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Post by mralgae on Jul 26, 2006 20:19:33 GMT
i have read that plants do not like air stones in the tank as it upsets the balance of co2 etc. if the tube was clamped so only small amount of bubbles came out would this still have a bad effect over all.
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Post by karen on Jul 26, 2006 20:31:53 GMT
good question as i have always heard that too but to be honest with you most fish keepers i know have air stones in their tanks without any problems and i also do and my plants grow fine.hopefully someone else will give their opinions on this.
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Post by mralgae on Jul 26, 2006 22:17:58 GMT
think this one could be a good topic to discuss. about who is right or wrong. like topic on books when anthony said about experiance. dont know which forum it would go in though.
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Post by martin on Jul 27, 2006 20:16:34 GMT
I have heard this too but i dont really think it does affect plants
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Post by twylyghtz on Jul 28, 2006 11:07:14 GMT
Every planed tank I have seen has had air stones in them and the plants looked great.
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Post by mralgae on Jul 28, 2006 17:58:34 GMT
well that oly leaves me to leave the airstone in the tank. thanks folks. you prob see it if i can get pic to dowload for this mths totm
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Post by jackpike on Aug 15, 2006 22:57:01 GMT
What are we talking about here, injecting co2 through an air stone or running co2 injection and pumping air through an air stone at the same time?
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Post by mralgae on Aug 16, 2006 2:47:22 GMT
was trying to find out if adding an air stone to a planted tank that has c02 injection would cause any harm to the plants. as to areate the water would drive off the co2 as stated in all readings about planted tanks. but as stated in the above replys no body seems to have any probs with airstones in thier planted tanks. its another one of those 'if it works for you then do it' as all reading seems to conflict with what one person says another will contradict it.
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Post by jackpike on Aug 16, 2006 19:22:37 GMT
oxygen and fast moving currents in water drive off co2, those people who use co2 injection and aerate thier tank water are really in my view wasting thier time with co2 injection if thier plants are growing fine. I think they would find thier plants would grow just the same without it. but on the other hand if they are growing plants to sell, for instance, and they want improved growth there's no doubt that co2 injection without aeration and fast moving currents, would give them this extra growth.
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Post by mralgae on Aug 16, 2006 19:35:40 GMT
very true, thats what i was finding out. but obviously it works for some folk as depends on how many plants to begin with and how much c02 in the tank. ph/kh. the more plants the more c02 used up by them. the fewer the plants wouldnt need so much so airstones wouldnt be a prob. i since took the airstone out because c02 had reduced down to much, since then co2 levels gone back up and all is OK.
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Post by jackpike on Aug 16, 2006 19:54:41 GMT
mralgae, did u get your iron pellet yet.
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Post by mralgae on Aug 16, 2006 20:13:40 GMT
no. but got E-mail today to say it had been sent. think the ph meter arrived to day but missed it got to collect it tomorrow. will let you know when they get here.
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Post by mralgae on Aug 22, 2006 13:21:02 GMT
iron pellets arrived yesterday. jackpick have you done a read on the water when you use the pellets. dont know if just me but put pellet in a bowl of water over night and another with just water. done a ph read this morning and the one with iron in it went done in ph to 6.8 when the water was 7. which is correct for my water here. defo more iron in the water as usualy iron test is .2 now with the pelet it is .5
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Post by jackpike on Aug 22, 2006 17:05:59 GMT
If you are testing the Ph in a small amount of water and its dropping by .2. Work out how many bowls of water equal your aquarium water then divide that number into .2. I'm pretty sure that the drop in ph, will be diluited many, many times to a point where it would be insignifcant. I used them in a 180l tank and have seen absolutely no difference in Ph.
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