Air stone or not?

[Scottishscales]

I am planting my tank for the first time next weekend and i have encountered different views for the air stone or not question. I don't want to have to add co2 if i don't have to and I like the look of the air stone but I've seen that it will starve my plants... Some definitive advice of will my plants survive our should i take it out would be appreciated ☺

 

[fish wrangler]

Would you run the air stone 24/7?

I would take it out because it increases the co2 exchange

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[agrasyuk]

i run airstone in my planted 55Gal 24/7 since it has canister filtration on it.
i'm not big plant expert and i'm sure i'm not 100% efficient, but things are still alive and growing quite well. i do dose excel/metricide however

 

[Scottishscales]

I would want to run mine 24/7 as well. I too have a canister filter that doesn't agitate the top well. So if yours are growing fine I'm sure mine will too

"There's always a bigger fish." - Qui-Gon Jinn

 

[Scottishscales]

How often do you dose the excel/metricide

"There's always a bigger fish." - Qui-Gon Jinn

 

[agrasyuk]

instruction says you supposed to do it daily.

i try to dose after i feed the fish but sometimes i forget. and sometimes i forget to dose for entire week i'm sure i could experience much better growth rates, but plants still survive and produce enough to keep clipping and thats good enough for me. so at least in my case i don't think airstone makes big difference .

 

[jim532]

I believe aerated water is healthier water. Your plants allegedly don't use Co2 when the lights are off. So put the air pump on a timer so it's on during the lights out periods.


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