flooming in a sealed room?

[dragunn]

would there be any advantage to taking the lid off my tank and have a pump going 24/7? mixing up the nutrients,curning up the water in a co2 enriched room.the room would be set a 1000 ppm of co2.theres a lid on the tank right now.or would it be better to move the tank out of the room?

 

[supermanlives]

aerating a resevoir is a good thing.

 

[dragunn]

i just worried that air will be 1000 ppm.

 

[Floridian]

There is a reason the room is sealed when I floom..and you just want me to openly talk about it?

 

[Granger2]

Shouldn't be a problem. High CO2 air is better than no air. Your rez contents will be healthier and for longer. Your roots will appreciate more O2. Good luck. -granger

 

[SeaMaiden]

I waited to make any comments because I assumed there would be sealed room growers here with direct experience.

In my experience with aquaria getting that water column saturated with CO2 is good for aquatic plants, but only to a point. The O2 levels must be maintained. But you'll have another issue should your water column become too saturated with CO2, and that's changing pH values. CO2 acidifies, O2 makes basic.

If it were me, I'd have the reservoir outside the sealed room so as to ensure two things--best O2 saturation and stable pH.

 

[dragunn]

didnt have clue ph could be affected.may be ill rig up some kind of aquaria air pump outside the room.thanks for your help.

 

[SeaMaiden]

Ayup. In fact, reefkeepers who live in areas with cold winters have a problem specifically because their home heating raises the CO2 sufficiently to mess up their system's pH. Corals and other hermatypics cannot lay down skeleton if the pH is off, and it will straight up kill many other organisms if it changes too quickly in too short a period of time.

Just because of home heating.

 

[Granger2]

Yes, if moving your rez into a non CO2 enhanced place is impractical, you could rig up your air pump to intake non CO2 enhanced air. I used to do that, but didn't continue when I had to replace my air pump. Haven't noticed a difference. I make ACTs, root cuttings, aerify water and nutes, etc. with CO2 enhanced air [approx 800-1000 ppm]. Good luck. -granger