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Dumb water oxygen question
Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen?
This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied? I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would have to be during the day when no one else was home. This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30 toadlets. Comments? |
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Dumb water oxygen question
can you set up some kind of shade over the pond? k30a |
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Dumb water oxygen question
Yes, I could rig up something if i had too...
On 23 Jun 2003 04:38:41 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote: can you set up some kind of shade over the pond? k30a |
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Yes, I could rig up something if i had too...
On 23 Jun 2003 04:38:41 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote: can you set up some kind of shade over the pond? k30a |
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Dumb water oxygen question
As water temp increases it's ability to hold disolved oxygen decreases. Your
best bet is to some how cool the water off. If there's a super hot day dump some ice in the water. 60-70 gallons wont be hard to cool with ice. Shade would be the easiest. "jammer" wrote in message ... Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen? This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied? I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would have to be during the day when no one else was home. This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30 toadlets. Comments? |
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Dumb water oxygen question
A nice airstone, one that will put a lot of bubbles on the surface, will add
the oxygen. However, warm water doesn't hold too much, so you want to shade the pond if possible. You can shut the airstone down when you're sitting by the pond to watch the fish, if you want to, but DON'T forget to turn it back on. Run it at night, too. My fish like to swim back and forth through the bubbles, kinda like kids! I guess it tickles . . . Lee "jammer" wrote in message ... Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen? This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied? I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would have to be during the day when no one else was home. This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30 toadlets. Comments? |
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Dumb water oxygen question
an air stone is the best way. yeah, over 75o or so you need to push air into the
water. kmart air pump is fine for that sized pond. Ingrid jammer wrote: Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen? This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied? I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would have to be during the day when no one else was home. This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30 toadlets. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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if the temp drops more than 4oF then can deal with ich. Ingrid
"Sam Hopkins" wrote: As water temp increases it's ability to hold disolved oxygen decreases. Your best bet is to some how cool the water off. If there's a super hot day dump some ice in the water. 60-70 gallons wont be hard to cool with ice. Shade would be the easiest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Dumb water oxygen question
question,
don't water falls, & other pumps running into the pond add oxygen?? & a reallly dumb question : is there a 'test' (besides dead fish) on how much oxygen a pond has?? like other stuff you test for? wrote in message ... an air stone is the best way. yeah, over 75o or so you need to push air into the water. kmart air pump is fine for that sized pond. Ingrid |
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*muffin* wrote:
question, don't water falls, & other pumps running into the pond add oxygen?? & a reallly dumb question : is there a 'test' (besides dead fish) on how much oxygen a pond has?? like other stuff you test for? Reply, Yes & Yes Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Dumb water oxygen question
Plants as in underwater plants like anacharis and algae put oxygen in the
water during the day, due to photosynthesis, but at night they use oxygen. The air stones, water falls, or other means of improving oxygen levels need to be run during the night more than during the day. The quickest tell tale of problems to come is the fish gasping at the surface first thing in the morning. The next morning, or the next, you will find dead fish. If the fish are gasping, put in a pint of hydrogen peroxide per thousand gallons, and the fish should start to settle down in just a few minutes. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "jammer" wrote in message ... Besides plants, is an air stone the only way to increase the oxygen? This is the first full summer for the pond and it is HOT. Is there a danger zone temp where water HAS to be cooled or air MUST be supplied? I don't have electicity out there yet. I could run the trouble light out there and throw in a small aquarium stone i have, but it would have to be during the day when no one else was home. This is a 60-70 gallon job and I have 2- 4 inch goldfish and about 30 toadlets. Comments? |
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Dumb water oxygen question
they do, but not to the extent that airstones will.
yeah.. O2 kits.. Ingrid "*muffin*" wrote: question, don't water falls, & other pumps running into the pond add oxygen?? & a reallly dumb question : is there a 'test' (besides dead fish) on how much oxygen a pond has?? like other stuff you test for? wrote in message ... an air stone is the best way. yeah, over 75o or so you need to push air into the water. kmart air pump is fine for that sized pond. Ingrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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