turn blue again. I don't think this is normal. Can you comment this?

I accidentally got the "marine" one i have freshwater fish and plants in my tank 😢.. do you think i should get the plant or the sunny one instead ?

its so bad i have one in now no snails

I’ve used them all and my favorite is the refillable ones

Great video. I just did the math, and I'd need to buy citric acid and bicarb in industrial quantities (literally _hundreds_ of pounds of each) for the price to even start competing with a 5L C02 refill from a local brewers' supply shop. Since one needs to buy the regulator and other mcguffins _anyway_ , it doesn't make financial sense to go the bicarb reactor route. Quite apart from the fact that you have to measure and refill and dispose of the sodium citrate byproduct that just sounds like a complete pita compared to unscrewing and replacing a C02 cannister.

Finally i found a video which gives real information! Thank you. I just wonder if those bottles are safe. They hold high pressure comparable to proffessional CO2 bottles, but those must be checked every 10 years here in Germany.

Bought one, but couldn’t find a good video about it. But this is it, great video man thanks! All info you need.

Anyone done this in Australia? trying to find a heater that i can get thats going to work

Late to this but thanks man. Gonna check out the forum too. Excellent video. Liked and subbed.

This is quality content ❤️❤️❤️well done, and thanks for sharing ✅

i do like them, i noticed when i bought one last month that they had completly changed the modle, biggger holes etc i wonder if it stops the humming and traped air

You won't damage tank with use great answer that this guy gave you it will just protect you to waste ingredients 1 to 1.3 mean just use 200g one igredient and 140g-150g of other one it will make bit less co2 or the same amount without waste 😊 use it guy was very good at chem so why waste 2£ when you can pay only 1.5£😂

Should talk about Sodastream canisters or replicas. Small size, 425grams of CO2, refill available in any supermarket.

Is the Superfish Pro 50 shorter than the Oase 50w heater?

3:45 Actually there is a simple trick ^^ Option 1 : Just open the bottle at night, but only enough to release the pressure, this way the air won't enter the bottle since the pressure inside it is still higher than the outside, the same way you slowly open a bottle of coca cola, then the next day you close the bottle. Option 2 : If you do no want to touch the bottle you can add another hole in the bottle cap with a short tube, during the day you close this second tube with a clothes peg, at night you remove the peg, as the tube is tiny and as the CO2 will take it's route first at night (as the pressure underwater is higher) the air won't go in the bottle. Option 3 : If using a peg is still to annoying you can use a mouse trap that you stuck with glue to the aquarium to be sure the wooden part won't move, you just need the spring, then you put the second tube inside it, you make a corner in your tube and then you compress it in the mouse trap, this way you can open/close the tube when you pull or push it (which fix the corner in position, so the CO2 can't take this route during the day). Option 4 : If you have an auto-timer for your light that is rotative you can use it to pull/push the system, as the system rotate you can attach some sticks on it, the first one will rotate and push the tube, you just need to add an handful on the tube that will move inside the mousetrap, than to pull it back later you use a swing-lever on the system, half of the time it will push, half of the time it will pull. If your auto-timer isn't strong enough you can reduce the force of the mousetrap and use a longer second tube, this way the force necessary to move it will be weaker. Of course it requires some engineering. Option 5 : As you are using a bottle and as this bottle produce CO2 and pressure you can use this force to automize your own system, I'm currently working on it. The idea is when you close the system the bottle swells, so it would be possible to put a relief valve around the bottle and use the fact the bottle swells to trigger the valve, this way you could just block the main CO2 tube at night and the bottle wouldn't explode, I calculated that the pressure inside the bottle of 1L water will chimicaly produce 6 bars in 12 hours, wich is too much for most bottles. Of course you could just add a valve a block the main tube, but I'm trying to find solution that doesn't require anything. I'm also working on a system with a baloon that could keep the CO2 of the night, to reuse it during the day, which could double the duration of the yeast system. I'm also thinking about a light solution, with a system that would release CO2 only when a certain amount of light is in the tank, some plants can change their shape with light, so a system could use this natural ability to trigger the system.

Aquael has a similar heater with day & night feature, so you able to set temps separately if light is on and off.

Can this be achieved on a smaller scale?

buddy I use a co2 fire extinguisher co2 cylinder.. 2kg 4k and 6kg and they cost really less fortunate to get the investment low as I kept procuring cylinder for my self over the years now I have cylinder for myself.. only the refills cost me.. but it's the best economically❤

Hello, will a tall tank hold more dissolved co2 than a shallow tank? I've been considering a plant quarantine/grow-out tank with co2 injection. A shallow tank would save space and provide more light but I wandered if co2 would diffuse out of a shallow tank faster than a taller one? Thanks For Your Time: Shawn

Looks like you won’t answer my question, but why did you take all this time to make the video without saying what psi you perceive as optimal?

Great video! I had a lot of fun and learned something! All the best!

Don’t used urinated sand lol

Were you not concerned about bits of aquasoil clogging the holes in the pvc pipes? I think you should have attached a mesh over the pvc holes for optimal distribution of water through the substrate.

Rule no.1 - Keep it simple. don't overcomplicated things.

Tony is so cute, I'm glad that he's safe and happy now!!!❤

Bertie is a lucky betta! Such a beautiful little tank, I definitely have it bookmarked!❤

I'm absolutely going to do this, the cost of aquasoil is so prohibitive!

75g tank. Co2. Fluval plant 3.0 on day light sim late red program. Aquarium Co-Op easy green 7 pumps beginning of week with 30% water change. Heavy planted. Heavy fish stock. Plants are thriving but still get Black beard algae on some of them. I can’t seem to kill it off after 3 years of adjustments. I’ll try your method and see if it works. Thanks

Soooo fx6 or this?

Best internal filter you will ever get!

Is it possible to pump micro macro every other day but different day to each other? 1-3-5 macro 2-4-6 micro for example

what pressure should you be aiming for? i guess 0 on the gauge means no feedback pressure but might not provide air to the tanks as the water (at higher depths) provides higher resistance than the bleed valve.