justcallmecute
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Hello Just...
An air stone will become plugged with tank material and will need to be boiled to clean it up for reuse. This one looks as good as any. What's your need for using it? Air stones don't add anything to the workings of the tank and the added surface agitation it makes will drive off CO2 the plants need.
If you just like the looks of the bubbles then any one will work.
B
As mentioned above, boiling is an effective method for cleaning an air stone. A soak in bleach, hydrogen peroxide, or vinegar followed by a good rinsing are other methods that can be used alone or along with boiling. I do not have air stones anymore but I do have ceramic diffusers for CO2 diffusion and use any of the above methods for periodic cleaning.
Just keep an eye on boiling plastic parts; they can melt and/or warp if boiled too long.
Off topic: Do you still have the clown loaches?
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I've never had an air stone get plugged from stuff in the tank. I've buried em in substrates and had em all over, never an issue.
I would be asking you, how big of an air pump do you have?
What is the height from the air pump to the top of the tank?
Double check and make sure there are no kinks in the airline tubing. They make a blue tubing that is virtually kinkless, though it can happen.
Also, you have the air pump only powering one stone? Or do you have it split to power 2 or more?
Hello mate.
Air pump is Eheim 400 and it has a two separate valves on the pump.
Height of pump to top of tank is 8 feet.
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Do you have a hose going to a stone on both valves?
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As it is new I assume the air stone hasn't clogged up.
So I'd say you don't have enough air pressure for air to make it to the end of the air stone and out.
There is just enough air pressure to force air out of the first section of the air stone.
On mine I'd recheck there are no kinks in the hose just in case.
There r no kinks and it's a 40 gal pump in a 20 gal tank
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The pump isn't strong enough. I had a 60 gallon pump and still couldn't get bubbles down the entire bubble wand
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Wow lol I guess I'm fine for the moment I poked holes in it and it's working better then before
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