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 Posted: November 11 2013 at 11:51am |
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If its a well sealed house, then you're probably correct on the amount of CO2 in there. Get some house plants ;)lol
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Posted: November 11 2013 at 12:22pm |
My tank is in my basement and my pH was terrible. I made one of these and now I can keep my pH pretty steady. I have to change the soda lime around every two weeks when it turns mostly purple and my pH starts to drop. http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/do-yourself-diy/57609-easy-way-increase-your-tanks-ph-carbon-dioxide-scrubber.htmlI didn't check the local welding supply stores, but I got a 5 gallon bucket online for $85. I wasn't able to get my pH over 8 without kalkwasser. I am not using kalkwasser anymore and with this I am pretty steady at 8.2-8.3.
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Mark Peterson
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Posted: November 11 2013 at 12:50pm |
That's cool, but still, to save some hassle and have something you would
never have to worry about or maintain, I'd seek a way to draw some
oxygen into the skimmer or into the room. More fresh oxygen in the whole house could help in many ways. It requires maintenance but does your family like live plants? Tropical plants grow well in aquarium rooms because of the humidity and warmth. As I recall that room has a nice large window too.  In our fish room we grow Orchid, as well as the tropical plants pictured below. Aloha, Mark  Bromeliad  Croton 
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Posted: November 11 2013 at 1:20pm |
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I actually do love to keep exotic tropical plants but my family isn't as excited about it. Before I had a tank I had over 100 carnivorous plants, bromeliads, and orchids.
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Posted: November 12 2013 at 4:50pm |
Wow, that's a lot of plants and a lot of O2. I discovered that Pineapple is a Bromeliad! I'm thinking of Apple Banana Trees in that front room. 
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Posted: November 17 2013 at 10:54am |
I can't find very many photos but here are a few of my old collection...
Heliamphora Collection
Heliamphora Sarracenioides
Heliamphora Heterodoxa
Heliamphora Nutans
Heliamphora Heterodoxa x Minor
Brocchinia Reducta
Nepenthes Terrarium
Anyways, back on topic, after adding a jebao wp25 (awesome little pump!) my ph has gone up from 7.5 to 7.7 with the added gas exchange. That's as high as I can get it with airstones, extra skimming, powerheads pointed at the surface, ect. So I think I'm going to try finding some soda lime and making a CO2 scrubber.
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Posted: December 30 2013 at 7:04pm |
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Just an update, after adding the BRS air filter with CO2 absorbent my ph has come up by 0.2 and with kalkwasser added it's now up by 0.4ish. Ph is now sitting right around 8.0 although the media in the air filter is being exhausted pretty quickly now (less than a week and a quarter of it is purple).
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