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View Poll Results: How do you provide oxygen to your aquarium? | |
My skimmer I guess.
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Air Pump
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Open Top
|    | 21 | 48.84% | |
Other
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10-28-2007, 11:20 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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I suppose my skimmer. But I also have an open top to keep the cool factor up. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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10-28-2007, 11:20 AM
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#3 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
Posts: 5,812
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Airstones in the sump  | |
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10-28-2007, 11:28 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
Posts: 1,083
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Good one Matt,
1. I am thinking this is fairly obvious, Power heads. We have a Hydor Koralia 4 and a Seio 820GPH on opposite sides of the tank this coupled with the returns oxygenates the water to some extent.
2. Also, protein skimmers oxygenate the water, to varying degrees, dependent upon the power of the power head. _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
1 Hawkfish
2 Percs
1 Kole Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Leather Toadstool
Long Polyp Toadstool
Orange Sunshine Polyps
Montipora
Acropora
Frogspawn
29 gallon
1 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Yellow Fin Fairy Wrasse
Cleaner Crew
24 FOWLR
Pearly Jawfish
Firefish
Starry Blenny
55 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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10-28-2007, 02:01 PM
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#5 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 3,675
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I also think the skimmer produces enough oxygen. In my case, I also have an open top and my return line has a pvc elbow that has a small hole where it shoots a strong spary of water that hits the water in the over flow chamber producing alot of bubbles. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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10-28-2007, 03:54 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
Posts: 1,294
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Skimmer, open top, and surface agitation!
I see Matt's been busy 
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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10-28-2007, 04:52 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
Posts: 4,474
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amcarrig  Airstones in the sump | Ditto! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (Davis Family Reef Aquarium - Home Page/Reef Log) (Best Photos of 2008!) | 
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11-02-2007, 01:46 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
Posts: 3,866
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Through the efforts of my skimmer, open top, photosynthesis produced through my plant life as well as the position of my powerhead creating a turbulence across the air/water surface interface at the top of my tank-this affords me of proper dissolved oxygen for the most part! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
"IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME"  jb  | |
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11-02-2007, 09:30 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 136
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through my skimmer(micro bubbles everywhere:Halloween45: )and my filter.
live rock produces oxygen too?:Halloween44: | |
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11-02-2007, 12:02 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 335
Karma: 62
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Skimmer, lots of turbulance, overflow, etc. | |
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