Aeriation In Betta Tank

[Haych]

right, there is very little water surface movement in the betta tank because of how i have to have the spray bar. this is ok for the bettas, but my poor cories have to go the top for air more than necessary.

so,, i added a nice bubble wall. it was THAT powerful it blew poor Nemo and Terry around their sections

so i have now removed it, but is there a small enough pump or another method out there that wont upset my bettas? it definately needs more aeriation

 

[hihi100202]

so,, i added a nice bubble wall. it was THAT powerful it blew poor Nemo and Terry around their sections

lol


anyways, I think if you got some airline tubing and a 5 gallon air pump you would be fine

 

[Haych]

i dunno what size i have... its currently humming (very loudly) in my larger tank and the tetras love it and guppies hide

no pleasing everyone is there

 

[loraxchick]

get a gang valve. they are adjustable. and many models come with more than one "hookup". you should be able to run airline tubing directly from the pump to the gang valve, then tubings from the individual outputs from the gang valve to the various sections of the tank. and gang valves are adjustable so you can decrease the air until it doesnt upset the bettas!
cheers

 

[Haych]

oooh thanks!

this one has two outlets, but its an old model so you can only have both on full power, so both lots of air is violently working the airstone

 

[x2p]

Actually cories naturally will gulp air from the surface, much like a betta. They do this in the wild as they are sometimes stuck in small puddles that are warm and have low air. They still do it in a well oxygenated aquarium or enviroment so it is perfectly normal.

If you have any plants you will not want to aerate as they will suffer

 

[loraxchick]

they do sell gang valves with more than one input to the valve. the air is adjusted at the gangvalve, and not at the pump. so youd need two pieces of airline tubng run from the pump to the two inputs on the gang valve. then depending on how many outpust it has, that many lengths of tubing to wherever you need them in the tank. however, if it has,say, 4 outputs and you only need 2, you simply "turn off" 2 of the outflows.

http/www.petdiscounters.com/Brass-Aquarium-Gang-Valves-5-1-2-Gang-p3429.html

quickly googled them and this is just an example of what one looks like. this one has 5 outputs but they come in all sorts of designs and are adjustable for flow. if you cant find one that has 2 inputs TO the valve, get a "t" connector to decrease the tubing from two lengths from the pump, to one length that will connect to the gang valve. both parts are really cheap. i think the last "t" connecter i got was around 75 cents and the gangvalve less than $5. dont be sucked into buying a more expensive one...they all work the same way.
cheers

 

[Tortea]

With the air wall, tie a bit of string around a fold in the tubing, so only a little air gets though, they are far too powerful if you don't do that, make it tight enough so only a thin line of bubbles come

 

[OldMan47]

If you have an air pump that is moving more air than you need, you can use a gang valve and run some of the air to waste, not connected to an air stone. By adjusting each valve you can get just what you want for each tank section and the excess just vents back into the room to avoid damaging the air pump with excess pressure.