WARNING for CO2 users | I GASSED my whole TANK!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Totally my fault, but a hard lesson in paying attention when using CO2.
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I recently replaced the 2kg cylinder on my 60 litre. I thought I'd tightened the co2 art regulator enough but 2 days later I was alerted to a very loud hissing sound. Co2 was shooting out. The room is 15 x15 feet and I'm pretty sure that if I'd have been out at the time, my dog would have been a gonna.☹️
It can happen to the best of us. Thanks for sharing your story. Glad things ended up OK.
So sorry to hear. Thank you for being part of the small group of creators that are showing off their catastrophic mistakes. I can only imagine how hard it is to make a video like this after such a loss, but it is appreciated and helps the hobby learn.
Thank you. I appreciate your comment. It is hard to make a video and post it for all the world to judge you. But, if it helps a few people double check their setup, it’s worth any ridicule. 😁
Sorry to hear. Thanks for being honest and helping others avoid the mistake.
Thank you. That’s the goal of the video, just to help people double check their system for safety. 👍🏻
Greetings from Singapore...
Failures are part of a learning process.
It's great to have an honest TH-camr who showed their failures.
I keep my Cherry, Yellow, Golden and Red-nosed shrimps in a planted Walstad method, 3ft by 1.5ft tank. 6 Otocynclus, 8 Pygmy Corydoras and 30 Chilli Rasboras are included in the tank.
I used sponge filters and HOB filter.
Never once in my 30+ years have I used CO2 or tested my water perimeters.
I learned it all thru my mistakes.
The most important thing that I learned is to make sure the tank is fully cycled before adding any shrimps or fish.
Looking forward to more of your videos.
PS: My Cherry, Yellow and Golden shrimps are thriving and in the process of setting up another tank.
Thanks for commenting. I love hearing how others are raising their livestock differently and with the same success. There are many ways to enjoy this hobby and that is why I love it so!
Thanks for your support and I’ll have new videos out for you very soon!
Don’t feel too bad. We all go through it. Growing pains. But you were able to turn a negative into a plus. Good job
Thank you. I appreciate it!
I was just looking at Ph monitor last night that connects to the CO2 solenoid. As CO2 rises the PH lowers. When the PH gets to set amount it switches off the CO2. They are not that cheap but your video is enough to convince me now.
I have seen those in high tech setups and do like them. Also ensures perfect Co2 levels for plants. Worth the investment if you’re running high end co2
Sorry to hear about this, glad you had some survivors and best wishes regrowing the colony! :) Nobody likes it, but these things do happen.
Thank you. The survivors sure did make me feel a tad bit better. Let’s hope for some shrimp breeding now. 😁
I'm so sorry for your loss. I've been there....not with CO2 but with ammonia. It sucks when you you make a mistake. Kudos for letting us know you are human. I appreciate you sharing your successes and mistakes. We all make mistakes. Congratulations on saving so many!
Thank you so much. We all know some day our livestock will parish for various reasons. But when it’s your fault via blatant I competence, it sucks.
Thanks for your support! 🤘
Really sorry to hear this, glad there is a happy ending, this story is important to me as I found your video researching co2, im about to buy one and this is an important remimder for me to be careful, thanks for uploading this video and good luck in the future.👍
Thank you. I appreciate your support and I’m glad the video might help you avoid this mistake. 🤘
I have the same c02 system, and I've noticed the pressure drop the same way you described after a while. It's about time for me to refill it, and I never would've thought about that, thank you for posting this.
You’re welcome. I’m glad I may have helped you avoid the same mistake. 👍🏻
Thanks
Been there, done that, but for me it was equipment failure, aka the heater.
I had my angelfish tank in a colder room and for some dumb reason never thought to put in a second/backup heater. That night the temps outside reached -40 and since that room only gets whatever heat that comes in from the main house (there's no vents directly in the room from our central heat), the temp in the room dropped to mid 50's and the heater overworked and quit. Woke up to the entire tank, except a 6" pleco (I swear those things can survive a nuke) dead.
Unfortunately, we do depend on these pieces of equipment to function as intended or things like this happen.
I agree about the pleco. When I was growing up in Ohio, we had some in an outdoor pond that grew to over 8 inches long. Those things were like a tank, and survived the pond freezing over in the winter. Virtually indestructible, I swear.
Oh no! Sorry to hear about your shrimp losses! New beginning for those babies and survivors. Thanks for sharing your story - something I will definitely keep in mind when I try out my first CO2 setup!
Thank you. I appreciate it and I’m glad my video helped you check off an important safety feature!
Bro this woulda and coulda happened to any of us! Sure as hell me, I make mistakes constantly! Working construction in the heat all day, coming home to my farm etc it’s easy to forget or pass by something. You’ll bounce back dude! Head up brother! 💯🤙🏼
Thank you very much man. I know I’ll bounce back and the next vid will be more positive. I can’t wait until the shrimp colony bounces back too. 🤘
Thanks for your support man!
Thanks for the video, I'm a new shrimper and every bit of help good or bad makes me more knowledgeable. My shrimp take is also set up with Co2. You've probably saved me from the same mistake. Thanks again.
You’re welcome. I’m glad this video helped you avoid the same mistake. Makes me feel better that the story is helping people. Thank you. 🙏
Shrimpers catch shrimp
That they do. 🤣
Well, I watched your video about setting up the citric acid CO2 after I bought my own. It’s been running for a couple of days now. Doing perfect. Unfortunate for your mistake. But a wise man learns not only from his own mistakes but also from the mistakes of others. Thank you for sharing, sir. God bless.
Thank you. Hopefully a lot of people can learn from my mistakes.
Glad you found life in what you'd assumed (rather safely I'd say) was a dead tank!
Thank you , yes, it was a brighter video after that discovery for sure
Kinda ironic how "SS" Aquascapes gassed his fish
Except “SS” doesn’t represent what you think it does. 😁🤣
@ssaquascapes were you submarines?
I was not.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Respect for videos like this. I’m always worried I will gas my tank.
Thanks. Always triple check things and you should be ok.
Sorry for the loss. I know how it feels to lose animals because of a dumb mistake... Glad to see that you had some survivors!
Thank you. I am definitely more careful and have since upgraded to better Co2 equipment. The colony has since expanded a bit too. 😁
Thanks for sharing so we can learn from your mistakes. Another way to immediately help the livestock in a situation like this is to add water to their tank. Instant O2. Didnt know the state of your orange eyes but maybe doing this woulda saved some of them. Fyi used to keep orange eye blue tigers they are beautiful shrimp, more finicky to keep than neo caradinas. Hope this helps someone in the future.
Thank you. I thought about a water change after the fact but glad you confirmed it may have helped. I hope to never have to test the theory though.
OEBTs are harder to keep for sure, especially if you’re trying to breed them like me. But worth the trouble I say. They are cool as heck!
Thanks for sharing. Just starting CO2 so appreciate this lesson!
We can’t be too careful. Keep the valves closed. 🤘🤘
I'm SO glad you didn't lose ALL of them, and those left will be the HARDY ones no doubt! Get all them babies out, yes! :D Was so happy at the end of this, but I'm sorry you endured such a catastrophic loss D: - Those li'l survivors should add some great genes to your breeding project, hell, maybe you'll raise Caridina shrimp that even I can keep alive XD
Thank you for the encouraging words. 🙏
I have been filming update footage periodically for a while in order to compose an update video of the bowl. The little shrimp are all grown up now. But breeding has ceased. Not sure why. An update video will be released soon. 😁
I am sorry to hear about your loss. I had an similar incident, however all my fish died in my 500L tank due to whitespots
Thank you. It seems to happen to many of us but rarely discussed outside of the occasional fish jump etc.
Super bummed for you. Looks like you took it hard... Thanks for sharing and best of luck.
Yeah, I try to respect these animals we keep as pets as much as possible and do take it a little hard when I loose them. I even feel bad for my feeder fish for Billy Bass, but I HAVE to feed him.
I know loss is part of the hobby, but it doesn’t mean we can’t be a little sensitive to their lives right? I mean, look how cute the little shrimp are! 😁
Happens with busy life and trying to deal with our hobbies after a long day at work…
Yessir! I hope one day I’ll be able to aquascape full-time and direct all my attention to it.
that is the worse, I lost a whole tank like that before but if because I bought a cheap regulator, go to end of the of it and it dumped into 2 of my tanks, I lost everything. took me a while to set those tanks back up I able to salvage all the plants though, I would definitely recommend a dual stage regulator, I learned my lesson and haven't had any issues after that.
Agreed. I may be looking into better regulators or options in the future. Thanks for your support.
Thank you for sharing! I just started using CO2 in my tank. Thanks to you being honest about this tragedy, I know to pay extra close attention when it’s time to recharge my system. Subbed
Thanks for the support! 🤘
Glad the video helped bring a little awareness.
Helo Steve, Man that's a bummer.
Sorry to hear, but at least are some survivors.
Greetings from Germany.
Thank you. Definitely hurts but the survivors do make it a little better. Thanks for watching over in Germany, I’d love to visit there and see all the awesome aquascaping shops in the area. The fish shops there are amazing.
@@ssaquascapes why not, and we go together on an adventure here :)
Deal. It will happen some day, I want to visit shops all over Europe. My wife is Czech, and I lived in Prague for a while. So I am a little familiar with travel around the EU.
If you’re still following the channel when I make the trip. I’ll announce it to everyone and set up meet and greets if I can. It would be fun!
Man i am in! 👍
Everyone makes mistakes. I was attacked by my honeybees after making some bad calls. Long story short, I'm looking into growing a small neocaridina shrimp colony now.
Neos are fun (and relatively easy) to colonize. You may want a small colony, but you’ll end up with a large one in 6 months. 🤣🤣
Best wishes and thanks for watching!
Gassed my fish a few months ago transitioning from hob filter to fluval 407. Lost one fish before i figured out what was wrong with them.
Thanks for sharing. It’s hard to admit when our negligence causes a loss. As long as we all learn from it, we can put it behind us.
Sorry for ur loss. I made the same mistake 2weeks ago 😢. I turned up the co2 a bit thinking it would be okay and left for work. When I came back, all my fish and shrimp died except my snails cuz they were able to get out of the water.
Thank you. I know it sucks when we make these mistakes. But, the best lessons in life are learned the hard way. I know we will both be more cautious when working with CO2 from now on.
Sorry you lost a tank too. But we are definitely not the only ones, just the ones bold enough to share. 👍🏻
Yes definitely a very expensive mistake 😢. Oh btw how did u set up the 3 way CO2? I bought the one that you had linked in one of your vids. I got the zrdr 4L CO2 system and want to set up a 3 way system cuz I bought a 2 way regulator but it doesn't fit the valve on my CO2 tank. Maybe you could make a video about the set up and link the items, that could be another video idea 😅
The link for the 3-way valve I use now (after this mistake) is in the description. Just buy that 3-way needle valve and it will screw onto the solenoid replacing the bubble counter. Then put bubble counter on the 3-way (one of the valves). It makes sense when you see it for sure. Don’t let me confuse you.
@@ssaquascapes oh ok. If I'm not using one of the needle valves, can I close one and just use 2?
Yes, definitely. They even make a two-way version of this valve. I think you select two or three way valve when you order it. But either way you should be able to find the two-way version easily on the Amazon page.
A deep substrate generates far more CO2 than any DIY system. It does not enter the water column and does not affect Ph.
Words of wisdom from the father himself. Thank you. 😉
Thanks a lot for sharing this - I really appreciate the honesty and it's a great lesson for us all, so easily done.
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching.
That sucks!! Sorry to hear it. It’s one of the reasons I don’t do the mixing for CO2. I also haven’t tried the carodina shrimp either. Looks like it’s not a total catastrophe though so good news there. Good luck!
Yes, saving some is definitely good news. Caridina shrimp are a little more delicate than Neos, but not terribly hard to keep. Give the Caridina shrimp a try sometime. 👍🏻
@@ssaquascapes I will someday. Maybe when I move out of town and on softer we’ll water…
RO unit and some PH down, add “shrimp GH” by seachem. That’s all I do.
@@Evil_Genius_888grab a ro-di system, get some salty shrimp gh+ and a good buffering substrate (not stratum) and you'll be set... Amazonia / brightwell / sl aqua / landen / ibaraki akadama with 2 red lines on the bag.. just to name a few soils that are good.... Stratum seems to have issues with quality control and the bags can varry with like pH, how long it will buffer the waters ph or breaking down to mud really fast
I use a 5 gallon bucket with sugar water and yeast. My rate control is how diluted the mix is and I always use a drop checker. The CO2 goes from a jar to clean the gas up to the wave maker of the tank. The angle of the wave maker adjusts how much CO2 gets dissolved. Up is less down is more. Been working perfectly and it's dirt cheap. At night I use a bypass valve.
This is on a 40g tank.
I have seen a lot of yeast style CO2 setups but have yet to give one a try. Not being able to turn it off is why I’ve not attempted it yet.
@@ssaquascapesYou just bypass and vent to atmosphere at night. That's basically the off. Plus the whole setup was less than 20$ for CO2.
Ah I see. Like a 2 way splitter. I do like the automatic co2 on a timer. But might give this a go sometime. 🤘
@@ssaquascapes I know they make solenoids with airline fittings you can attach to a 3 way and when it's open it'll vent outside. Idk the cost or anything. My goal was 20$ CO2 and that's what I got. Like ur show btw.
Ah that’s cool. I’ll look into it when I set up and film my first yeast co2 video. 😁
I felt your pain but so great you have a happy ending. Well done. Brilliant. We all make mistakes. Great recovery !
Thank you. It was luck I woke up.
@@ssaquascapes I think your subconscious woke you up ! When I struggle to remember things (film, song, actor, where my keys are) I say to myself "Put it to the back of your mind". Sometimes later I get the answer. You woke up because your subconscious knew you made a mistake. Well done Sir !
Whatever the reason, I’m thankful I woke up.
Thanks for the support. I appreciate it!
Respect for not just showing the sunshine and rainbows
Thank you 🙏
Good for you! Making lemonade out of 🍋!👏👍🥰 We've ALL made mistakes..
Thank you very much. I will be thrilled if I can restart the colony with the shrimp that survived. The ultimate glass of lemonade. 🤘
It's crazy you recommended this video and I hit home page and it was the 1st video lol
They’re watching us. 😳
@@ssaquascapes i seriously think the phones are always listening, my wife will show me a video on her phone amd the next day its on my phone. We're definitely being watched lol.
You're your own worst critic... these things happen to us all. Sorry it happened. Glad you were able to save the little ones!
Thank you. I am happy some survived and hope I can restart the colony.
Its called ''end tank dump'' . The 3 way splitter wont stop it from happening again. You need a DUAL STAGE REGULATOR , not one that uses a needle valve. CO2 should always be turned off when the lights go off. Another good safety mechanism is to have an air stone in your tanks, yes you will gas off some of your CO2 your injecting but you reduce your chance of this happening by 99%. Good luck in the future mate :)
Was not end tank dump. It was “new tank wide open”. The splitter WILL regulate the BPS per tank. My co2 does go off at night. But I appreciate your input. 🤘
He didnt say he was using it to regulate bps @kr0nic666
Been there. I feel your pain.
Thank you. 🙏
Sorry to hear my that. Much love
Thank you 🙏
I tried the diy co2 crap before and I can honestly say, it's just not worth it, AT ALL!!! Save yourself the headaches and just go with co2 tanks and regulator, A GOOD REGULATOR!!!! Not one of those FZone, Aquarium Co-Op or other cheapo regulators. I've literally tried them all, did I say literally, because I mean literally tried them all. 13 different ones in total. And every single cheapo regulator was total garbage, every one. I finally bit the bullet and bought a GLA regulator about 10 yrs ago and all has worked perfectly every since. In 10 years, haven't had a problem with it yet.
Night and day difference between a GLA regulator and the regulators from Aquarium Co-Op and the others you can get off Amazon. And I do mean, NIGHT and DAY difference!!!!
I have thought about a high pressure or “standard” co2 system. I don’t know how much pressure they hold, maybe you can let me know.
If I went that route I would like to get a mother bottle as my LFS is 1 hour away and if I run out on a work day or Sunday, I’d just be out of CO2 for a week. Not a big deal, I don’t have IAPLC tanks, but still a hassle to drive so far for a refill. I like to refill at home.
Thanks for the tip on regulators though. The weakest link will always fail first. I’ll definitely keep that in mind when looking at regulators.
@ssaquascapes Yeah, co2 tanks hold massive pressure and part of the reason they have to be certified and also why they last so long between refills.
Why people don't run air with co2 is Beyond me. I run both I'm not taken that chance with my fish.
Air at night when Co2 is off is a good idea. But I hate air pumps and bubble noises so…..I have since added more surface agitation.
I find co2 unnecessary. Get a good light and you can get bright colors and carpets easy. Chihiros, Week Aqua, Netlea’s lights are all bangers. And guess what, no co2. At least 5 people in the discord I run teaching people about fish have gassed their fish to death.
Co2 is a pain in the ass. Also, remember, air pumps do pump in small amounts of co2 as well from the atmosphere. Especially if they are in a closed room you’re in all the time, co2 levels will be higher.
You can save that tank btw. You can empty the water, and spray it with hydrogen peroxide. Then fill it back up. The algae will turn orange and die off over time.
Great tip on recovering the tank. Unfortunately it’s already torn down. Good to know for next time. Thanks!
I agree CO2 isn’t 100% needed. I have a Walstad tank that pearls slightly in the evenings. But CO2 is fun to use (when you’re not killing shrimp with it) 😔
@@ssaquascapes Yeah, I can understand that. 😆
Just an unnecessary risk to take on when you can go a much safer option with lights.
Also, if you're doing only spot checks with algae, you can spray them with the water fully up. Spray it like 3-4 times on the spot and it's safe for the critters. Since it just turns back to water shortly after being put into water. Chemically speaking.
Thanks for the support and the tips! 🤘
Has anybody told you you look like that one guy from fast Times of Ridgemont high? But older? What was that guy name again? Mike Damone.. the actors name is Robert Romonus.. when you said, have you figured out what happened yet? Just that look reminded me of that movie. Anyway…thanks for showing me what not to do..
Thanks for the compliment, I think, as I don’t know the actor. But, glad the video helped you and I appreciate your support by watching and commenting! 🤘
Now I gotta look up this actor! 🤣
So sad but every mistake gives msg of learning experience
Absolutely right. The most impactful lessons in life are learned the hard way.
Thanks for the support! 🤘
that co2 regulator is quite crappy , here i am selling mine dual gauge and no one want to buy it , lol , if anyone done their research the feedback on cheap regulator ,they give so much problems , and bps will run off the timing , invest a proper system
All the high end regulators are designed for high pressure bottles. They don’t connect to the neck of these bottles.
I’d get a proper system if my fish store wasn’t an hour drive to refill. Maybe someday, but I won’t get a HPCO2 until I have a mother bottle to fill it at home. 👍🏻
Thanks for watching and giving your feedback. 🤘
Sorry... But shit happens
It was definitely not the first time or the last time... That's the way it is...
It's better to deal with that
🤷♂️ Nobody is perfect
Thank you. We all make mistakes right?
@@ssaquascapes Right 👍🏻
The main thing is that setbacks motivate you and don't throw you back.
Just never lose the joy of it, then it works
The fact is: It is and remains a great and fascinating hobby and it is nice when you know how to enjoy it.
And that's what it's all about.
Agree 100%.