Oxygen Water with an Airpump?

PetFlora

PetFlora

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Newbs tend to start with air pumps & stones. I used a 4 head pump with sintered stones up until last year when I learned abut flooming, which can be done a number of ways. I moderate gph pump (~ 350 gph) with a venturi attachment is probably the most efficient way to get small oxygen bubbles into solution. The smaller the better as they will stay in suspension longer

hth
 
xtsho

xtsho

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By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93%argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases.

You're better off using a small pond pump to circulate the water. Any oxygen from an air stone stays trapped in the bubbles rising to the surface. It doesn't dissolve on the way up. Any exchange occurs when the bubbles burst on the surface. The circulation from a pond pump causes the surface to swirl and create surface aeration where a minimal amount of oxygen absorption might occur.
 
projectinfo

projectinfo

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PetFlora said:
Newbs tend to start with air pumps & stones. I used a 4 head pump with sintered stones up until last year when I learned abut flooming, which can be done a number of ways. I moderate gph pump (~ 350 gph) with a venturi attachment is probably the most efficient way to get small oxygen bubbles into solution. The smaller the better as they will stay in suspension longer

hth
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I just hooked my airpump to my water pump with their little venturi attachment they give in the box woth the water pump
 
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