Health issues with "bubble walls"?

[Bottomfeeder]

I was wondering about this. Some people use big bubbling strips to make a "bubble wall", but I have always wondered... does it cause stress/health issues with fish by making the tank full of air? Wouldn't it be like trying to breathe while being sprayed with a garden hose?

Just wondering

 

[oscarlover61898]

Fish breathe oxygen, not water
a bubble wall is designed for asthetic appeal and to add oxygen to the water
so it would be like being blasted in the face with clean pure air
thats why you see so many fish swimming through them
they like the feeling and it gives them a fresh burst of oxygen

 

[Bottomfeeder]

But the bubbles are air.

 

[turtlesrock]

fish breath air! THATS WHY THEY HAVE GIIILLLLSSS

 

[kevinfleming21]

But the bubbles are air.

That's exactly why fish love them, the more the better. Just as you cannot over filter a tank, I am pretty sure you cannot over aerate a tank either.

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

But the bubbles are air.

Exactly they aerate the water. Giving them PURE air.

 

[jcardona1]

the bubbles themselves arent adding oxygen. they cause surface agitation that increases the gas exchange at the surface of the water allowing oxygen to enter the water from the surrounding atmosphere.

bubbles = surface agitation = aeration = oxygenated water

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Well yeah, but as the air is traveling from the strip to the surface, wouldn't it stress the fish?

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

Well yeah, but as the air is traveling from the strip to the surface, wouldn't it stress the fish?

No, and if it did, you'd see them backing away from it as far as they can.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

I'm a believer in airstones, there's no doubt that they are beneficial, I'm asking about the bubble strips that create a wall of bubbles in the tank.