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    I am not sure at the moment, I have two small cylinders. one is still full from the day I bought it and the other one I bought second hand empty. I will get a price tomorrow. I know refilling is quite a bit cheaper from some gas outlets compared to refilling through a Petshop. Last time i did the comparison between my LFS and a gas outlet close by, the gas outlet was about 35% cheaper. Will update tomorrow.
     
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    Discovered this little guy vibing in among the mass of floaters. About 15mm across. Anubias?
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    Score! Definitely an Anubias, those suckers are expensive these days. Glue it to a rock and it'll be forced to love you forever :tt2:
     
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    Whahaha that only works with plants, does it?
     
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    I can't comment further on a public forum :confused::lol:
     
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    I apologize for the late reply, had to undertake an urgent unplanned trip and only arrived back home late last night. I got a few prices and regretfully, the company that I got the prices from in the past have closed down. Currently filling up at your LFS vs Gas depots seems to cost about the same. R275-R301 for a 2 kg cylinder. I still need to check prices with paintball shops but will look into that next week.
     
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    Check brewer's shops... but shipping might make up for any difference.
     
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    Found a guy down in Paarl area about 2 years back on market place. Ordered a piece of anubias from him for R69 and a piece as big as my hand arrive with the courier a few days later. Stuck it in a tank and it just took off. got so big I had to divide it into 8 plants, each being at least double the size of the original piece i started with. Every week or so there is new leaves and some needs to be subdivided again. Best R69 i have spend in the hobby so far. He also included a small piece of anubias nana, its also been divided over and over again and I currently have multiple pieces in most of my tanks. They however seem to be growing much slower than the bigger anubia.

    Looking after that little piece will definitely save you a lot of $'s in the future.
     
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    Now that i am back home i started increasing the bubbles. Indicator turning green 2 hours after I increased the rate to 4 bubbles per second. (400l tank) WhatsApp Image 2025-01-25 at 14.59.01.jpeg
     
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    My reactor has been going steady at around one bubble every two seconds for the last three days. I have ordered a bubble indicator and some other goodies; I have no idea how much CO2 I'm adding, but that being said I think it's a pretty good rate for this tank if your 4 bubbles per second is any indication. It's a 1.5 footer so that makes it, lemme see.. 33L.

    When it was bubbling fast at the beginning, most of the CO2 was getting wasted anyway as the filter would burp once a minute. Now I rarely get any burbs at all, so it seems to be a happy balance. The plants are definitely responding - the Rotala colorata in particular are getting very leggy. Don't know how much of an influence the grow stix have. I added another this morning; the bloodworms dig it and were munching happily. Water is still cloudy (although I'm tempted to finger the substrate as the culprit), and no algae whatsoever to be seen anywhere - which kinda bothers me.
     
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    Not sure if this is accurate but there is a place in Kempton (Donaire) that shows R60 for a 2kg refill on their website.

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    https://donaire.co.za/co2-refill-near-me/
     
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    Wow, great, i will contact them. Need to go to Kempton tomorrow in any case. I hope this is correct, sommer fill my spare cylinder at that price.

    I checked a site to see how long the 2kg should last and found this. "A 2kg CO2 cylinder, at a rate of 4 bubbles per second for 8 hours a day, would typically last around 2-3 months depending on the specific setup and quality of the regulator." but at R150 per kg, well I dont know if its worth it. At R30/kg, it definitely is.
     
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    You can also try transfire in Germiston. They might also give a decent price
     
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    Just checked with transfire and Donaire. 2 kg refill is R78 @ Transfire (Germiston) and R40 @Donaire (Bredell).
     
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    R40 is a pack of smokes. Not expensive at all I think. I mean, compare sodastream stuff...
     
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    Awesome, thanks for doing the legwork. Seems like I'll be getting a co2 system in the near future.
     
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    Have you seen the 300l tank that he is doing at is home? £1200 tank, ouch.
     
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    It's lekker to have your butt sponsored. Does anybody want to sponsor mine? I have my eye on a 5m Idol Marine number.
     
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