just trying to find out how many people use air pumps or bubblers,in thier tanks? just wondering because i want to stop using mine due to the fact that it make tiny little bubbles and makes the tank look cloudy.
air pump or no air pump?
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You dont need an air pump. There is always enought oxygen in the tank for the fish. And in a planted tank air pumps are really bad because they drive out Co2. Its a matter or personal prefence.
Thats Co2, not oxygen
Thats Co2, not oxygen
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I use an air pump in my Q-tank. You see, it uses a sponge filter, so I sort of need an air pump. I don't use an air pump on my planted 29 gallon community tank. You see, as mentioned above, the surface agitation helps gas off CO2. Also, someday, I plan on making a totally wacky 20 gallon long with flourescent pink and green gravel, neon colored fake plants and as many moving aeration ornaments as I can reasonably squeeze in without frightening the fish. I'll also have the obligatory ceramic "No Fishing" sign ornament and the ceramic or reson ship wreck on the bottom. It will rock. You will all be jealous. I will reign the aquatic hobbyist world and win prizes, fame and be fawned over by hot aquarist groupies...
*Ahem* Anyway, I didn't know how to answer your poll exactly. Air pumps have their place, it just depends on what sort of filtration and set up you have.
*Ahem* Anyway, I didn't know how to answer your poll exactly. Air pumps have their place, it just depends on what sort of filtration and set up you have.
I'll just go watch my skeleton rise up from his barrel or my goldfish pick at his pink gravel now.:cool2:
My airpump and bubble wall has a pretty good job in my tank, they bubbles floats up and casuing the water to circulate so any other food or trash will float up and end up geting sucked up by my 2 filters. And i do hate the little annoying tiny bubbles they make, what i did to get rid of that was burry the bubble wall in my gravel all the way on the bottom. So it acts kind of like a bell and the bubbles build up enough power to float through the gravel witch is a pretty biger bubble then regular. About half an inch and biger.
Trust me, I wasn;t knocking that kind of tank. I honest to goodness want exactly what I described. I LOVE that style of tank but decided to go with planted in my show tank for now.mvigor said:
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