I'm confused, maybe you can clarify this for me. You are putting CO2 in the daytime and the airstone in the night time?Yes, but I am going to be using an airstone on a timer for when co2 is not on. Just to be safe and all with the oxygen levels for my fish.
Using an air stone at night on a timer is a common practice used by amano, it's used when one does not want to raise the lili pipe, your co2 levels should be at a level where you do not have your fish gasping for air.I'm confused, maybe you can clarify this for me. You are putting CO2 in the daytime and the airstone in the night time?
So, 8 to 10 hours your fish are gasping for air and the rest of the time are ok. You do realize that lack of enough Oxygen will kill the fish in a matter of minutes right?
The water surface agitation provides all the Oxygen needed when you are not putting CO2 in the tank.
Last but not least, fish adapt to higher levels of CO2 over time. Now I'm putting the same amount of CO2 in my tanks that previously killed fish.
I'm doing that in my tank as well and for the same reason, bacteria.Using an air stone at night on a timer is a common practice used by amano, it's used when one does not want to raise the lili pipe, your co2 levels should be at a level where you do not have your fish gasping for air.
The use of additional agitation at night it's not usually for the fish, it's for the bacteria, if your fish are not gasping during the day when there is co2 being injected they should not gasp during the night when it's not. I am assuming there is some type of agitation both during the day and at night
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