Airstones and Guppies: Do Guppies need an airstone in their aquarium?

[@lday7343]

Weird you uploaded this! I have guppies and no air stone and I was asking myself last night ‘I wonder if they need an air stone’ and I was going to look on KZbin last night but forgot, come on KZbin today and it’s the first video I see😂👍🏼

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Must be fate 😜

[@slyteen2197]

Your 'smart' devices are listening to you.

[@i_am_slab]

I'm a new fish keeper and trying to figure out if I should get an air stone for my chili rasboras. This was helpful - thank you!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Definitely add an airstone. It will give you essential water circulation, surface movement and increase dissolved oxygen levels in the water 👍🏻

[@pacae911]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge in such an easy way. 😊

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

You’re welcome 🫶🏻

[@TheEminemShow]

Hi, do you keep the airstone on 24/7? Or can you run it only at night for example?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hi. Personally I run them 24/7, however, when I had a number of tanks in my bedroom, all the airstones went off at 10pm and came back on at 8am. That worked fine 👍🏻

[@arijitbose888]

I have a 10 gallon tank and have a hang on filter, do I need a air stone/ sponge filter?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

You’ll probably be fine 👍🏻

[@dylonpress7034]

Quick question. How do i know if there's too much oxygen in my tank? I tried looking it up but it always shows how do I know if it doesn't have enough. I just wanna make sure my fish will be perfectly fine especially since i have two that are gonna give birth really soon one of which is a guppy the size of a balloon from all the babies in her. Honestly i don't think she's gonna make it after giving birth but I'll try my best to keep her alive

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Water can only hold a finite amount of dissolved oxygen, and the amount it can hold varies with temperature. I don't believe you can have too much!

[@dylonpress7034]

@@FishKeepingAnswers thanks

[@edlyngega8900]

I hab a question with my AirStone, why does the cable and the USB of it heat up really fast even though its new?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Honestly, that doesn’t sound good. I would return it to the store 😕

[@mikekayanderson408]

Hi Richard. You didn’t tell me how many shrimp I can keep in a 3/4 gallon tank😀😀😀 K

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hi. I would start with 6 to 10 and see how they get on. Glad to hear your yellows are doing well 👍🏻

[@mikekayanderson408]

@@FishKeepingAnswers hi. I had about 5 and now with babies there are about 30 with more eggs visible You once did a video saying the numbers that could be kept in different sized tanks and I think the number was quite high in a 3/4 gal tank? I was wondering if I should be dividing them up into a second tank or just let them remain where they are?? K

[@SNSDPANDA2121]

My guppies are calm when i turn off the air pump but when it’s on, they swim frantically. What’s wrong? Do air pump stress guppies?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Not in my experience. Can you turn the air down a bit and see if that helps?

[@buggerlugz6753]

more oxygen in the water has this effect.

[@vishaladhvik_iscool]

Can i use airpump without airstone?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Yes 👍🏻

[@buggerlugz6753]

yes, but it'll be noisy and won't oxygenate the water as much if it had lots of little bubbles from a stone. Will create lots of splashing on the surface though.

[@buggerlugz6753]

I'd argue yes. The benefits are so huge, you'd be silly not too.

[@jordyp3696]

i was wondering, i would like an all natural tank without any filters or airstones, just the lights. is this possible?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Is it possible? Yes, but you will have poor circulation, a thick film on the surface, and eventually, stagnant water 😕 Don’t make things harder for yourself 😉

[@jenniferbunker2757]

Do neocaridina shrimp like a air stone

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Yes 👍🏻

[@Tlangvalputar-a]

👍

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

👍🏻

[@Freedom_Fighter72]

I use a sponge filter from Aquarium Co-op...kill two birds with one airstone 😏

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Great thinking. Wish we had that filter in the UK 😏

[@buggerlugz6753]

@@FishKeepingAnswers - you can just put a tube over the airstone and cut a hole in a sponge, put the airstone in it.

[@jackchuah4183]

you grass in terrible condition, you need CO2

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

😂 CO2 won’t help. I need to trim it and add fertiliser. CO2 will just make it look worse.