How Do You Aerate Your Monster Tank??

[MaC420]

What do you guys use to keep oxygen up in your tanks? Can anybody recommend a SUPER quiet airpump from experience? Or any better ideas?

 

[Hendre]

Piston air pumps are powerful and quieter. like seriously

what are you looking to aerate?

 

[Angelphish]

What do you guys use to keep oxygen up in your tanks? Can anybody recommend a SUPER quiet airpump from experience? Or any better ideas?

I have a sump that flows 1400gph, so my tank is likely aerated by that alone, but I also use a tetra AP300 for good measure. The tank is 210 gallons.

 

[MaC420]

Just under 600 litres but there's a fair few plants so just keeping it topped up overnight mostly.
with the tetra ap's I had one many years ago and I remember it being really annoying is it quiet? And I've never heard of piston pumps?

 

[Hendre]

Piston pumps are run differently to most pumps, they don't use a diaphram

 

[J. H.]

No monster tank. 55. I have a reverse undergravel filter, and I have a pipe with a ball valve running to the top with a nozzle on the end. I send some of my pump output to send a stream across the surface of the water to create ripples (aka aeration).

 

[tlindsey]

My 180 is supplied with aeration from my trickle filtered sump and Aquaclear 110 plenty of surface movement.

 

[Fish Tank Travis]

You really just need some good flow and surface agitation. You can achieve this be just pointing a filter return towards the surface or doing the same with a power head.

If you run a sump then the flow through it is probably plenty and I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[nzafi]

Jehmco and alita. Both are very quiet. Linear pumps are more reliable but more expensive.

 

[millerkid519]

I use a coralife scl65 and a cheap 110lpm air pump for my k1.
Slc is spit to 4 air stones between my 180 and 125 and the 110lpm pump is on my k1 chamber on the 180.
The 125 tank has a trickle tower aswell which helps alot for air exchange.