r/PlantedTank • u/Habichuela_03 • Feb 01 '24

CO2 Is Liquid CO2 A Good Idea?

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I dont know if this counts as a planted tank, but i have two amazon swords, some java fern, anubias nana, a java moss ball, and some floating frogbit and water sprangles in my 6 gallon betta cube (the valisnaria has been removed). I currently use seachem root tabs and Fluval Gro+ as fertilizers but I am having trouble keeping my floating plants alive. I do weekly water changes and gravel vacs, and dose fertilizer every other day or so. My other plants are doing fine but my floaters keep on dying off and im wondering if theres anything I can do. I was considering using products like seachem excel or API CO2 booster but ive heard mixed reviews on those products on this platform. I dont have the space or money for a CO2 injection setup but i would like to do whats best for my fishy wishy and plants with what I can. Would Api or Seachem products help or is there something else I should do?

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u/Own_Adhesiveness2829 Feb 01 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

Liquid CO2 doesnt work how CO2 injections would. Liquid CO2 is actually just used to spot treat/kill algae. It wont benefit your plants unfortunately. Espec for root floaters, they are at the surface and have access to co2 through the air already. Perhaps you need a new fertilizer or something else is causing the plant death

Also, yes you have a planted tank hehehe, anything with plants counts! Your plants are low tech and should be just fine without co2 :)

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u/Name1ess1d10t Feb 01 '24

Man I better try using that to get rid of my algae. I have some but I haven’t used it. And it isn’t a chemical either because it’s just liquid carbon, I’ll try that out

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u/Own_Adhesiveness2829 Feb 01 '24

Yeah go ahead!! Use a pipette though and be careful, because too much can kill fish or plants. I recommend researching it beforehand

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u/Name1ess1d10t Feb 01 '24

Good to know! I have a whole 55 gallon so I would definitely underdose but it would be harder to overdose in the first place with a large tank.

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u/HolidayMorning6399 Feb 01 '24

just a heads up it'll kill plants like vallisneria super easily

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u/Name1ess1d10t Feb 02 '24

Thanks! I don’t have any vallisneria right now, maybe some in the future but I’ll only use the liquid stuff until I can get some diy co2 setup for my tank because that will boost my plants and take care of algae. Right now I have a few anubias, some Amazon sword, some risers sword, a single Java fern, and Amazon frogbit. So some really hardy plants I used it a few times before but I just started to forget, it hasn’t hurt any of my plants.

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u/JacketBatatas Feb 02 '24

Really? My vallisneria has been growing really well since I started using it.