Aeration

Cory67 · Post by **Cory67** » 30 Aug 2006, 01:13

Is aeration that important? If I wanted to keep Panda Corys and Bronze Corys and Pitbull Plecos would I need Aeration. Please include LOTS of info.

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 30 Aug 2006, 08:08

If you have a filter sized for your tank and it is not over stocked additional areation is optional.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 30 Aug 2006, 09:30

I'm sorry to go back to the origin on this one: Please add lots of information, but you haven't given much yourself, right?

What size is the tank, how many fish and which species, what is the current filter/aeration setup? What temperature?

The key to happy fish is the right level of water movement and dissolved oxygen level. This depends on the type of fish, some fish can live in warm puddles with nearly no oxygen, other fish live in cool, fast-flowing rivers with saturated levels of oxygen, and most live in something inbetween those two extremes.

By pitbull pleco do you mean a or of some sort? Both are sometimes called this name... The latter species are definitely needing lots of oxygen, whether from an air-stone or some other means of oxygenating the water... I would also like to add that corys are probably not going to like the high flow water that a Chaetostoma would prefer...

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Mats

Cory67 · Post by **Cory67** » 30 Aug 2006, 12:56

The fish are 6 Bronze Corys, 6 Panda corys, and 3 Parotocinclus Jumbo. It is a 30 gallon tank 36 long, 12 wide, and 16 tall. There are no live plants. 75 degrees, No aeration, 30 Gallon power filter

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 30 Aug 2006, 13:38

30 gallon power filter, is that 30 gallon per hour or "designed to support 30 gallon tank"?

I would say that it's not necessary if it's a "for 30g tank", if it's 30 gph, it's probably a bit low.

Of course there's nearly "no such thing as too much aearation".

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Mats

Cory67 · Post by **Cory67** » 30 Aug 2006, 13:40

It is a filter designed for a 30 gallon tank.

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 30 Aug 2006, 16:02

Your fish are getting enough aeration from the filter designed for a thirty gallon tank.The gal.s/per hour of the filter should be about 5 times the volume of the tank per hour. An airstone and small vibrator pump is nice to have.
for supplemental aeration or operating a quarantine container as you add fish you always risk introducing a disease. A small plastic bucket can serve as a hospital tank and you need a small heater for it too. As your collection becomes more developed and valuable you will be glad you were prepared for the inevitable, sick fish. And as a quarantine zone for your newest additions, diseases are much easier the limit and treat separately from your show tank.