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Re: CO2 uptake

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: CO2 uptake
From: eworobe at cc_UManitoba.CA
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:07:42 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.980115074616.29434A-100000 at toliman_cc.umanitoba.ca>


> At 2000 nanomoles per m2 per second you have;
> 
> in a 4' x 2' tank
> 
> 	2 umoles x 8/27 x 3600 x 44 = 94 mg CO2 per hour assuming 100% cover.
> 
> To conver to your tank size take the square footage of your tank, divide 
> by 8, and multiply by 94.
> 
> dave.

OK, I made an error... you need to divide by 11 and not 27 when converting 
square feet (8) to square meters. This means that the final answer is 
almost 3 TIMES what I first calculated, or 230 mg CO2 per hour assuming 
100% cover in a 4' by 2' tank.

dave.

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Re: CO2 uptake

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