air pump

[AbsurdKnight]

..... I've had my 10 gallon tank since about June or July this year. All this time I haven't had an air pump. Should I have one? I haven't been making my fish suffer some by not having one, have I?

 

[Lotus]

If you have a filter, you don't need an airpump. Some people like them for the looks, but in a healthy tank, there's no need for one.

 

[s_anthony]

In my 15 gal I just have a marineland bio filter - no airpump whatsoever.. Fish have been happy as can be.. I do plan on adding one now that I have more plants growing in the tank just for more circulation on the far right side of the tank...

My smaller tank (10 gal) I did decide to add an air filter in the form of a bubble wand set to low bubbling just for circulation of the tank...

 

[AbsurdKnight]

Thanks. ^_^ I was just reading through some of the stickys and had noticed they mentioned air pumps a lot and got a bit worried that maybe tanks had to have one.

 

[Katie217]

nah they dont need one, the surface aggitation that a filter provides is enough