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09-14-2007, 09:29 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
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 |  DO i need an air bubbler in my reef system?
hi i was wondering if i should have an air bubbler in either my tank or refugium ??? i have a reef system that is fairly new!
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55 gal reef tank, 50 gal sump, 20 gal refugium, 30 gal seahorse tank(empty...just sand), fluval 303 canister, some LR and 40lbs of aragonite sand and 20lbs live sand, 2x aquaclear 110, 2x aqua plus powerheads, 1 24" uv sterilizer, DIY 36"x4" de-nitrator, 2x 24" 2bulb t5 coral life lighting, cheap air operated DIY protein skimmer | 
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09-14-2007, 11:12 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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your protien skimmer should put enough air in the water !!
airstones help promote nusiance algae and looks like crap too!!! IMO _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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09-15-2007, 03:06 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Williamsville, NY
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They also contribute to salt creep.
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09-15-2007, 07:48 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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i wouldn't. I had one in for cooling. But i almost had to dig a pond for a water supply due to the amount of evaporation.. I agree the skimmer should be enough | |
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09-15-2007, 08:20 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
Skimmers actually contribute very little to aerating the water. Surface tension and the action of the syphon to the sump are the two largest contributors. But there is no need for a bubbler in the water.
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09-15-2007, 09:03 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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A skimmer and the placement of a powerhead at the top of your tank to create turbulence between the air/water surface interface will be sufficient, IMO! _________ 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> 
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09-16-2007, 04:48 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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An air pump will supply extra O2 to tank water. Either in sump or main tank.
Skimmer may not be adequate.
I have one (just an air pump line stuck in a large cowry shell in main tank.
Breaks up surface tension and cleaned up surface tremendously.
Can't see how it can hurt anything.
"Salt creep" minimal.
You do want a quiet pump. I use a "Whisper", which makes no noise at all. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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09-20-2007, 06:13 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2007
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My tank does well without a skimmer (but I use fresh seawater all the time) and I have one air bubbler but one that makes really small bubbles (the ones that are off wood and are used in a Berlin-skimmer). And I put it inside an empty shell so you only she the bubbles slowy raising up in a corner. | |
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09-21-2007, 06:18 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Originally Posted by mattgeezer  airstones help promote nusiance algae | Never heard that before? We always run an airstone in our sump because we keep alot of large fish and the more oxygen in the water the better. Salt creep is a minor inconvenience compared to the benefits that the airstone can provide. I wouldn't run a reef tank without one but I wouldn't put it in the main tank. | |
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09-21-2007, 06:21 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Oct 2005
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in one word NO | |
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