air stones for rubermaid bins
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Chris1
My local shop sells these heavy ass airstones...almost like fishing weights. Anyways these bad boys fizz mad air, and stay at the bottom of the rez. I'm in an 8 gallon rubbermaid..
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ak-51
I am going to be cutting back the use of air-stones in everything except for my bubble cloners, where the spread that they provide is necessary. In my DWC buckets (5 gallon) I am probably going to be weighing down the hose at 2 points and poking a couple of pinholes in between those points just to get some spread. I hear it echoed around here all the time that air-stones are unnecessary; that surface tension is what really matters, which larger bubbles provide more of. I am not 100% sold, but sold enough to try it. The simpler the better in my book.
Just something to consider.
Just something to consider.
I have an Elite 802, Pump with 2 x 4" cylinder air stones in my rez. In my cloner/seed starter which is about the size of a large shoe box I use dual 12" on a WalMart aerator. when the walmart pump fails I will get another Elite 802. The bubbles are bigger, meaning they are doing a better job of agitating the water.
While I do not recommend DWC, consider getting a bigger pump and multiple air stones. You want to make sure you saturate the air between. hth
While I do not recommend DWC, consider getting a bigger pump and multiple air stones. You want to make sure you saturate the air between. hth
The most effective means of aeration is with waterfalls, two turbulent surfaces crashing through a third turbulent surface. However, waterfalls require additional space and make a lot of noise. Airstones require no additional space and are much more quiet. If noise is not an issue, an open ended hose is fine.
