How Much CO2 in an Exhale?

what about just buying a CO2 tank for a paintball gun like a 20 oz or 30 oz for 20 30 bucks and just leak out some CO2 everyday. it only cost 4 bucks to have it refilled... money well spent... I have a CO2 tank... just too lazy to get it filled... paintballing is illegal in my retarted state. and theirs only one paintball store in the whole damn borough... but walmarts and K-marts have them in most states.

tck you mind as well get a 20lb co2 tank, 100 for a used tank and about 30bucks to get a 20lb tank refilled.

hohoh too god for 20 ounces hu? you need 20 LBS!?
nah I will definetly do that eventualy. but when I can do it right with the gas moniter thing and all that shit.
I'm just saying their talking about using breath for co2. so Id rather spend the 30 bucks rather than blowing bags all day

ezra2662 said:

Thats an ingenious idea - and there is a way for you to fill balloons with nearly 100% carbon dioxide. All you have to do is inhale deeply and hold your breath. The longer you hold it, the more oxygen is absorbed and the more CO2 replaced. Holding your breath for a good 30 seconds or so would do the trick. After the balloon is full, place a piece of scotch tape on the bottom of the ballon and pucture at the center of it - it will help the rubber hold its shape and not rip at the pucture location. If you filled 5 or 6 a day I'm sure it would work.

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Obviously, any exhalation would still be mostly nitrogen gas, close to what you breathe in (78% in atmosphere).
I HOPE you're just suggesting the ballon thing as a joke, either that or you should abstain a bit before posting.

A simple one gallon fermenting container will provide a slow continuous supply of CO2 for 3-4 weeks. Not a great solution, but not bad if you just have cirrculation fan in a small area and no venting fan to suck out extra CO2 along with heat. No screwing with ballons with pinholes that may last all of a few minutes, if that long.

One recipe:

One gallon jug (from Arizona Tea for example). 3c sucrose (table sugar) boiled in 5c H2O for 5min to help break disaccharide into component glucose/fructose (easier for yeast to munch), another 5c cold water added to boiled sugar solution (cold to speed cooling off), 2c apple/grape juice (or similar) to provide acidity and protiens for the yeast, and another 2c room temp H2O with yeast started. After yeast has had a chance to hydrate (30min?) add it in, IF solution's cooled down enough. Temp shock kills yeast. Add a bubbler to watch CO2 production if you want (airline tubing from fermenter sealed with silicone sealer -> submerged into smaller bottle filled 1/2 with water). Replace as CO2 bubbles slow significantly. Not sure what's a good amount, but probable depends on room size/# of plants. Add more fermenters and stagger deployment (ie. 3 gallons, replace oldest one each week) to keep CO2 levels even.
Airline tubing, tube connectors, silicone sealant/sealer can all be found with aquarium supplies at local store like walmart.

As a bonus, take extra care to rack (remove liquid, leaving dregs) the fermented brew after 3-4 weeks (and rack again, and again) and you'll have a drinkable 'wine' in a couple months too. If you want to try this, you also need to take care to sanitize the frementer/racking container prior to use.

More info and example can be found by searching for DIY co2 (for aquariums).

Great Dangermouse, and to anyone else out there want to try this method; alot of people here limit theirselves to like coke bottles with a hole on top, well this method is really cheap and effective. Don't limit yourself to a coke bottle people, try a 5 gal bucket skys the limit for this method because you can get lbs of sugar and lbs of yeast(Amazon.com: Instant Yeast (Fleischmanns) 1lb: Gourmet Food), and water is just unlimited!

Dangermouse said:

Obviously, any exhalation would still be mostly nitrogen gas, close to what you breathe in (78% in atmosphere).
I HOPE you're just suggesting the ballon thing as a joke, either that or you should abstain a bit before posting.

A simple one gallon fermenting container will provide a slow continuous supply of CO2 for 3-4 weeks. Not a great solution, but not bad if you just have cirrculation fan in a small area and no venting fan to suck out extra CO2 along with heat. No screwing with ballons with pinholes that may last all of a few minutes, if that long.

One recipe:

One gallon jug (from Arizona Tea for example). 3c sucrose (table sugar) boiled in 5c H2O for 5min to help break disaccharide into component glucose/fructose (easier for yeast to munch), another 5c cold water added to boiled sugar solution (cold to speed cooling off), 2c apple/grape juice (or similar) to provide acidity and protiens for the yeast, and another 2c room temp H2O with yeast started. After yeast has had a chance to hydrate (30min?) add it in, IF solution's cooled down enough. Temp shock kills yeast. Add a bubbler to watch CO2 production if you want (airline tubing from fermenter sealed with silicone sealer -> submerged into smaller bottle filled 1/2 with water). Replace as CO2 bubbles slow significantly. Not sure what's a good amount, but probable depends on room size/# of plants. Add more fermenters and stagger deployment (ie. 3 gallons, replace oldest one each week) to keep CO2 levels even.
Airline tubing, tube connectors, silicone sealant/sealer can all be found with aquarium supplies at local store like walmart.

As a bonus, take extra care to rack (remove liquid, leaving dregs) the fermented brew after 3-4 weeks (and rack again, and again) and you'll have a drinkable 'wine' in a couple months too. If you want to try this, you also need to take care to sanitize the frementer/racking container prior to use.

More info and example can be found by searching for DIY co2 (for aquariums).

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theres a whole paragraph full of science and "not sure's" to try and refute the possibility of a Small benefit from ballons in a closet. I hope this was just a joke or maybe next time abstain a little before posting

theres a whole paragraph full of science and "not sure's" to try and refute the possibility of a Small benefit from ballons in a closet. I hope this was just a joke or maybe next time abstain a little before posting

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Hehe, guess it wasn't a joke after all. Seem to have touched a nerve.

As it happens, the only 'not sure' in my post was the amount or # of fermenters that would be best, as that OBVIOUSLY depends on an individuals needs for space and #/size of plants. You seemed to have imagined more than one 'not sure', but as there aren't more, I can't respond to those points.

The 'balloon' method, would required balloon, after balloon, after etc, etc, etc. A number every hour to make a significant difference in even a small closet's volume, after the initial minute or so of emptying. Just seems like a needless hassle.

The point I was after in trying to help was that the fermenter alternative supplies a continuous supply of 100% CO2 for weeks at a time with no fussing once you have it started. In addition, the amount of CO2 produced can be easily scaled with just a bigger bucket and more ingrediants, and hardly any extra work.

Why do people have to be assholes?

thats what I always wanted to know... why are you cancled?

well... I dont even rememeber what happend! but it was a happy thread. and than anger came in and started breaking shit... and I shot him... and he left.

paintballing illegal!!! thats friggin horrible. glad i dont live there.

yea. its terrible theres only one place to go paintballing around here and its 30 minutes away. and it cost 250 to play... theres a place acros the street from the paintbal store where people play and they made it better than some of the feilds I've been to... and its free... you just need to bring people or be lucky enough to run into some.

omg i couldnt live there. i play for free any time i want. all i need is air and paint. friend could help but i tend to lack those.. lol. that does really suck.

its true... HEY SINCE when did roll it up start letting fake bud people addvertise here????
I hate fake bud!!!!1

And lastly and most importantly, always take Mentos before storing exhaled Co2...................... for the plant's sake!

I use mouthwash!

somebody eat some mentos and then drink some diet coke, that will enhance the amount of co2 in a exhale by x10.

oh oh i know,,,,,, what would happen if i got like 20 hamsters and let them live in my grow room??? of course they would have a hard time blowing up the balloons, but i think i could train them.

hmmmm. having an animal do the breathing for you.. good idea... just need an animal with alot of breath

something that breaths alot,,,, and can tie a balloon. chupacabra maybe?