Bubblers

[brcacti]

I agree with "midnights answers above, helps add soluble air to the water and probably exchange gas out of the water. I wonder if there are ways to measure the dissolved air in the water? I think there is but dont know how. Also if the power goes off it would be great to have a battery powered airator that goes on automatically then no worries.

 

[Matt181]

i think additional air helps considerately however i have heard that too much can be a bad thing

if you want to move your fish on to someone else who provides less airation than you the fish will suffer as it is used to breathing in water full of O2.

think about where your fish comes from. keeping a fish from waters with little O2, in a tank with lots of O2 is not what this creature is used to. although it is said that keeping fish in aquariums is not natural but ultimately the fish has adapted to live in the environment it has and has been so successfull that we can capture and keep them. so if we try and keep the environments the same the fish will thrive more than it would in the wild, due to the fact it does not have to hunt and is not at risk from predidition.

just a 14yr olds with little fish experiance take on things
Matt

 

[soulFish]

thanks guys this helped alot. I added a couple of bubblers, fish seem to breath easier and they look a bit more lively.

 

[Dr Joe]

I agree with "midnights answers above, helps add soluble air to the water and probably exchange gas out of the water. I wonder if there are ways to measure the dissolved air in the water? I think there is but dont know how. Also if the power goes off it would be great to have a battery powered airator that goes on automatically then no worries.

It's called dissolved oxygen (DO) http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/management/joysmanual/4oxygen.html

Dr Joe

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