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Oyxgenating the tank

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Rat Posted: 6-22-2008 12:28

Is it possible to over do it with oxygenating the tank say if you had two air stones going full blast?

 

 

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To the best of my knowledge, no.  The airstones don't directly add anything to the water beyond movement allowing for possibly greater circulation and certainly a larger surface area to the water (ripples) - it's through the water's surface that the gas exchange happens, ie CO2 is lost and Oxygen is absorbed.  I think.

 

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 Not to my knowledge either.

Just for future reference mate, can you post any other questions in the other sections that it might refer to.

The newbies section is really just a little bit to introduce yourself and you'll get more answers in the other areas i..e tropical set-up, fish etc.

Don't worry if you forget and post it in the wrong section though, but it will most probably be moved to the relevant section.

 

tiphat

 

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 You can't over oxygenate............

...............but if you have plants it is counter productive to plant growth as it will drive off CO2 that the plants need. If you are adding CO2 for plant growth then over oxygenating is countering the added CO2 and you may as well not bother adding it in the first place.

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 I moved this before I saw your post Frank. Great minds think alike LOLBig Smile

In our case though , maybe it's fools seldom differGeeked

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LOL............... crazy2 

 

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