Airstone.

[Bigjula]

I have a 15g tank with an aquaclear mini. Do I need an airstone? I have a fair few live plants in there. It's pretty noisy at night, I've read the solutions to this but I'm a light sleeper. The AC mini provides a fair bit of surface agitation. The fish don't seem to be gulping at the surface.

 

[jams.alaskan]

They aren't gasping, some surface movement, plants......... nah you don't need an airstone...

ALASKA

 

[kgrehm]

What type of fish do you have?

I would go with Alaska if they are swiming and acting fine, there would be no need to have an airstone with many small tanks.

 

[Bigjula]

Cheers guys,
That what I wanted to hear but wasn't sure. I might leave it covered at the back and turn it on every now and again.

 

[Stryker]

I run an airstone in each of my tanks, but only from the standpoint I think they are pretty, the fish like to play in the bubles (sometimes) and I consider it a backup should my filter ever stop working (dont want them being ammo poisoned and depraved of oxygen).

 

[kgrehm]

stryker,

Do you have an underwater filter or you just have the airstone laying there?

Just curious