So I've read some issues with running an airstone through your display tanks powerhead;
1) it turns the surface of the DT into a skimmer,
2) fish can get some sort of gill-disease with microbubbles
3) microbubbles can irritate the tissue of corals
I want to talk about this bc I've run an airstone through my powerhead broadcasting microbubbles thruout the DT for a couple of years. I feel my o2/co2 exchange is better and cirals are better and growing more due to it.
1) since my system has two corner overflows, any skimming debris on the surface should overflow into the sump where it taken care of
2) ive never seen any fish problems with microbubbles
3) never seen microbubbles cause coral irritation. But im 95% LPS with zoas/palys. I could see how SPS Acros could get irritated, but not my problem. In fact, it raises pH and allows corals to gas-off quicker (imo)
Doesn't the Ocean Reefs have a lot of microbubbles from Waves???
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1) it turns the surface of the DT into a skimmer,
2) fish can get some sort of gill-disease with microbubbles
3) microbubbles can irritate the tissue of corals
I want to talk about this bc I've run an airstone through my powerhead broadcasting microbubbles thruout the DT for a couple of years. I feel my o2/co2 exchange is better and cirals are better and growing more due to it.
1) since my system has two corner overflows, any skimming debris on the surface should overflow into the sump where it taken care of
2) ive never seen any fish problems with microbubbles
3) never seen microbubbles cause coral irritation. But im 95% LPS with zoas/palys. I could see how SPS Acros could get irritated, but not my problem. In fact, it raises pH and allows corals to gas-off quicker (imo)
Doesn't the Ocean Reefs have a lot of microbubbles from Waves???
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