Aquarium airpump/airstone overpowerful-Overdose 02 ?

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I'm thinking is posible to overdose air in aquarium ?
220 gal with 1600 l/h air thats 422 gal per haur. Its that too much ? and can kill fish ?
I saw great airpump online.
I Always wanted to know that.
C'mon guys.
 
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I'm using this now. But i have too much litle bubles in my tank. Its eheim compact + 1102 5000 L/h
If i turn off this my oscars are on surface of tank in 3-4 haurs.
I also have eheim 400 airpump but its not enough for 220 gal if i run it alone.
I'm going to use powerhead with out difusor because of litle bubles swiming in my tank.
And I'm going to buy new airpump but i don't wanted to kill my fish with too much air if its posible.
I'm thinking is not posible but don't wanted disaster :help2:

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No you can't put too much O2. Water can only hold so much O2 before it can't hold anymore and the fish will only use what their body needs and just release the rest along with CO2 and other gases. You'll be fine


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The fish will be fine. Highly oxygenated water is good for your submerged bio filtration also.



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Aw3s0m3 said:
No you can't put too much O2. Water can only hold so much O2 before it can't hold anymore and the fish will only use what their body needs and just release the rest along with CO2 and other gases. You'll be fine


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Hello; Yes this. The air is around 21% oxygen. No matter how many bubbles you introduce, room air will still be around 21%. A high bubble rate should help maintain adequate levels in a tank. Too many fish, too large fish, too warm water plus decay from excess food can deplete the O2.
I run bubblers in all tanks. This has been a saving factor at times.
 
The only question you could ask your self is that maybe your filter is not putting out. The surface disturbance from your filter should be almost enough for your Oscars. Of course there are factors here I don't know but breaking surface tension of the water is always good. Some fish don't like to much water movement but most cichlids need quite a lot. Just curious how do you filter your tank.
 
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