Discarda stones not worth it....

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I tried out my new slim and fine discardastones yesterday and man, not
only is the priming lame to have to do (for an airstone?) but the
result is coarse bubbles (no fine bubbles like what I am looking for),
so I am continuing to use my rena microbubbler for now at the very
least. I recommend no one buy discardastones unless the person doesn't
mind big bubbles. Very disappointing.

Does anyone know where I could get some of those lollipop airstones
(old style) that emit extremely fine bubbles? I wonder why airstone
bubbles are so big nowadays especially since today's airpumps can
handle a lot more resistance pneumatically, compared to before? Later!

[Peach]

What are these stones made of? I saw some ceramic stones somewhere in
someones tank that gave off bubble so fine that it looked like a cloud
coming from the stone.
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>I tried out my new slim and fine discardastones yesterday and man, not
> only is the priming lame to have to do (for an airstone?) but the
> result is coarse bubbles (no fine bubbles like what I am looking for),
> so I am continuing to use my rena microbubbler for now at the very
> least. I recommend no one buy discardastones unless the person doesn't
> mind big bubbles. Very disappointing.
>
> Does anyone know where I could get some of those lollipop airstones
> (old style) that emit extremely fine bubbles? I wonder why airstone
> bubbles are so big nowadays especially since today's airpumps can
> handle a lot more resistance pneumatically, compared to before? Later!
>

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The discardastones are made out of some kind of light plastic I think.
The rena microbubbler is called a "glass bead airstone" in one of my
catalogs and might be ceramic. The microbubbler might give off finer
bubbles in sal****er I think, which is supposedly the norm. That "cloud
of bubbles" you mentioned is what I want in my freshwater tank. Any
ideas?