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Re: recommendations for moving up from dinky air pumps ?

Hi; When I took over Ed's fishroom I was somewhat familier with the set up
but
I am having the same broblem,so when I get disgusted with fiddeling around I
just
go and buy a bigger pump.But I also don't know how old my pump's are.Maybe I
can learn something from this Ruth W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Dame" <dameda at shands_ufl.edu>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:12 PM
Subject: recommendations for moving up from dinky air pumps ?


>
> My mini fish-room has grown to the point where my
powered-by-a-few-std-aquarium-air-pumps air supply is wheezing and
dangerously marginal ....if a sponge filter isn't within an inch of the
surface, there's no bubble action, and I have to fiddle around "tuning" the
depth of all the spongers regularly to keep everything going ... which is a
real nuisance and clearly sub-optimal for all the little guys in my care,
since some days they have working filtration, and some days they don't.
>
> So I think it's probably time for me to think seriously about moving up to
the next level of gear, which based on some k-talk archives and other
internet searching would seem to be a linear air pump. Leading brands seem
to be Gast and Sweetwater, and Jehmco has some [no brand-name given]
Japanese models that are advertised as being very high quality as well.
>
> Anybody have any thoughts and experiences with any of these (or
alternatives) to share, before I bite the bullet ?
>
> basic requirements:
> -----------------------------
> * power 50-60 "containers" of various sorts, mostly sponge filters at the
moment, but I plan on building some "deBruyn drip filters" soon, although
AFAIK the air needs of the latter are comparable to standard sponge filters
> * I want the unit indoors in the mini-fishroom itself, so it needs to not
add appreciable noise to a utility room size place that already has a Whole
Lot of Bubblin' Goin' On. (Didn't Elvis sing that? Or maybe it was on the
live CD from the Bob Marley/Southern Culture on the Skids/Ventures gig a few
years ago. My memory is becoming Reaganesque.)
> * price is of course something of an object
>
> TIA
>
> Doug Dame
> Interlachen FL
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> "It was the best little killie fish-room in Interlachen,
>    it was probably the worst one too,
>    since it's most likerly [sic] the only one in town."
>       - Gaffer McGahee
> ("A Tail of Two Fishes", Charles Dickens, 1857)
>
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