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what i want to do is generate crazy amounts of super fine bubbles...jack the reaper
if you really wanted to oxygenate water with aquarium equipment a wet dry sump style filter does that very well also has service area for aerobic bacterial life.
Actually, they are used in FW applications, but the hardness of the water is very important for effect. The harder the better the performance.followup Thats why nobody uses a skimmer on a freshwater aquarium.
If your goal is to increase dissolved O2 levels then surface agitation is the way to do it. Charles did a great job of explaining why your water/res is limited in how much O2 it can hold. What I don't think you've picked up that he put down is that the only place where CO2/O2 exchange occurs is on the surface of the water. Therefore, adding a venturi (the snorkel) to a powerhead will only create microbubbles, it will not increase the dissolved O2 in the solution. Cooling the solution will automatically allow it to hold higher levels of O2.Hey guys!
what about using the central column part without the skimming component to oxygenate, maybe setting the device in the main res and let it run or cycle it? i have a lot of oxygenating features built into my rdwc system already, but always looking for ways to do it better/cheaper. check out my thread in the dwc forum.
cheers! jack
Disagreed. What bicycle is talking about is basically a reaction tower. It doesn't necessarily have to house nitrifying bacteria, but when the solution is trickled over the media (let's say bio-balls) then it cannot help but outgas CO2 and take up O2 because of the incredible increase in surface volume. Surface volume is where it's at if that exchange is what you're after.Canister filter, I would stick with an airpump. The type of bacteria used in aquariums reduces ammonia and nitrates and nitrites which are some of the nutrient forms we use .
Also would take at least a month to colonize
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