Re: [AGA Member] First post: tank oxygenation with power heads

[Colin Alston <karnaugh@karnaugh.za.net>]

Mike Wickham wrote:

> >> Anyway I've decided I'm sick of wasting money on rubbish diaphragm air
> >> pumps so got a power head and filter all-in-one thing (Fluval 1). It
> >> seems to be going great, and my fish seems to enjoy the current (and
> you
> >> cant beat how quiet it is!). Anyhow my question is what about air?
>
> Air bubbles don't add oxygen. It's the water circulation that oxygenates.
> It cycles CO2 laden water to the surface, where CO2 can escape and oxygen
> can reenter. Any pump or filter system that circulates water past the tank
> surface will oxygenate the tank. That includes powerheads (whether or not
> air mix is turned on), and your internal canister filter. It sounds like
> your tank should be fine.
>
>  
Thank you very much.

Should I lower the pump below the water surface a little more? I was 
reading about the increased head increasing the pumps output or 
something (I seem to remember something about this from my Hydro 
Engineering lectures too).

--
Colin Alston <karnaugh@karnaugh.za.net>

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