Air Pump - Aquarium Advice

xxxcellarator · 11-01-2005, 10:53 PM

im quite a noob since ive only had an Aquarium for about 1/2 a year and i only got an Air Pump recently, so i was just wondering if regulating the air pressure using an air valve (cutting down the pressure) would cause the Pump to stress and burn out or die? thanks!

dskidmore · 11-02-2005, 09:53 PM

Restricting the air pump output can shorten it's life. If you got a cheap air pump, you might not care so much, but if you got a nice one, find a use for the extra air in a diffrent location in the tank. You can use Ts and valves to divert flow between two outputs.

xxxcellarator · 11-03-2005, 09:19 AM

thanks alot for the quick reply. what i did was i just got a T spliter and i split the connection into 2 (ong going into the Tank and one sitting outside) so when i want to restrict the amount of air going into the Tank i just let the air escape to the one sitting outside. So that way it wont stress the Pump. Thanks once again

11-01-2005, 10:53 PM	#1
xxxcellarator Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 54	Air Pump im quite a noob since ive only had an Aquarium for about 1/2 a year and i only got an Air Pump recently, so i was just wondering if regulating the air pressure using an air valve (cutting down the pressure) would cause the Pump to stress and burn out or die? thanks!

11-02-2005, 09:53 PM	#2
dskidmore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Genesee Valley Posts: 2,290 Images: 1	Restricting the air pump output can shorten it's life. If you got a cheap air pump, you might not care so much, but if you got a nice one, find a use for the extra air in a diffrent location in the tank. You can use Ts and valves to divert flow between two outputs. __________________ 75 gallon freshwater Baby shrimp sighted! 2.5 Gallon unpowered freshwater now with high light 0.25 gallon palmtop doomed to an unlit end?

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11-03-2005, 09:19 AM	#3
xxxcellarator Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 54	thanks alot for the quick reply. what i did was i just got a T spliter and i split the connection into 2 (ong going into the Tank and one sitting outside) so when i want to restrict the amount of air going into the Tank i just let the air escape to the one sitting outside. So that way it wont stress the Pump. Thanks once again