Birthday Present Surprise - Help

I am planning to buy a complete CO2 system for hubby's birthday.

But I am unsure as what brand is better or what exactly I am looking for. If anyone can help with info or recommendations I would love to hear.

Thanks in advance

Debbie

How much you wanna spend?

What size tank?

sera ?? the complete set with the computer thing is about $950 .... hehehe is that too much ??

tank specs would be great

size
lighting
plants
any thing else you could tell us

that way we can make sure you don't over or under buy :wink:

The Sera system is good up to 400L

VERY good value for money

Guess I should have thought about posting specs sorry.....

Looking to get him co2 for our

SIZE: 6x2x2

INHABITANTS: discus, clown loaches, rummy noses, bristle noses, cardinals, black phantom tetras

TYPE: Heavily planted with river sand substrate

LIGHTING: Metal halide 3x 150 W 5000 k

FILTRATION: 2 fluval cannisters

HEATING: currently 2 internal heaters but we are purchasing two hydor external heaters in the near future.

Anything else???

Oh Yeah two 30 cm long air stones at back of tank

Deb

thats a very big tank ... how about Dupla CO2 setup ??

I'd say it would be worth looking into getting a CO2 cylinder from an alternate source (home brew store etc) and then ordering a good quality needle and solinoid. This would give you a system capable of handling a large tank and should be cheaper than the branded setups. Also check the price of refills, and be careful some of the cylinders in the branded setups are disposable. This means a higher ongoing cost. You really need to do your research on this one.

www.plantedtank.net would be a good place to start. Also check for older posts on this forum, I believe there was a useful link to Beronia Aquarium's forum.

Best to ditch the airstones on a planted tank too.

even try looking online for milwukee co2 systems from the states

the exchange rate plus the fact there cheap makes them reasonable

You can get Milwaukee products over here. I cannot remember where but I will do a bit of research and see if I can find out. The price was very reasonable.

Dave.