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Re: Water movement
- To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
- Subject: Re: Water movement
- From: Thomas Barr <tcbiii at earthlink_net>
- Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 11:41:25 -0800
- In-Reply-To: <200101060848.DAA16631 at actwin_com>
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> Don't fall into the trap of eliminating water movement to save that last
> gram of CO2. You still need good water movement to circulate the water. O2
> is added to the water from it's interface with the atmosphere at the
> surface. If you don't move the surface water to lower levels and vice versa,
> you may find a severe lack of O2 in the lower depths of the tank.
>
> Avoid a lot of gratuitous splashing around. But do strive for good
> circulation.
>
> George Booth in Ft. Collins, CO (booth at frii dot com)
> The web site for Aquatic Gardeners by Aquatic Gardeners
> http://www.frii.com/~booth/AquaticConcepts/
Amen!
regards,
Tom Barr