neutronics
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Since airstones do not really seem to be a favourite for the marine tanks, how do you replenish the oxygen in the tank?
How do you replenish oxygen to your aquarium water?
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fishermann
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i have a bubble curtain it's made of plastic and it works great you can even buy extentions to make it as long as you need it hth
neutronics
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what's a bubble curtain? 
...is it the long pipe with many holes interspersed at short distances which is used to return water from the sump to the tank?
...is it the long pipe with many holes interspersed at short distances which is used to return water from the sump to the tank?
fishermann
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no you need an air pump it's just like bubble stone but plastic
ocellaris_keeper
Active Member
OK - this depends on your setup. i have Live Rock, Live Sand, two cheap protien skimmers and two power heads - one 350 gallonds per hour (this one is pointed at the surface to create small waves) and the other is a 175 GPH point the opposite site of the aquarium to send the water back to the other power head. With all this water movement (skimmers, Powerheads) - there's no reason to add any aeration to the tank. Besides this is the appropriate method (with my setup) to keep the water flowing across the LR (biofilter) and emulate waves in the tank. Heck - I think I might have too much water movement.
ironreef
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good water movement= powerheads sump,skimmer ect.. bubble aren't recommended in sw tanks. fw is different it doesn't bubble like sw. Bubbles can irritate fish /corals. sure a few bubble may not be bad but sw should have at least 10x turnover from powerheads/sump return. I run 20x turnover on my tank just on my seaswirls. So if you include my skimmer,refugium return I probally add alot of o2