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What can I use to put Co2 into a 10 gal. tank? I hope to have a betta in the tank, so please make sure it's safe for a betta's fins.
I am willing to save money, but preferably it's cheaper. Brand suggestions/type?
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Any of the methods. Depends on how much you want to spend.

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You can try DIY yeast CO2, but if you're serious, I recommend going with a pressurized CO2 injection system, which will cost around $300 with all the bells and whistles required. It will be safe for the betta's fins if you diffuse the co2 through an atomizer, hardwood, or a reactor. I recommend a reactor because there is zero CO2 loss. With atomizers, you lose a bit. Downside to reactor is that you have to run a pump. If you're already using a pump of some sort, you can workout the plumbing to include the CO2.
What about a small setup like a aquatek nano regulator mini and a paintball tank? That's pretty small and not too much in the expensive side. Prob run you like $140 give or take for the whole setup.
What can I use to put Co2 into a 10 gal. tank? I hope to have a betta in the tank, so please make sure it's safe for a betta's fins.
I am willing to save money, but preferably it's cheaper. Brand suggestions/type?
Paintball tank about $30 filled depending where your from Aquatek mini regulator directly fits onto it without any extra hardware you need to buy that runs $80... $110 is the cheapest your going to get a pressurized setup for. And on a 10g tank it will last you a very long time depending on what size paintball tank you

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What about a small setup like a aquatek nano regulator mini and a paintball tank? That's pretty small and not too much in the expensive side. Prob run you like $140 give or take for the whole setup.
That's the setup I'm going with on both my 10g tanks

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Quick, stupid question: What is "paintball"? :/

EDIT: Is this what paintball tank is:
https://www.amazon.com/3Skull-Paint...r=8-1-spons&keywords=paintball+co2+tank&psc=1
Yes that is it and you can get this and it just screws right onto it

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008..._1_2?colid=324DFB1OI3BUR&coliid=IVHCVJM8YM7CN

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That's exactly what I was looking at. Thanks so much, everyone! I am going to be using these most likely. We'll see how it goes. :D
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That's exactly what I was looking at. Thanks so much, everyone! I am going to be using these most likely. We'll see how it goes. :D
Yea you should be fine

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I had good luck with a DIY setup on my 6.5G tank, I just ran an air stone at night to offset the Co2 running 24/7 in the end I got tired of messing with it and now have a paintball setup that everyone is talking about.
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