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Thank you all for the replies it is highly appreciated.
@SmokingWings yes you have come the closest to my question. And thank you for taking the time to read through some of it...i literally rabbit holed myself lol Im sorry I may asked Incorrectly. I got alot of answers revolving around the c02 itself and not the other side of the question.... Benefits to using carbonated mineral water over c02. Which in every one of them talk about the benefits of the dissolved nutrients...that's the key to my question.. not so much the c02 it self.
"Carbonated water contains macronutrients that are essential to plant growth, according to researchers at the University of Colorado. The nutrients found in carbonated water are potassium, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and sodium. The researchers used the plant baby's tears as a test subject. Some plants received tap water and others received carbonated water. The carbonated plants grew more than twice as large as the tap water plants. The nutrients are already dissolved, which makes it easier for the plant to uptake them before they leach out of the soil"
I don't have the space nor the funds for the c02 tanks... But I have tried a few off the wall methods to help things work.... Such as straight nutes given in smaller doses less often (showed rapid growth)... Lightly steaming soil of a hard to pop seed (which I managed to save 3 out of 6 dead/old seeds doing this)...and using live composting soil to grow in ( adding raw product to the soil of everyone of my plants not just cannabis).
Everything that everyone knows here is due to someone branching out and not doing what they were told and experimenting, from topping to nutrients to HST/LST. ALL OF IT. THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
Me replying this way is not to knock anyone's knowledge or experience, but to try to open the minds a bit as the sweet mary Jane does for all of us.
I will be conducting this one my self. I have two Northern Lights seedlings that are both the same age and in the same environment. One will be fed flat carbonated mineral water and the other will only get filtered tap water. And I will document amounts, growth, and then give a side by side comparison.... If no one else will try it then I will.... Nothing ventured nothing gained!
@SmokingWings yes you have come the closest to my question. And thank you for taking the time to read through some of it...i literally rabbit holed myself lol Im sorry I may asked Incorrectly. I got alot of answers revolving around the c02 itself and not the other side of the question.... Benefits to using carbonated mineral water over c02. Which in every one of them talk about the benefits of the dissolved nutrients...that's the key to my question.. not so much the c02 it self.
"Carbonated water contains macronutrients that are essential to plant growth, according to researchers at the University of Colorado. The nutrients found in carbonated water are potassium, carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and sodium. The researchers used the plant baby's tears as a test subject. Some plants received tap water and others received carbonated water. The carbonated plants grew more than twice as large as the tap water plants. The nutrients are already dissolved, which makes it easier for the plant to uptake them before they leach out of the soil"
I don't have the space nor the funds for the c02 tanks... But I have tried a few off the wall methods to help things work.... Such as straight nutes given in smaller doses less often (showed rapid growth)... Lightly steaming soil of a hard to pop seed (which I managed to save 3 out of 6 dead/old seeds doing this)...and using live composting soil to grow in ( adding raw product to the soil of everyone of my plants not just cannabis).
Everything that everyone knows here is due to someone branching out and not doing what they were told and experimenting, from topping to nutrients to HST/LST. ALL OF IT. THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
Me replying this way is not to knock anyone's knowledge or experience, but to try to open the minds a bit as the sweet mary Jane does for all of us.
I will be conducting this one my self. I have two Northern Lights seedlings that are both the same age and in the same environment. One will be fed flat carbonated mineral water and the other will only get filtered tap water. And I will document amounts, growth, and then give a side by side comparison.... If no one else will try it then I will.... Nothing ventured nothing gained!
I am one of those older hippie outdoor growers and I do not know of any other old hippie that uses extra carbon dioxide on their outdoor grows. There might be a few of us who use it on indoor grows but I don't know any of them. I think you have us old hippies confused with some of those young whipper-snappers.
maybe with 100+ plants in the same environment, measured perfect, etc would it be plausible to conduct a proper experiment...but not with two that are already different. Thank you 
so thanks for everyone being patient with me . And yea I learned a bit from back and forth reading and seeing what the comments here were. I gained knowledge 
it worked though, but at the risk of getting electrocuted 
as if any had tried it....cuz it's blasted as "beneficial" for a straight 10-15 links...but nothing to really show or verify....and not on marijuana plants, except if your read through some of the other grow forums and look it up on they're search engines people have tried with various results. But still no actual proof. Thanks for taking time to look into it, I'm sure you can understand why the idea arised. 
