DIESEL airpump needed. ideas?

wisecrackerz
  • #1
I'm in the process of making my 75G into a happy fishy home. I've had bad luck with airpumps in the past; not having the force necessary to push air into a big tank, or being all loud and annoying, or just burning out.

What I'd like is an airpump that's got a couple outlets, so I can have a couple different bubble situations goin' on (I'd like a long bubble strip and maybe 2 or 3 stones), and is hardcore enough to pull it off well, but quiet enough that it's not going to bother anybody. Ideally it won't be much bigger than, say, a 2.5G tank, but w/e, if it does the trick, fine, I'll find a place to put it.

What would y'all recommend?
 
pirahnah3
  • #2
Honestly I don't have any problems with my 75 and my air pump, and the pump is on the bottom of the stand, but all that aside.

If this is going to be in the house then you just cant. Propane maybe but no way can you run a diesel or gas pump indoors for any length of time without serious health risks for both you and your family and pets.
 
josh40996
  • #3
1 sec, I heard of a good airpump that has serious output. Plus it runs on electricity and is fairly small

Edit:

Found it. Its called the Pondmaster AP-60. Its has an energy efficient motor, quiet operation, high and steady output, includes an air diffuser and comes with an attachment that either lets you run 1 incredibly strong output or 12 different outputs. That might just be strong enough for ya! (Insert sarcasm here) but yeah I don't think you would ever really need an airpump that powerful but that's a good one but are you sure that any good quality airpump won't work?
 
wisecrackerz
  • Thread Starter
  • #4
Honestly I don't have any problems with my 75 and my air pump, and the pump is on the bottom of the stand, but all that aside.

If this is going to be in the house then you just cant. Propane maybe but no way can you run a diesel or gas pump indoors for any length of time without serious health risks for both you and your family and pets.

ahaha, ok, I meant the slang meaning for diesel; meaning hardcore or super tough (I forget not everybody is from the same locale/subculture/era as me!), as opposed to the type of fossil fuel lol.

And I'm looking for something super strong because the ones I've had in the past just kind of wimped out (couldn't push the air through against the pressure of the water, or couldn't get enough pressure to run multiple airstones). AP-60, hmm? I will have to look up this supposedly diesel (slang again!) pump.
 
pirahnah3
  • #5
I have had great luck with the Tetra wisper pumps over the years. I have a 60 I think (I'm not home right now to check) but its the smallest one with two outputs on it, on my 75gal tank and it does fine running two smaller air stones on a gang valve and off the other port I have a 12inch bubble wand.
 
wisecrackerz
  • Thread Starter
  • #6
hmmmm. Maybe I just have had crappy pumps in the past. I'll have to check this out; it'd be nice to have lots of air in my tank; my fish are big and fat, so I don't doubt they'll produce lots of CO2 for the plants lol.
 

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