steve wrote:They absorb oxygen when hibernating under water. An air pump will help oxygenate the water and break up the surface.
Marcus.85 wrote:Actually air pumps don't oxygenate water. It is true however that they help in the gas exchange process from water to air in the atmosphere. What that means is some of the gas in the air get in the water but you also lose some, especially CO2, which is essential to plants. Which is negative since plants really and actually oxygenate water during photosyntesis.
TenCrackersExit wrote:
I have plants in my tank as well. Should I take the air pump out if it's stealing the plant's CO2? or is it the other way around? sorry, I'm a bit confused.
Marcus.85 wrote:TenCrackersExit wrote:
I have plants in my tank as well. Should I take the air pump out if it's stealing the plant's CO2? or is it the other way around? sorry, I'm a bit confused.
No, don't worry, it's not that big of a deal, it's only small amounts of oxygen (and other gases) taken in the water and CO2 lost in the atmosphere.
But yeah, a lot of experts say that air pumps don't actually help significantly. What I meant with my the CO2 ramble is that, for example, an air pump would even out the (positive) effects for the plant of a Co2 injector in the tank. But otherwise, if you have common resilient plants it doesn't matter.
Can I ask you something? How do you manage to have plants in the tank with RES?
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