adadkins1
Aquarium Advice Addict
I am fully stocked, maybe even overstocked, in my 20g tall. I have filter on at all times, but I have NEVER EVER had any issues with fish gasping. I don't see why it is such a big deal to not run an airstone. I have 1: 2.5g, 2: 5.5g, 1: 10g, and 1: 20g, all of them are stocked and none of them have an airstone. Never had any problems with fish gasping, heck I haven't had any fish die, much less show symptoms of O2 deprivation.
I don't really see a reason to have a coniption over a silly bubbler. A ton of people don't use them, and there are hundreds if not thousands of threads on here stating that they are more for aesthetics than to add O2 to the aquarium.
I don't really see a reason to have a coniption over a silly bubbler. A ton of people don't use them, and there are hundreds if not thousands of threads on here stating that they are more for aesthetics than to add O2 to the aquarium.