Another Wet/Dry question

[hermxl1]

Any truth to the idea that running an air line from a small tank pump directly in the dry section of a W/D filter will make the bacteria more efficient critters in cleaning your water? The idea is suppose to be that the process is works better in a more oxygen rich environment. I went ahead and ran air lines into my dry sections but since my tank has almost always had them, I don't know if its truely helping cuz I have nothing to compare it to.

 

[daveedka]

Any truth to the idea that running an air line from a small tank pump directly in the dry section of a W/D filter will make the bacteria more efficient critters in cleaning your water?

Some truth but IMO insignificant. The bacteria do better in an oxygen rich environment, which is the basic concept behind the wet dry in the first place, But for practicle purposes you won't see a differnce in the bio-filters preformance unless your previous set-up was drastically starving the bacteria of oxygen.

 

[ChicoRaton]

why not get a O2 tank and regulator and inject pure oxygen into the wet/dry?

 

[hermxl1]

Originally posted by ChicoRaton
why not get a O2 tank and regulator and inject pure oxygen into the wet/dry?

Mainly cuz this was a poor man's setup. I didn't want to spend a lot of money to test a theory. This only cost me $15 bucks. I agree with daveedka

that I didn't think it was that big of a help, but I did it anyway because it was taking soooooooo lonnnnggg for my 220g tank to handle the Nitrites during the cycling and I hoped that this would speed it along. The ammonia guys came along pretty quickly, but it took the nitrite eaters over 3 weeks to get the water levels under control. To top it all off, all the frequent water changes was adding some much phosphate to my tank that if there was a market for algae bloom, I could have bottled it up and made myself the next Bill Gates.

 

[RTR]

I agree that the benefit from aeration is trivial in the 'dry" portion of the W/D.

Disregarding costs, O2 forms explosive mixtures with air, so is a hazard around electrical equipment. It is also toxic at concentrations significantly above normal proportions.

 

[hermxl1]

Originally posted by RTR
I agree that the benefit from aeration is trivial in the 'dry" portion of the W/D.

Disregarding costs, O2 forms explosive mixtures with air, so is a hazard around electrical equipment. It is also toxic at concentrations significantly above normal proportions.

That completely seals that deal.... No need for all that risk.