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[benpoole28]

Ive been running chemiclean in my tank once every two months. I run massive amounts of air in the tank for two days while running the chemiclean. I have noticed that after the treatment, my tank always looks awesome! crystal clear, corals look better, fish graze more and seem to be more active. i figure this is from the amount of o2 in the water from the airstones. Im thinking of setting my pump up on a timer and letting it aerate for an hour of so each day while im at work. anyone do this? or know of any reasons i shouldnt consider this. i know most people dont run stones in reef tank, but i cant deny that my tank looks great after getting 2 days straight of bubble treatment.

 

[havoc17]

I dose with vodka so I run air stones 24 hours a day in my 110 gallon. Mine are running in the sump so you don't see them.

 

[tanks4life]

+1 I have started running air stones in my sump as well. In the sediment chamber under the filter socks. I did this because before I had my ato my tank would run low and shoot bubbles all over the tank. Massive aeration for at least an hour in most cases as I seemed to never be home when it started. But my corals always looked super happy after the bubbles stopped. And then a day or two later they would dull back down to normal. Especially my meat corals and gonaporas. So I put 2 pumps with 4 6 inch air stones in the sediment chamber of my sump and voila no bubbles in the tank but the meats and gonaporas look better than ever. and my algae filter wall going down my overflow looks lush and healthy too. I know that's not always a good thing but at least it's absorbing phosphates. Or in theory it is anyway. Lol

 

[benpoole28]

didnt think of putting them in sump. thanks for input.