[AquaticLife] Air Pumps?
That was my reaction. I have over 250 gallons of freshwater tanks and nary an air pump. Except a battery operated one for transporting fish in a bucket, under $10.
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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lenny V. aka GoldLenny Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:50 PM To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Air Pumps?
Do you definitely need or want one?
Since you are planning on using live plants, you may not want or need one. Your tank will have plenty of water circulation, based on your filter choices, and probably have plenty of surface agitation for proper gas exchange.
Unless you like the aesthetics of the bubbles rising along the back wall or out of the treasure chest or alligator’s mouth.. lol.. it likely will not likely be needed for your tank. I haven’t compared any in several years but the last time I did, I chose a Rena air pump for price, quietness, brand reputation (I was already using their Filstar canister filters), etc. I also found that setting it on a small piece of clean carpet reduced the vibration/noise dramatically. The only downside I used to have with Rena is it was a French company (political boycott reasons.. lol) but that was remedied when API bought them.
It might also be good to have one in the event of the need to set up an emergency tank to be used with a sponge filter but you might also consider getting a battery operated air pump, instead of an electric powered one (your local fishing store and Wal-Mart should have these for running in live bait buckets) to use in the case of then need to set up an emergency tank and it also could be used on your main tank in the event of a power failure.
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