Oygenating biomedia?
- Thread starter Raul-7
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The bubbles dont oxygenate the water until they break the surface tension and exchange gasses with the atmosphere.
Its not 100% necessary unless your using some dynamic moving bed media like k1.
The circulation can't hurt anything, but it's not really vital in most cases
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Its not 100% necessary unless your using some dynamic moving bed media like k1.
The circulation can't hurt anything, but it's not really vital in most cases
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Aren't those bubbles filled with air (aka 21% oxygen). Wouldn't some of that diffuse into the water?
It will benefit your bio media by providing oxygen rich water, the oxygenation process mainly occurs when the bubbles break surface tension and exchange gas with the atmosphere - so the air stone would have the same benefit no matter where you placed it in the tank or sump. It wouldn't hurt to have extra water circulation in your biomedia if thats something you want to do.
Water can only hold so much oxygen. Once its saturated with oxygen thats it. most tanks are adequately oxygenated from filters and overflows. But having extra definitely does not hurt aside from the added potential of evaporation from all the bubbles.
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Water can only hold so much oxygen. Once its saturated with oxygen thats it. most tanks are adequately oxygenated from filters and overflows. But having extra definitely does not hurt aside from the added potential of evaporation from all the bubbles.
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Thanks.
I was about buy 2 air pumps and diffusers; have one going into my return pump and the other under the biomedia. But I guess one will suffice.