Diy co2 pond

Hi , created a new thread.
I hope some people will fine interest

Pond (tub) is about 250l
Natural light
ADA mix with lunga substrate
Mix plants with mix of fish
It started a long time ago , every spring it gets moved outside , Autumn i move them into the garage.
This year we replaced the old roof with a white roof that gave 80% more light.
So i struggled a few weeks with hair algae , dosed carbon source liquid but did not make a difference , so i decided to go co2 again but only diy.
i will be receiving my DSD ferts this week , this includes plant feeding mix, plant hardening mix, npk and also kh up . This will up my GH and KH from 0 and ill aim for 4.
Currently at day 14 but do look from the start

 

Just created a new batch of diy co2 with gelatine.
Started dosing ferts today as well

 

Very nice - natural light is hard to beat ... should see better colour and smaller leaves develop.

Later Ferdie

 

Can already see the difference since i started dosing dsd , so far very happy . Just need to get longer duration of the co2 reacter. Hoping this gelatine mix works

 

how do make the co2 with gelatene ?

 

I use i sachet gelotine , 2 cups suger , and now a sachet of yeast

Yeast mix 500ml not too hot , let stand for 10minutes
Boiling water 500ml add geloatine and sugar , stir well and let cool for a few minutes. Too hot water can kill yeast
Mix the 2 together in a clean 2l bottle

 

Light build last night . Will be doing faster co2 soon

 

Day 25

 

Good growth and little algae ... good job~~

 

The new lights are giving algae but think its the lack of co2 , its not lasting . Looking at a pressurized system

 

Shoe been too long since the last update
Pond upgrade, 300l+-
Pressurised co2
4800lph return
New sump
New plants and new fish
Latest fish added
Black betta crown tail
Female betta
Platties
2 albino corries
2 sterbai corries
3 pugmy corries
1 pepper corrie
5 ottos
Thanks to Ryan from George

I created a overflow box from perspex to prevent fish going to the sump

Also created a fry box for my guppies fry since the bettas usually eats them




Video is a few weeks old. Will update a new one asap

 

Day 45

 

New update
After the video i trimmed down to 50%
Will post shortly




Pics after the trim

 

Last video i took , just started with a small rescape on the right side

 

Wow that is a very clear pond. I love these this. What lights are you using?

 

Sorry for the late reply
Im running 3x 20w floodlights. Will be upgrading to 50w maybe soon. Follow my channel

 

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