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I do understand that Zebras need a high level of oxygen in the tanks. What is the best equipment used to produce high levels of oxygen for your zebras? What is a diffuser?


Thanks

dee

Some folks will make an effort to insure the water is well oxygenated. I do nothing more than have HOBs and sponges. The same as on non zebra tanks. I do have more flow that does not roil the surface in the breeder tank. It is more for filtration and current.

A diffusor is used to break gasses adde to a tank- oxygen or co2- so they are in "finer bubbles" and thus more easily absorbed by the water rather than just floating to the surface.

Thanks *twotankamin*, I really appreciate your help. I have a sponge filter, hang on filter, and a canister rated at 350GPH, do you think there is enough oxygen here?

dee

what sized tank?



our zebra tank(s) are 130L and the filters and power head in them turn over a spec'd 1658L/h

Thats nearly 13x (so about 10x when they are clean and probubly about 8x after a week or so)

What I can tell you is my breeder tank is a 36x18x17 inch 30 gal. It has a HOT Magnum (250gph), and AquaClear 150gph which also does the aeration and then a prefiltered powerhead rated at about 160gph.

It seems to be sufficient as there have been 23 spawns since the end of Apr. 06 to date.

thats 560gph on a 30gal tank so 18x.

as you can see - TTA's first comment sticks - they are not as fussy as people think.

just to add - I've also had a good number of spawns (approx 15 since Jan 07)

First of all, I want to thank everyone for responding to my topic and giving me awesome advice and tips. You guys and gals here are really helpful and friendly. I wish more forums were like this. By the way my tank is a 30 gallon, with only a couple of frys and one adult.

Thanks again,

Dee