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Old 31-01-2007, 09:48 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"ned" wrote:

But then, they are higgorint. They don't know about airstones.


I remember reading years ago in an aquarium magazine that airstones didn't
aerate the way you think. It's the constant turning over of the
oxygen-saturated top layer that really does it. Which is why a power
filter accomplishes the same thing.


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