what are the pro's and cons of having an air pump in a freshwater tank?
please please tell me what you know!
thanks!
please please tell me what you know!
thanks!
AIR PUMPS- PROS and CONS
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Angler;1567320; said:I used one briefly, and it was noisy.
Needless to say, that is a con
aw i see... did it help your water quality, or do anything else for you?
as in, a bubbler? Pros: looks good and helps with aeration a little, cons: sounds like an air pump. that's pretty much it.
When run in conjunction with a sponge. It's extra bio-filtration. Which is awesome. The usual gimpy stuff from petsmart etc isnt gonna help that much. Go with some coarse pond sponge.
airpump could help add aeration but one con is that having too much aeration in the water, if the fish is used to it, the fish might die when a power shortage occurs (thus you've got to have a back up - i.e. battery operated or sort). fish not used to high levels of aeration have better chances of survival during power shortages than those that are.
I won't reiterate what has been posted above. Another con would be that with a planted tank the extra surface agitation (thus gas exchange) is going to outgas a lot more CO2, and less for plants.
CoryWM;1567334; said:
ok hummm well my filtration doesn't use a "sponge" in it.... is there a kind i can just put in the water? or does that not work.... sorry if this sounds stupid...
so is there a way to get the pros of a air pump, with out using an air pump? maybe using something else?
Extremely thriving plants. If the plants are growing extremely fast, via photosynthesis, they will put a lot more O2 in the water.