adding bubble sticks to salty

I wanted to have a bubble wand or two in the back lenght of the aquarium for
the effect. I was told by one person that bubbles in salt aquarium lead to
the salt collecting at the top glass, above water level, where the bubbles
"pop". I assume this also leads to lower salinity over time.

Any experience out there? Worse case scenario I only turn it on for house
guests.

Thanks in advance.

B

Bryan wrote:
I wanted to have a bubble wand or two in the back lenght of the aquarium for
the effect. I was told by one person that bubbles in salt aquarium lead to
the salt collecting at the top glass, above water level, where the bubbles
"pop". I assume this also leads to lower salinity over time.

Any experience out there? Worse case scenario I only turn it on for house
guests.

It does cause a lot more salt creep.

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:39:36 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

I wanted to have a bubble wand or two in the back lenght of the aquarium for
the effect. I was told by one person that bubbles in salt aquarium lead to
the salt collecting at the top glass, above water level, where the bubbles
"pop". I assume this also leads to lower salinity over time.

Any experience out there? Worse case scenario I only turn it on for house
guests.

I've always used airstones in my tanks. You do get quite a bit of
salt on things around the water line. The effects on salinity seem to
be negligeable to me. If you are changing some water even very
occasionally I don't think there is an issue.

Steve

I seem to think adding air stones, bubble wands to salt tanks is
pretty well not often seen. Folks usually ocmplain with any type of
bubbles anywhere in a marine tank. Personally I do not like them, but
thats my personal preference. I do not even like them on a fresh
water tank, but one thing is for sure, They will create a lot more
salt creep as others have posted.

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:39:36 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

I wanted to have a bubble wand or two in the back lenght of the aquarium for
the effect. I was told by one person that bubbles in salt aquarium lead to
the salt collecting at the top glass, above water level, where the bubbles
"pop". I assume this also leads to lower salinity over time.

Any experience out there? Worse case scenario I only turn it on for house
guests.

Thanks in advance.

B



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If you don't mind having to scrape hardened salt off the
aquarium, off the stand, and the carpet, and having the
salt corode the lights and everything else, and salt
messing up the wall, then go for it :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Bryan wrote on 6/13/2006 12:39 AM:
I wanted to have a bubble wand or two in the back lenght of the aquarium for
the effect. I was told by one person that bubbles in salt aquarium lead to
the salt collecting at the top glass, above water level, where the bubbles
"pop". I assume this also leads to lower salinity over time.

Any experience out there? Worse case scenario I only turn it on for house
guests.

Thanks in advance.

B

dang! salty stand? salty carpet? salty light corrosion? what kind of
bubble party are you imagining? ha

yeah I think I wasted money on the wands and tubing. I do like the
background bubble look and maybe I'll set it up just to see, but everyone
has agreed on the salty mess so that's enough for me.

B


"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
If you don't mind having to scrape hardened salt off the aquarium, off the
stand, and the carpet, and having the salt corode the lights and
everything else, and salt messing up the wall, then go for it :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Bryan wrote on 6/13/2006 12:39 AM:
I wanted to have a bubble wand or two in the back lenght of the aquarium
for the effect. I was told by one person that bubbles in salt aquarium
lead to the salt collecting at the top glass, above water level, where
the bubbles "pop". I assume this also leads to lower salinity over time.

Any experience out there? Worse case scenario I only turn it on for
house guests.

Thanks in advance.

B

Im with Wayne on this one. Do not use air stones in a salt water tank.
If you do anything for oxygenation do it in the sump but a good skimmer
will do this effectivley anyway. Salt Will Destroy All.

thanks for the responses. I'm getting enough salt building up on the
lights just from the small bubbles splashes created by my filter. In just a
day there was plenty of salt buildup thus I won't be making any unneeded
bubbles in the water.

B


"Bryan" wrote in message
...
I wanted to have a bubble wand or two in the back lenght of the aquarium
for the effect. I was told by one person that bubbles in salt aquarium
lead to the salt collecting at the top glass, above water level, where the
bubbles "pop". I assume this also leads to lower salinity over time.

Any experience out there? Worse case scenario I only turn it on for house
guests.

Thanks in advance.

B

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:39:36 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

I wanted to have a bubble wand or two in the back lenght of the aquarium for
the effect. I was told by one person that bubbles in salt aquarium lead to
the salt collecting at the top glass, above water level, where the bubbles
"pop". I assume this also leads to lower salinity over time.

Any experience out there? Worse case scenario I only turn it on for house
guests.

Thanks in advance.

B

No problem, unless the salt gets your lights. As far as the salinity
is concerned: not much. The water is evaporating with every splash.
The end result is the salt buildup. Scrape it off and let it fall back
into the aquarium. Small salinity changes have little effect on the
habitat. Because of the evaporation, you'll be topping off more
frequently though.

You don't want salt creep. You also don't want salt
falling on your live corals, or other immobile invertebrates.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



SpringDiver wrote on 6/16/2006 6:41 AM:

No problem, unless the salt gets your lights. As far as the salinity
is concerned: not much. The water is evaporating with every splash.
The end result is the salt buildup. Scrape it off and let it fall back
into the aquarium. Small salinity changes have little effect on the
habitat. Because of the evaporation, you'll be topping off more
frequently though.