10 gal freshwater aquarium, 4 small fish (1 goldfish, 2 neon tetras, 1 sucker) Would like to turn it off at night to make the room quieter.
2007-07-24 16:18:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
You can only turn the bubbler off if you have a filter in your tank, otherwise you can't because all your fish need oxygen
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-07-25 10:53:23 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep the bubbles flowing. The fish you have are not compatable though. The goldfish will get big enough to eat the tetras and the pleco will suck the slime coat and scales off of the goldfish at night. You don't need a pleco. If there is green stuff growing in you tank that's a good thing. The goldfish would benefit from grazing on it. Keep algae off the front glass but let it grow on everything else. If you don't have any green algae yet then the pleco is starving and can and will get aggressive with sleeping fish. Besides pleco get BIG, like over a foot in length, your tank is too small for it. The goldfish needs all 10 gallons to himself. You should do a little more homework on fish keeping.
2007-07-25 09:45:18 · answer #2 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You only need an air pump for undergravel filtration systems. If you have a tray under your gravel and tube going down into the gravel, then yes you need to leave that on. If you have a power filter (one that hangs on the back) then you can get rid of the air pump altogether.
The way that an undergravel filter works, is to use the air being pumped down and bubbling up, to create an upwards water current inside the tube. The tube attaches to the tray/plate that sits under the gravel, and the current in the tube pulls water from under the gravel. This in turn pulls water from the rest of the tank through the gravel. The bacteria live in the gravel, and so your gravel becomes the filter. If you shut it off at night, you are not only shutting off the air supply, you are also shutting off the filter, and ammonia can start to build up.
2007-07-24 23:44:00 · answer #3 · answered by EChord 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leave the Air pump ON! They need oxygen. and to Toby Y's answer, No, the filter does not add oxygen, it adds carbon dioxide to the water because of the filter pad. So do NOT rely on the filter to add air to the water. My friend did this and half the tank got wiped out.
2007-07-25 00:22:40 · answer #4 · answered by Esty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are running a filter on your tank then you don't need the bubbler on because you are getting oxygen in through the filtration system. If you are not running a filter then you should leave the bubbler running.
2007-07-24 23:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by Toby Y 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
even though the fish are in a in a sleep state(suspended animation),they still need oxygen so leave it on. if it is a small pump about the size of your hand, than just rap a small towel or something around it so it muffles the sound.
Oh i see, you are talking about the bubble being to loud. well in that case im not sure.
2007-07-24 23:29:33 · answer #6 · answered by kdogg91 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave it on. The drop in oxygen every night could induce stress which leads to Ich and death.
2007-07-24 23:27:23 · answer #7 · answered by amistere4u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, do you have a cap that can cover the tank, it lessens the noise.
2007-07-24 23:28:05 · answer #8 · answered by Niniliciouz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, leave it on. they need the oxygen in the water.
2007-07-24 23:25:09 · answer #9 · answered by sunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋