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Ok, I let me friend talk me into trying a bubble wand (don't know what else to call it) to help move water in my tank. In all my years, and when I was a kid & my Dad had many, many tanks, we never used these things. My friend loves them & can't stand to have a tank without them! (she also never did live plants) I am not sold. It's only been set up a few minutes, so I may get used to it - but I think it takes away from the quiet (even sluggish) blackwater tank I was trying to achieve. Right now the rams are loving it, swimming through the bubbles. The cardinals & black tetras are starting to come out of hiding - they think a UFO is in there with them now. If they aren't comfortable with it by tomorrow, I'm taking it out. I was planning on getting a current/flow pump (please excuse my confusion - it's been a long day and I can't remember what things are called!) but the smallest one Petsmart carries is 500 gph, I think it's made by Marineland. I just wanted to add a gentle current to the tank, to create a circular flow from the bottom to the HOB. I can't vary the flow with the Marineland 500 gph.
Now, the bubble wand is a flexible tube 36" long (the shortest they sell) and I haven't buried it under the gravel yet - maybe that would soften the bubbles. Here's a typically bad pic - is there any benefit to using one, other than looks? Does anyone here use something like this? More importantly, do the bubbles harm the plants by removing Co2 or ferts?
Thanks!
~ Cin ~
PS - you can't tell in the pic, but the bubble wand is along the back wall.
Now, the bubble wand is a flexible tube 36" long (the shortest they sell) and I haven't buried it under the gravel yet - maybe that would soften the bubbles. Here's a typically bad pic - is there any benefit to using one, other than looks? Does anyone here use something like this? More importantly, do the bubbles harm the plants by removing Co2 or ferts?
Thanks!
~ Cin ~
PS - you can't tell in the pic, but the bubble wand is along the back wall.