[AquaticLife] Air Pumps?
I use a fusion quiet power air pump for my decorations, it’s very quiet and it has an adjustable knob on the top so you can pick how fast you want it to push the air. The feet are little rubber pads so it doesn’t seem to make a lot of vibration noise as well. hope this helps Bill 
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Donna Ransome wrote: > > 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. > > _____ > > 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. > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny. > blogspot.com > (Links to articles referenced above listed on the right side under > Archives > - Year, Month and under Labels) > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@ yahoogroups.com > [mailto:AquaticLife@ > yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of bill1433 > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:31 AM > To: AquaticLife > Subject: [AquaticLife] Air Pumps? > > Can I please ask for recommendations on air pumps. One for a single > tank of > 29 gallons and that is reliable? Sorry I forgot to add this to my previous > postings this morning. > > Another Senior Moment! > > Bill > > _____ > > avast! Antivirus > com> : Outbound > message clean. > > Virus Database (VPS): 081210-0, 12/10/2008 > Tested on: 12/10/2008 3:50:26 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
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