{"id":170,"date":"2026-07-21T03:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2026-07-21T03:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:31:27","slug":"infographics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/?page_id=170","title":{"rendered":"INFOGRAPHICS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">DIY CO2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:49% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DIY_CO2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DIY_CO2-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/holygaia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DIY_CO2-1-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Bottle 1: The Main 2L Yeast Bottle<\/em><\/strong><br>For a standard 2-liter carbonated soda bottle, you must leave a massive headroom gap at the top so the foam has physical space to rise and collapse before it ever reaches your cap. Exact Ingredients &amp; Volume:<br><br>-Dechlorinated Lukewarm Water (30C): Exactly 1.4 Liters (Fill the bottle roughly 70% full, do not exceed the curve where the bottle begins to narrow toward the neck).<br><br>-White Granulated Sugar: Exactly 2 cups (roughly 400 grams).<br><br>-Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate): Exactly 1\/2 teaspoon. (This acts as a pH buffer to keep the liquid from becoming too acidic, which stabilizes the yeast and prevents explosive, violent foaming spikes).<br><br>-Active Dry Bread Yeast: Exactly 1\/4 teaspoon. (Do not add more yeast to try to get more bubbles; adding too much yeast causes rapid, uncontrollable foaming that burns out in a few days).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assembly Instructions:<br>-Pour the 2 cups of sugar and 1\/2 teaspoon of baking soda into the empty, clean 2L bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-Add your 1.4 liters of lukewarm water. Shake vigorously until the sugar is completely dissolved and the water is clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-In a separate small cup with 2 tablespoons of warm water, sprinkle the 1\/4 teaspoon of yeast. Let it sit undisturbed for 5 minutes until it activates and looks slightly creamy.<br><br>-Pour the activated yeast mixture into the 2L bottle. Give it one gentle swirl (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">do not shake violently<\/span>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Bottle 2: The Separator \/ Bubble Counter Bottle<\/em><br><\/strong>Take a smaller plastic bottle (like a 500ml water or soda bottle) and equip it with a dual-port cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exact Volume: Plain Dechlorinated Water: Fill it exactly 1\/2 full (around 250ml) with normal room- temperature tank or tap water. No sugar, no yeast.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Nitrogen Cycle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aquarium-Nitrogen-Cycle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aquarium-Nitrogen-Cycle.jpg 600w, https:\/\/holygaia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aquarium-Nitrogen-Cycle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holygaia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Aquarium-Nitrogen-Cycle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIY CO2 Bottle 1: The Main 2L Yeast BottleFor a standard 2-liter carbonated soda bottle, you must leave a massive headroom gap at the top so the foam has physical space to rise and collapse before it ever reaches your cap. Exact Ingredients &amp; Volume: -Dechlorinated Lukewarm Water (30C): Exactly 1.4 Liters (Fill the bottle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holygaia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}