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Re: Lamotte O2 test
The reason I'm injecting O2 is because I don't have a lot of plants in my
tank. Actually, I don't want a lot of plants. However I do want a lot of
fish and I believe some (like parrot cichlids) have died as a result
(little movement and very heavy gill breathing). So this is a true concern
for me. I don't use an O2 tank for this. I choose to do this by running
the tubing from my air pump into my canister filter (using a cheap metering
valve inbetween) rather than just running a plain airstone. This
eliminates the salt and mineral build up on my glass tops.
Based on your response I don't know how much is 'a lot of plants'. Not
everyone has a full bore of green healthy stock in their tanks. You can
have a lot or little amount of plants, but you still don't know where your
O2 level is at, other than seeing that no fishes are dying yet. And if you
inject O2, there may be even less O2. How do you know with your current
load of plants that there is enough O2 to handle more fish. And I am
struggling with some plants as it is, in which case they may do less in
contributing oxygen.
I'd just like to know what range of acceptable tritation tube readings are
for this kit.
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:25:38 -0600 (MDT)
>From: George Booth <booth at lvld_agilent.com>
>Subject: Re: Lamotte O2 test
>
> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:19:56 -0500
>
> John asked:
>
> "I inject O2 and also inject C02... The problem is that I don't know if
'9' is
> a good number or not. Can anyone tell me what acceptable readings would
be
> using this test kit?"
>
>
> James Purchase replied:
>
> How (and WHY) are you injecting O2 into your tank? A well planted,
properly
> maintained aquarium should have no problems with lack of Oxygen without
> going to the bother of us having to "inject" it.
>
>And I ask in astonishment:
>
>You are injecting something into your tank and you don't even know how
much you
>should be injecting???? If someone advised you to do this, I would give
them a
> Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
> conscientious stupidity.
> -- Martin Luther King, Jr.