Aquarium air-pumps - which are best?

I personally like the Dolphin series of pumps. I have been running a
fishroom of 24 tanks off of 2 Dolphin 5 star pumps for almost 2 years now,
no loss or failure yet.


"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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I'm so tired of buying airpumps that wear out in less than a year. We
replace the diaphragms and flappers and the improvement is minimal.
Sometimes they're even worse! Why is this? There is no cigarette smoke
in the air and the house isn't dusty. Can anyone recommend an air pump
that lasts awhile outside the overpriced Tetra pumps. BTW I paid $44 for
one several years ago and the replacement parts didn't fix it. Why do
they even sell replacement parts when they either don't work or improve
the performance of the pump so little, and for such a short period of
time?

Thoughts? Suggestions? Experiences?
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"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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I personally like the Dolphin series of pumps. I have been running a
fishroom of 24 tanks off of 2 Dolphin 5 star pumps for almost 2 years now,
no loss or failure yet.
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I'll definitely take a look at these air pumps. Thanks. I'm really tired
of messing with pumps that can't be repaired even though they sell you
repair kits. It's just throwing good money after bad.
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usually the rubbers go because of too much preasure place on them
= 2 few airstones and such ....
i buy the cheapest then chuck it at the first sighn of trouble ,.,,,

for my aircuirtain i have an elite ... it has been running for about 2 years
now .....


"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
...
I'm so tired of buying airpumps that wear out in less than a year. We
replace the diaphragms and flappers and the improvement is minimal.
Sometimes they're even worse! Why is this? There is no cigarette smoke
in the air and the house isn't dusty. Can anyone recommend an air pump
that lasts awhile outside the overpriced Tetra pumps. BTW I paid $44 for
one several years ago and the replacement parts didn't fix it. Why do
they even sell replacement parts when they either don't work or improve
the performance of the pump so little, and for such a short period of
time?

Thoughts? Suggestions? Experiences?
--

Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Troll Information:
http://tinyurl.com/9zbh
http://tinyurl.com/d8e4
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"sew crazy" wrote in message
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usually the rubbers go because of too much preasure place on them
= 2 few airstones and such ....

There's no real back-pressure on mine. I change the stones constantly. I
bought a sack of those inexpensive disposable ones a few years ago from a
place going out of business, so I sort of waste them. Back-pressure
definitely isn't the problem.

i buy the cheapest then chuck it at the first sighn of trouble ,.,,,

Cheapest pump? The real cheapos aren't worth the effort to take home. :-)
Avoid anything from those large non-pet shop chains.

for my aircuirtain i have an elite ... it has been running for about 2
years now .....

Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Troll Information:
http://tinyurl.com/9zbh
http://tinyurl.com/d8e4
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Koi-Lo wrote:
"sew crazy" wrote in message
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usually the rubbers go because of too much preasure place on them
= 2 few airstones and such ....

There's no real back-pressure on mine. I change the stones constantly. I
bought a sack of those inexpensive disposable ones a few years ago from a
place going out of business, so I sort of waste them. Back-pressure
definitely isn't the problem.

i buy the cheapest then chuck it at the first sighn of trouble ,.,,,

Cheapest pump? The real cheapos aren't worth the effort to take home. :-)
Avoid anything from those large non-pet shop chains.

for my aircuirtain i have an elite ... it has been running for about 2
years now .....

Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952

Koi-Lo Real name is Carolyn Adamo Gulley
3245 North Lamar Road Mount Juliet TN 37122-7806
Phone 615-459-9345

has been caught in various vicious lies!
Before plaguing The aquarian NG's with her nonsense, she use to plague
the Health NG do a google search on Yarrow / windsong / Carol for more
details.

http://tinyurl.com/99azt
http://tinyurl.com/87ow4
http://tinyurl.com/d6t5m
http://tinyurl.com/aheek
http://tinyurl.com/ck97r
http://tinyurl.com/cm3dp
http://tinyurl.com/8bscg
http://tinyurl.com/7epdg
http://tinyurl.com/bya3z
When she is best by a man she accuse him of stalking

http://tinyurl.com/8wryt

She engages people in senseless debates about absolutely nothing.
Her intent on the aquarian groups is to pretend she an expert on all
types of fish and aquarian issues.

Before you reply, you may want to ask her a few things or only one.
_Where does she get her information?
_Can her information be verified?
_Is the information up to date?
_What is the purpose of her post? To present reliable facts about JW's
or sling mud on a religious organization in good standing in almost
every country in the world?

Ask her for evidence of her claims before proceeding with your
conversation with her, if not you may be end up wasting your time and
bandwidth on discussing subjects based on fraudulent and fabricated
information. This is how she manipulates clueless bystanders in
participating with her distributing false information elsewhere?

Facts about Carol:

*She can never present evidence.
*She never reveals the source of her info (because there is none).
*She always hides her identity. And change her header to avoid
killfiles. A TOS offense
*She cuts and paste, rewrite postings, and will even forge e-mail
addresses
;which her ISP allows her to do. Just ask them:



If your newsgroups has been victim of Carol's MCP and ECP; you can
report her. Her account is dpc6682112001.direcpc.com and you may report
her by calling 1-800-DirecPC, by emailing us at
, or by writing to:

DirecPC
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Her use of remailers can still be traced to her account.No American ISP
like to be
associated with Hate Speech no matter if Hate speech is protected
under the First. It affects their commercial interest.
Then you can contact your own ISP and have them add them to their
block List Direcpc.com

"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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I'm so tired of buying airpumps that wear out in less than a year. We
replace the diaphragms and flappers and the improvement is minimal.
Sometimes they're even worse! Why is this? There is no cigarette smoke
in the air and the house isn't dusty. Can anyone recommend an air pump
that lasts awhile outside the overpriced Tetra pumps. BTW I paid $44 for
one several years ago and the replacement parts didn't fix it. Why do
they even sell replacement parts when they either don't work or improve
the performance of the pump so little, and for such a short period of
time?

Thoughts? Suggestions? Experiences?


Go to an industrial supply company, buy an industrial airpump, and a large
air tank. Let the air pump fill up the pump, then slowly drain out the
pressure through the air hose.

Since this was already cross-posted I will let this be the last one - to
avoid reposting to the same thread 4 times.
This is to let the groups know that "SNOOZE" from rec.ponds has decided to
change his NYM to Koi-Lo. Knowing there are two "Koi-Los" may help avoid
some confusion.
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Aquariums since 1952
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http://tinyurl.com/9zbh
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Reading Headers:
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
. com...

"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
...
I'm so tired of buying airpumps that wear out in less than a year. We
replace the diaphragms and flappers and the improvement is minimal.
Sometimes they're even worse! Why is this? There is no cigarette smoke
in the air and the house isn't dusty. Can anyone recommend an air pump
that lasts awhile outside the overpriced Tetra pumps. BTW I paid $44 for
one several years ago and the replacement parts didn't fix it. Why do
they even sell replacement parts when they either don't work or improve
the performance of the pump so little, and for such a short period of
time?

Thoughts? Suggestions? Experiences?


Go to an industrial supply company, buy an industrial airpump, and a large
air tank. Let the air pump fill up the pump, then slowly drain out the
pressure through the air hose.

Who really gives a darn carol, you just have to cross post or post one
way or another and yur opbsessed with your posts to point out what you
consider is someone else, when odds are no one else really gives a dam
one way or another.........


On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 00:50:38 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:
Since this was already cross-posted I will let this be the last one - to
avoid reposting to the same thread 4 times.
This is to let the groups know that "SNOOZE" from rec.ponds has decided to
change his NYM to Koi-Lo. Knowing there are two "Koi-Los" may help avoid
some confusion.

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The original frugal ponder ! Koi-ahoi mates....

I have two sets of air stones that I switch out every so often. I keep
one set soaking in vinegar until a few days before I am ready to use
them. The vinegar seems to work pretty well.

I've used various common air pumps; none have failed
in 3+ years. I switched to bubble wands (soft rubber?
and flexible) a year or so ago which supposedly put less
back pressure on the pump. In moderately to heavily
planted tanks, I only run the air pumps overnight.

Gail