should the bubbles made by my fish tank pump be disrupting to surface of my tank water?
September 25th, 2009 | 
Author: I have a 26 Gallon fish tank and my dad says that the bubbles from my pump should not be disrupting the surface of the water and my tank has a lid
Bubbles go up …. so of course they disrupt the surface.
If Dad means "agitating it excessively" … well … that’s up to you.
Bubble wands/air stones don’t put oxygen in the water (probably only 1% of the volume of air actually dissolves into the water),it’s the agitation of the surface that aides in gas exchange that helps the dissolved oxygen content. The more the agitation,the greater the gas exchange,the higher the potential for dissolved oxygen … let it rip.
On a side note … the finer the bubbles are the more likely they are to transfer oxygen on their way up (but it’s still not a significant percentage).
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Bubbles go up …. so of course they disrupt the surface.
If Dad means "agitating it excessively" … well … that’s up to you.
Bubble wands/air stones don’t put oxygen in the water (probably only 1% of the volume of air actually dissolves into the water),it’s the agitation of the surface that aides in gas exchange that helps the dissolved oxygen content. The more the agitation,the greater the gas exchange,the higher the potential for dissolved oxygen … let it rip.
On a side note … the finer the bubbles are the more likely they are to transfer oxygen on their way up (but it’s still not a significant percentage).
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wronge surface adjatation is necesary for the transformation of harmfiul gases into harmless gasses
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opposite is true act…
more agitated the surface of the water, lesser the surface tension which allows more gaseous exchange to take place…
in short it must be done… the surface must be dsturbed as much as possible
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Yes, it should be agitating the surface because that’s where gas exchange takes place. Without the surface agitation, air pumps are purely for decorative purposes. The bubbles they produce don’t really do anything while they rise through the water column.
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