over aireation

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jenBLKAROWANA said:
I got it arounf Fathers day. It has been set up and running since then. I just converted it to brackish about a month or 2 ago....could the salt in the water hold more air bubbles?
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ahHA! so it is new, set-up wise i mean

its not that salt holds more bubbles, it that the water is alittle more dense than reg freshwater so organic material is more likely to cling to the bubbles making it foamy. but after your tank becomes well established it will stop.
 
Here is the artical I read

published by: Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc.
© 2004 Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc.

The measurement of total dissolved gas pressure (TGP) can be a very important factor in aquaculture. When the total pressure of all gases in the water exceeds the ambient atmospheric pressure at the water's surface, supersaturation exists. The effect of excessive supersaturation on fish has been well documented and has caused massive fish kills.

Supersaturation can be caused by numerous man-made and natural sources including:


Dam spillways that allow a high volume discharge to plunge air deep into the receiving water.
Water pump inlets that suck air putting that air under high pressure in the piping (this is all too common).
Naturally high levels of nitrogen that can be found in well water.
Algae blooms that can cause supersaturated levels of oxygen.
Temperature changes, which affect the saturation level. Simply heating the water can cause lethal supersaturation.


Here is a link to all of their tech articals

http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/techtalk.list

And their home page

http://www.aquaticeco.com/
 
Its not foamy...just lots of bubbles in the water....I could adjust the air pump, the bubble wall is a little strong...byt the fish love to swim in it...The silver scats are always playing in the bubbles....they start at the bottom and just float up to the top...Its the weirdest thing!
 
DeLgAdO said:
there is no such thing as over aerating your tank

you can only reach equalibrium with the surrounding atmosphere, depending on temperature, higer temp holds less O2 than colder temps.
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Are you sure? read my last post.
 
repair said:
Here is the artical I read

published by: Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc.
© 2004 Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc.

The measurement of total dissolved gas pressure (TGP) can be a very important factor in aquaculture. When the total pressure of all gases in the water exceeds the ambient atmospheric pressure at the water's surface, supersaturation exists. The effect of excessive supersaturation on fish has been well documented and has caused massive fish kills.

Supersaturation can be caused by numerous man-made and natural sources including:


Dam spillways that allow a high volume discharge to plunge air deep into the receiving water.
Water pump inlets that suck air putting that air under high pressure in the piping (this is all too common).
Naturally high levels of nitrogen that can be found in well water.
Algae blooms that can cause supersaturated levels of oxygen.
Temperature changes, which affect the saturation level. Simply heating the water can cause lethal supersaturation.


Here is a link to all of their tech articals

http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/techtalk.list

And their home page

http://www.aquaticeco.com/
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the only thing i can think of that would lead over aeration would be the misuse of those oxygen suppling devices, i borrowed a aquaticeco catalog from a friend one time and saw some kind of device that uses an airstone to aerate with pure oxygen. thats the only thing i can think of.

that an interesting article their repair
 
Sometimes I should just close the catalogs and not read the tech.... my life would be simpler :ROFL:
 
repair said:
Sometimes I should just close the catalogs and not read the tech.... my life would be simpler :ROFL:
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:ROFL: It does get rather stressfull...lol....I just go with the flow untill I read about something (on this site) That I should or should not be doing...lol...I get all in a tizzy over things sometimes...lol....

Jen ;)
 
Allowing fine bubbles to flow into a reef tank may irritate sensitive invertebrates. Although it is not likely, small air bubbles may become trapped in the mouth parts of shrimp and crabs. Also, any bubbles trapped under live rock and corral will kill any life that was there and prevent any new corraline algea growth in those spots. Lots of bubbles also cuase corrals to produce copious amounts of mucus. This is a stress response, and if it happens frequently, it may cuase corals to lose significant amounts of carbon.

Aquarium Fish Magazine, April 2005

This is just somthing I read, I have never experienced this myself.
 
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