Eclipse 5

[shan820]

Anyone think I really need an airstone in my Marineland Eclipse Corner 5 setup? The lighting and filtration come integrated into the hood, but I have added an airstone, small PH, and heater. The extra cords make it difficult to close the hood properly. Its stocked with live rock, mushrooms, trumpet coral (one stalk is unfortunately dying while another one I think is splitting, which I dont understand), a sexy anomene shrimp, and a small damsel. All the pictures of the Eclipse in the catalogues have no extra equipment in them. Can there be enough 02 without the stone? It would be great if I could pull it out. Do I dare? Thanks!

 

[Evyllchyld]

I'd say keep it in. I have a 12g nano and ran into O2 problems for sure. I had a clown that wasn't looking so well, and I sat there for hours on what could be the problems. (He was swimming on his side on the surface during the day, but not at night). I realized that I only ran my fission protein skimmer at night because it makes a ton of microbubbles, so I turned that on and within 10 minutes he was happy as can be. I cutout some of the plastic on the back of my nanocube to make room for more cords..

 

[shan820]

Cut out the plastic to make a bigger whole, duh, why didnt I think of that!? Any suggestions what kind of tool to use for a not so handy girl such as myself?

 

[michaelg]

you don't really need an airstone, you can just use an open ended airline. Bigger bubbles, and moves water equally as well if not better. In saltwater, the small bubble contact really won't do a lot to add to oxygen- it's the water movement.

 

[shan820]

Hmmm, never really thought about removing the actual stone. When I said airstone I meant the whole setup. Having the line in there vs not (the annoying hum from the pump is starting to drive me nuts, plus the extra electrical cord requires an extension.