Do I need a bubble disk for oxygen or extra aeration, or will this filter suffice?
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My experience says you should always use a bubbler in addition to your filter! I add a bubbler for extra breaking of the surface tension and gas release from the aquarium (which helps saturate more oxygen in the water). I've run these Aqueon filters without a bubbler, but the fish seem to be more lethargic with the filter alone. The bubbler is cheap insurance. I am currently running nine tanks ranging from 10 gallons to 180 gallons and have put a bubbler in all of them. On most of the tanks the bubbler is on a battery backup. If a power failure takes down your filter, a bubbler alone can keep a healthy tank alive for days. My experience says you should always use a bubbler in addition to your filter! I add a bubbler for extra breaking of the surface tension and gas release from the aquarium (which helps saturate more oxygen in the water). I've run these Aqueon filters without a bubbler, but the fish seem to be more lethargic with the filter alone. The bubbler is cheap insurance. I am currently running nine tanks ranging from 10 gallons to 180 gallons and have put a bubbler in all of them. On most of the tanks the bubbler is on a battery backup. If a power failure takes down your filter, a bubbler alone can... » Read More My experience says you should always use a bubbler in addition to your filter! I add a bubbler for extra breaking of the surface tension and gas release from the aquarium (which helps saturate more oxygen in the water). I've run these Aqueon filters without a bubbler, but the fish seem to be more lethargic with the filter alone. The bubbler is cheap insurance. I am currently running nine tanks ranging from 10 gallons to 180 gallons and have put a bubbler in all of them. On most of the tanks the bubbler is on a battery backup. If a power failure takes down your filter, a bubbler alone can keep a healthy tank alive for days. « Show Less
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The filter itself does a good job aerating the water. I would say it does a better job than an air pump and the air stone combination but it all comes down to what you are looking for and the conditions you are faced with. For a large volume of water for each fish you'd be fine with just one of the aerating solutions mentioned but if you are faced with a crowded aquarium, it never hurts to have both.
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The unit uses a charcoal filter. I think you'd be fine to use the water additive.
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You will be fine. I have 1 sponge filter that is missing clear top piece. So if you want a wide dispersal of air bubbles just take it off.
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The bubbles aren't particularly fine but I use these as my only aeration on 2 tanks and haven't had any problems in the 3 or so months I've used them.
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If you're referring to the bubbler blue pieces that goes on directly before the water returns to the tank it is not required. It helps promote oxygen in the water but it isn't necessary unless you're tank is starved of oxygen.
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This filter is good enough by itself. If you already have a yamaha canister (water separator), you don't need another. One is sufficient. If you are talking about the small filter inside the cowling, then yes you need to add this filter. Today's gasoline produces water and a water separator is imperative. Good boating!
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No. It was way too feeble for my 50,000 gal pond system, but I don't think it is possible to have too much aeration. As someone else mentioned, you can always hook up extra air stones.
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i use it in my splash superpool (look it up if interested) with same style cleaner and really recommend it - it keeps the crap out of your filter. might want to monitor it to "burp" the air out of the system every once in awhile. there's a good video for it on youtube.
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I use this pump in conjunction with an airstone to oxygenate the water. No filter was needed. Excellent product very quiet and has been running continually for weeks.
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technicaly iam not sure ,,but i guess it will make double safe filteration ,,but you should ask a technician better,,thank you
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Hi, Because turtles are messy you want to establish as much nitrifying bacteria growth as quickly as possible. Bottom layer eheim Ehfi - middle basket Eheim Mech - top eheim substrate Pro Sintered glass spheres. ( regarding the top basket only make sure you put whatever media you chose in media bags) eheim media is superb I've used it for 35 years. It rarely needs replacing. If your tank has enough water depth I would add a powerhead or wave maker - the powerhead will add current to the water to loosen and free up debris and waste so the filter becomes more efficient and the water much cleaner. Marineland and Aqueon have excellent units at a great price. The Marineland pro 1200 is a best bet I have a few of them and they work like a charm. Amazon sells the 1200 for around $25 - list price is $89 so it's a steal. Hope this helps! Peter
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Bottom tray put bio balls filled with sponge and bio rings with 1 blue fine filter pad, middle try you can put 1 bag of fluval carbon or a better way to go is more bio balls, top try put pre filter rings, if you get micro bubbles turn down the outlet valve until they go away.
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You still need mechanical Filtration media such as filter pads. But I still use other things like Seachem Purigen. The two keep my 75 gallon saltwater reef tank in perfect condition. I hope this helps but at the end of the day it's all how you set up your filtration, stock the tank and perform maintenance.
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as long as you have the water return lip above the surface of the water you do not need additional air. As the water coming in breaks the surface tension and supplies enough oxygenation. But of course you can add it for "fun" to ride the bubbles as suggested by raifordgirl.
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If you're running fresh water, you'll need an air pump, some air tubing, and an air stone. I also use a bag of Purigen in all of my tanks. It's a great all purpose filter media that can be regenerated with bleach so you don't have to keep buying it like carbon or other medias.None of this is expensive. You can get all of the above for less than $30 and it will help your tank quite a bit.
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Hi, I agree with other comments. I would suggest that you would need to cover most of the base area in order to get adequate filtration circulation for the tank size.
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That depends on what you plan on using it for. If keeping shrimp or fry just an air pump and some tubing. If using in a larger tank with multiple fish you will need an additional filter ( HOB or Canister )