Air Stone Big Bubbles

[Sarah1230ox]

Heya so I have a plant with an airstone in the bottom connected to my air pump, and for some reason the bubbles coming from it have.gotten bigger and its more noisy is this anything to worry about? Will the big bubbles cause any issues? Thanks

 

[WillR1496]

Is the airstone connected directly to the air pump? If not, I say invest in one of those splitters where you can control the amount of air going through the stone/filters. I had to get one for my sponge filter because the pump was real powerful for it and it was causing all this type of movement in my tank. I personally don't see an issue with it other than upsetting the fish or disturbing the plants and causing them to move or become uprooted.

 

[Sarah1230ox]

Is the airstone connected directly to the air pump? If not, I say invest in one of those splitters where you can control the amount of air going through the stone/filters. I had to get one for my sponge filter because the pump was real powerful for it and it was causing all this type of movement in my tank. I personally don't see an issue with it other than upsetting the fish or disturbing the plants and causing them to move or become uprooted.

Yes it is, I was going to try a bubble wall? As the airstone I have is at the bottom of a fake plant which won't stay flat anyway! So looks messy. Its causing the water at the top to ripple? Which I was concerned about. Thanks for the reply

 

[Fanatic]

It'll be just fine, sponge filters put out much larger bubbles than the regular airstone would, and Will is right about using a control valve to adjust flow as necessary.