air pump for 55 gal rez

[ThaMagnificent]

What size pump?

 

[Heisenberg]

I do one watt per gallon.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/O2-Commerci...659327?hash=item3aaa068d7f:g:soYAAOSwtvtVVazo

 

[justugh]

What size pump?

depnds on how hot the water gets

the hotter the water the less it holds in oxygen so the large amount u need to pump into the water to get it to the lvls u want

i am a major lover of over kill factor
in 4 gallons DWC buckets i like to have 2 gallons of air to pass tho the water pre min with a nano pore store


here u go
http://www.amazon.com/EcoPlus-728450-Single-Outlet-Commercial/dp/B002JLJC0W

http://www.amazon.com/Viagrow-Deluxe-Micro-Stone-Diffuser/dp/B00CF4CCPU

that should do u just fine in a 55 gallon .......the stone will last years the bubbles it makes are tiny so i works better ....the pump is strong enough to cover any need u have the water could get to abut 74 and u will still be ok

 

[jeepster1993]

My setup.
A 55 gallon drum with a Active aqua 15 lpm 15 watt 4 outlet air pump with 2 inch air stones down in the drum. The control bucket for the ebb and flow is in front of the drum.
I have a larger 8 outlet 50 watt air pump for bubble buckets, but am not bubble bucketing now.
I could use it this summer, won't be dwc'ing 'till it cools off(fall).

 

[jeepster1993]

Went ahead and added the piston air pump and 3 more air stones. It does make a LOT more noise, sitting on that lid is like sitting on a drum.
Haven't decided???

 

[jijiandfarmgang]

Get a tiny pump, its not hard to reach 100 percent dissolved oxygen

Water or air pump it doesn't matter

- Jiji

 

[adower]

Went ahead and added the piston air pump and 3 more air stones. It does make a LOT more noise, sitting on that lid is like sitting on a drum.
Haven't decided???

I have the same pump. Go buy some tempurpedic foam and put the pump on it on the ground. It's like 5$. You won't hear a thing.

 

[toaster struedel]

Them big pumps put off some heat, you don't want it sitting on top your Rez, eventually it will warm your water temps.

 

[jeepster1993]

Decision.
I am using the smaller Active aqua 4 outlet pump.
It makes for a lot less heat and noise, plus with only 20 gallons in the rez, only running 4 pots right now, the active aqua is enough.

 

[adower]

Them big pumps put off some heat, you don't want it sitting on top your Rez, eventually it will warm your water temps.

There is no way that pump is going to raise the temps of a 55 gal res with a chiller.

 

[jayjay777]

I have multiple pumps like that, hang it in the air. It'll help. Also the inlet whole will fit an airstome perfectly which cuts noise in half.

 

[toaster struedel]

There is no way that pump is going to raise the temps of a 55 gal res with a chiller.

Didn't see you were running a chiller, still hadta be noisy as hell up there

 

[ThaMagnificent]

Went ahead and added the piston air pump and 3 more air stones. It does make a LOT more noise, sitting on that lid is like sitting on a drum.
Haven't decided???

I suspended mine from the ceiling with a bungee and no more noise. The pump gets HOT running 24.7 though. So I put it on a timer so it runs 3mins and off for 18mins