momo9700

Is an air pump that thing that makes the bubbles in the tank? Like the little treasure chest thing in Nemo... Where the bubbles pop out. And how do they work? Do you just pop one in the tank, and BAM! Instant bubbles?

Amanda

An air pump is a little motor, you hook it up to an air tube and it will pump O2 into the tank through the plastic tube.

momo9700

...Air tube?

cerianthus

Yup, Air pump is type of compressor and should not add to the tank. As Amanda pointed out, attach air line tubing to any air stones, diffusers, or bubble wand as desire.

Bubba the Gump

ha ha yeah like on Nemo...my sons favorite movie as of right now anyway,..definitely dont put the pump inside the tank, put it on the outside and run your air line in the tank where desired, you can also install T fittings to run multiple lines off one pump, depending on how much power it has.

momo9700

... So... It's what powers the bubble thingy? Are there things that make bubbles that don't need wiring and such?

Torez

you plug it in to an outlet. no not that i know of. i usedto think you drop an air stone in an it automatically made bubbles. an air stone is the thing u put on to the ebd

agabr123

this is what my air pump looks like, it plugs into the wall and then you attach a clear plastic tube to a little spout on it

http://www.aquariumguys.com/whisperair1.html

you put the other end of the clear plastic tube onto an airstone
http://www.e-aquarium.com.au/buy/air-products/air-stone

or a bubble wand
http://www.aquariumguys.com/bubble-wands.html

ooibhuskyoo

You can get a powerhead, it creates bubbles and moves the water around the top area of the tank though. You also can't put cool ornaments like the finding nemo treasure chest or the volcano. lol

cerianthus

Believe it or Not, knew one person who did thinking it maybe submersible air pump? lol!

agabr123

i can't imagine that ended well!

shadowavenger

Definately not for the fish... zap!

momo9700

that doesn't sound good

Bubba the Gump

well on than note I didnt think tube style heaters were fully submersible as most if not all of em has a water line indicator on them, I ve seen a few member tank pictures where they had it all the way in the water, one guy had it laying in the gravel.

cerianthus

I dont think you can even find heater thats not fully submersible (one that you have to unplug and plug whenever water changes are done). It gotta be an ANTIQUE if you do find one! i still have metaframe tank with slate bottom and stainless frame sitting in Garage. I do knowthis is an Antique as someone already offered few hundred buck. I declined. This one is staying with me for many many yrs to come, hopefully.

If I recollect correctly, it was not as bad as I would have thought since breaker on Power Strip triggered.

Mizzkimberly

I saw these at walmart today and wondered what they were. I think I like the bubble wand idea.

snowball

When the air pump starts inside thers a little plastic rubber cup attached with a magnet attacked to the outlet were the air comes out at when it pushes threw the outlet air cmoes out.
The inside uses a magnetic field to charge and uncharge so the magnet cup with just keep going back and forth pumping air.

airpumps add oxygen 2 the water