CO2 in bedroom

[Xksinz]

Hi guys. My 10 gallon tank is in my bedroom. Thinking of getting a co2 system. Im concern with co2 leaking and dying in my sleep. Am i just paranoid?

[diazman]

Hi guys. My 10 gallon tank is in my bedroom. Thinking of getting a co2 system. Im concern with co2 leaking and dying in my sleep. Am i just paranoid?

if you are concerned, get a longer tube and place the co2 tank further from your bed. Alternatively just make sure your room is well ventilated.

[Xksinz]

My bedroom is small. No matter how i put, i will still be near to the co2. Im just worried about leakage when i on my aircon. Cos windows and doors will be closed.

[Mystikboy]

You should not be using co2 at night to begin with. And in the day, just take note of your CO2 output. Screw it on tightly and it will be fine. Furthermore, if it's a 10 gallon tank, that is a very low output. Unlikely to be Any danger I reckon ^^

[Mystikboy]

Sorry, I assume you've a solenoid?
And tanks don't leak from the base

[qool]

Similar to what Mystik said Co2 should not be used at night. Since at night plants take in O2 and give out Co2.

[Shadow]

Solenoid use to open or close the co2 valve, you can connect it to timer to control when to open and when to close.

[DeadEnd]

Using solenoid will introduce another new worried to you. Cheap solenoid running on electric have the tendency to overheat and burnt itself.
If sway sway you were catching a afternoon nap in the room and it burnt the whole room, how?

[qool]

All these sound like final desination scenarios ...... Make me wonder if ts still dare to use co2 at all.

[Shadow]

worst is when the main valve lose and come off, due to the high pressure, it will propel probably as fast as bullet

[bennyc]

Haha, This are all sway sway scenarios as mentioned by DEadend bro. Just beware of fire due to short circuit(higher possibility).
I hope you are not the main lead in FD. In my opinion, it takes a lot of CO2 to kill you, by then you would have already feel the air seems stuffy or strange.

If all is too worrying for you, why not take the simple solution of moving the tank out of your bedroom? I believe a lush planted tank is more enjoyable given that my plants have sufficient CO2.

[DeadEnd]

There is risk for every decision to be taken!
Even fish tank by itself is also a big risk to the owner. Fish tank will break apart one day. The worst case scenario is when the glass crack in front of the owner while viewing the fish. The glass splinter will pierce through the eyes of the owner and blind he or her and also disfigure his face in the process.

[Shadow]

really become final destination scenarios

[qool]

Deadend you should become FD script writer, you have talent. After seeing your movie we can all go home throw away our Co2 set....

Then the only way to get Co2 into our tank is to use straw blow bubbles... Oh wait later water flow back up then we drown and die.....

[felix_fx2]

You guys forgot electric equipment short and cause fire whole house burn down.

And like staff sergent says : you die fish die,everyone dies

[DeadEnd]

Hehehe, I watched alot of those FD movies and I can think of many of those 0.001% chances of dying. I trying to help TS to expand his imagination here

[Navanod]

You guys forgot electric equipment short and cause fire whole house burn down.

And like staff sergent says : you die fish die,everyone dies

I've seen a burnt Resun chiller before...the control panel overheated and caught fire. Made me paranoid for months.
There was this story of a chiller catching fire, and the heat cracked the fish tank above and the tank burst. The resulting waterfall put out the fire and tripped the electrical mains. I can imagine the owner's face when he got home that night...

As for CO2, I did a layman's safety briefing for my workplace, to make sure the workers don't kill themselves when changing tanks as we have banks of 32 tanks of 50L CO2 running 24/7.

First thing I did was to show them this video


For the purpose of using it for aquarium, just keep in mind a few things:

1. The amount of CO2 injected during normal use should not cause a problem. The fishes will die first before the owner, so there'll be some warning I hope.

2. CO2 sinks as its a heavy gas, creating a "blanket" at ground level. As long as you do not sleep on a "tatami" or "di lam", it's very unlikely that there's enough CO2 in your tank to create a "blanket" high enough to reach you. Of course, if your aircon is stirring the air strongly, you may still suffer from minor CO2 poisoning if there's a major leak.

3. Like the rest said, CO2 should only be used during lighting hours.

For interest sake, here are the symptoms of CO2 toxicity:

Normal air has 0.04% CO2
At 1% concentration some are likely to feel drowsy.
Above 2%, carbon dioxide cause a feeling of heaviness in the chest and/or more frequent and deeper respiration.
Breathing rate doubles at 3% CO2 and is four times the normal rate at 5% CO2.
At levels above 5%, concentration CO2 is directly toxic. Headache, increased heart rate, dizziness, fatigue, rapid breathing, visual and hearing dysfunctions.
There'll likely be a burning sensation (similar to choking on Coca Cola) in the lungs, nose and throat due to formation of carbonic acid when the CO2 reacts with the fluids in the linings of the airways.

Exposure to even higher levels may cause unconsciousness or death within minutes of exposure.

[mincedmeat]

Someone should change the subject title to "FD scenes with CO2 tank

[bennyc]

I've seen a burnt Resun chiller before...the control panel overheated and caught fire. Made me paranoid for months.
There was this story of a chiller catching fire, and the heat cracked the fish tank above and the tank burst. The resulting waterfall put out the fire and tripped the electrical mains. I can imagine the owner's face when he got home that night...

As for CO2, I did a layman's safety briefing for my workplace, to make sure the workers don't kill themselves when changing tanks as we have banks of 32 tanks of 50L CO2 running 24/7.

First thing I did was to show them this video


For the purpose of using it for aquarium, just keep in mind a few things:

1. The amount of CO2 injected during normal use should not cause a problem. The fishes will die first before the owner, so there'll be some warning I hope.

2. CO2 sinks as its a heavy gas, creating a "blanket" at ground level. As long as you do not sleep on a "tatami" or "di lam", it's very unlikely that there's enough CO2 in your tank to create a "blanket" high enough to reach you. Of course, if your aircon is stirring the air strongly, you may still suffer from minor CO2 poisoning if there's a major leak.

3. Like the rest said, CO2 should only be used during lighting hours.

For interest sake, here are the symptoms of CO2 toxicity:

Normal air has 0.04% CO2
At 1% concentration some are likely to feel drowsy.
Above 2%, carbon dioxide cause a feeling of heaviness in the chest and/or more frequent and deeper respiration.
Breathing rate doubles at 3% CO2 and is four times the normal rate at 5% CO2.
At levels above 5%, concentration CO2 is directly toxic. Headache, increased heart rate, dizziness, fatigue, rapid breathing, visual and hearing dysfunctions.
There'll likely be a burning sensation (similar to choking on Coca Cola) in the lungs, nose and throat due to formation of carbonic acid when the CO2 reacts with the fluids in the linings of the airways.

Exposure to even higher levels may cause unconsciousness or death within minutes of exposure.

Wa... very scientific.. very informative.