bubbles and co2

[Squiggles9059]

i have probably half dozen or so plants in my tank with bubbles from under the gravel and a bubble wall. will this harm the plants? like trying to make oxygen through their process cuz there is no need to... dunno much about plants

 

[aakaakaak]

You're not pumping in pure oxygen. You're pumping in air, which is a mixture of many different gasses, including O2 and CO2. Unless the bubbles are causing everything to boil over your tank you should be fine.

 

[IfIhadaboat85]

I've got a whisper 40 pumping air (02 and C02 like aakaak said) into two different airstone in the tank and I have 3 different Cryptocoryne's, swords, anubias, ferns... they're all doing great. Don't worry so much about it. Only the purists will scold you for potentially unlocking more dissolved C02 in the water than you should...

 

[Dylandrewsdad]

Are you adding CO2? If not the bubbles will not harm the plants at all, if you are you may be wasting the CO2 as it will not have a chance to dissolve into the water.

 

[Jwoody]

yeah just like what "aak" said, in a way it is similar to having fish that are creating CO2 because it is constantly disolving O2 as well as CO2 into the tank, so its like a constant supply