How many air stones?

[leesst200]

Hi all

I have a juwel 190 tank and was wondering how many airstones I should have?
Does it matter how many?

 

[Rbishop]

No, it doesn't matter how many you have. In fact, you don't need them at all provided your filters are providing sufficeint surface agitation. They can be used mainly if you like the look of them, as I do.

 

[Phil22]

Well I have a 55gal tank and it has 2 air stones so for a 190gal i would put 5 to 7 in

 

[Weezer]

Our fish like to swim through them, we have an 18" bubble stick along the back and they swim back and forth, There are also several other air stones for airation and apperence.......

 

[Mgamer20o0]

No, it doesn't matter how many you have. In fact, you don't need them at all provided your filters are providing sufficeint surface agitation. They can be used mainly if you like the look of them, as I do.

agrees. i have zero air pumps going at this time.

 

[J double R]

agrees. i have zero air pumps going at this time.

same here. i keep one on hand for emergencies, but otherwise don't use them.

 

[hitman12131976]

I use air stones for two reasons:

1. For looks
2. To agitate the water where I think I have low circulation. I find this out by grinding flake food finely and then releasing it into the flow of the water. If I notice that the food stays stagnant at one spot for a while, then I may have low agitation there. I had one spot like this before, so I bought an air stone to fix that problem.