Quick Question on Airstones?

[hbbusa28]

Two questions. What's DIY and Opie any way you can link that non-stone air stone you were refering to. Didn't see it on the Wal-Mart site.

[GoldenGoblin]

Malwart has the 12in stones in the aquarium section. like 4 bucks. and their crappy pumps to drive.
For low budget its probably the best bet.

Otherwise I would try and find the soaker air hose and make your own (do it yourself.
Bubble wands, air curtains are all other options.

[Opie Yutts]

Two questions. What's DIY and Opie any way you can link that non-stone air stone you were refering to. Didn't see it on the Wal-Mart site.

OK, they're not air stones, they are bubble wands:
Bubble Wall Air Stone | Air Stones & Wands | Air Stones & Wands | Aquarium - ThatPetPlace.com
Do not get the blue ones. If I remember right they were really brittle or something. Anyway, they sucked for some reason.

I've had good luck with these. Inexpensive and lasts, and works well, great for tight spaces. Available in fine and regular bubbles:
PERFECT-A-FLO AIR STONE - 6 PK | PERFECTO | AIRSTONES & WANDS | AIR PUMPS & ACCESSORIES

Here's a pic of them hard at work (my bubble wands):

DIY means Do It Yourself. I would love to figure out how to make the entire bottom of my resevior a mass of bubbles.

[hbbusa28]

Wow. I went out and bought one prior to you posting this. Looks like my rez is about the same size as your's. Looking at your pic I'm wondering if I need to go by a pump with more outlets. Is there that big difference to the plant with 1 vs 4? I mean creating a theraputic jet spa for your plants looks fantasic. LOL. But I don't think I'll be spending a lot of time looking at it. =)

[Opie Yutts]

Depends on the size of the pump. One big pump can run 4 bubble wands, but the smaller $10 ones can only run 1 or 2. My air pump has 4 outlets (about $40).

The jet spa is not for looks. The picture is of my bubble cloner, not my resevior which has a pump that not only sprays air bubbles into the nutes, but circulates the nutes as well. I forget what that pump is called but it has a directional head, and you can choose to have air bubbles with the circulation or not.

The same pump I use for my cloner I use one each in my flower section and veg section. There are 8 individual small reseviors for 8 plants in each section. I make the four outlets into 8, and run 8 small air wands (16 total for 2 pumps), and I get plenty of bubbles in each resevior.

[hbbusa28]

Thanks. I'm going to look at adding a bit more see if helps.

[blackdomina]

bubble stix the long ones work great