Hermie?.I found the stones that you spoke of on the WM website?.Thanks again.

Yo! Horse.

There ya go stressin' out over details.

My friend, it no gotta be/gonna be perfect.
Ever!

With all due respect to Don Ho, it's more da fact dan da size or volume udda bubbles.

Some guys dont use airstones a'tall. Just shove a hose in da root ball.


I'm sure you know that at a given temperature, a given volume of water will only hold a certain maximum volume of dissolved gas.

Tinier bubbles, increased air volume, ad nauseum will not change that.

If one needs more dissolved air to, say, prevent anaerobic slime molds from growing, it would seem that the most effective way of doing so would be to lower the temperature of the water.

So, stone schmone.
Just weight the end of the hose and toss it in.
If you are obsessed with bubble size, or efficiency, seal the end of the hose and poke umpteen holes in it.

Or use a soaker hose as da bottom section.

What ever.

Point is.
Whatever it takes to saturate the res. water with air, in your situation, is enough!
Any advance on that is by definition, in-efficient, yah?

I appreciate all that and I know that you have my best interest at heart?..didn??t want a stone that would quit on me in the buckets thought?..gonna have to go ??on faith? once things get closed up. Due to the depth, DO shouldn??t be an issue. But zero DO?..no bueno.

And in the pre-veg bubbler. DO is a non-issue again with (4) 6? stones in 2 ½ gal. But even distribution would be very helpful in such a small space. Dialing it in should be within grasp with stones that showed a little consistency. If a netpot is supposed to get a little splash, then I intend to oblige.

I also appreciate your not calling me anal??.I much prefer OCD??I??ll be back in a minute, gotta go wash my hands. Well I??m back but seem to have misplaced my latex gloves?..hmmm I wonder if I turned the gas off on the stove.

Ok, I know that you figure that I??m nuts (I??m not even saying that you??re wrong) But being ??occasionally employed? means that when I have work (away) then?..I gotta go. It also means that between work I have the time to dial in as much consistency as possible. If that means automating as necessary?.then so be it.

My father was a tough old bastard, very demanding?..and he??s gone now. But you know that since I??ve joined here?..and you??ve kinda taken me under your wing, and looked out for me??Well you??re?well you??re like?.well like a grandfather to me. (on my fathers side)

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Horsemanrocks Reviewed by Horsemanrocks on . Show me your stones I bought these 6? stones by EC plus I put them in a pre-veg bubbler The problem I have is that they aren??t consistent in delivering air either across their width or over time. I go in to check on things and one may have stopped bubbling altogether, I rebalance the air delivery at the manifold and the next time I return a different one may have slowed or stopped all together. They seem to get waterlogged. Rating: 5