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Air stone required or not for planted tank?

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#1 ·
Hello,

I'm new to this forum and a beginner to planted aquarium..I have a 11 gallon 3 ft long tank with 5 guppies , 5 dwarf neon rainbow fish and a small angel fish..I have anacharis plants floated with no gravel and no filter..I'm having this tank for the past 3 months with no issues..

Recently my angel fish started gasping for air randomly so I added a airstone at the surface to create agitation for about 3 hrs daily..this solved the gasping issue but my plants are not growing like it used to be..the ancharis produce roots everyday before with the same lighting but now it doesnt.

Should I remove the airstone? If so how do i solve the oxygen issue? Im not sure if my plants produce enough oxygen for the fishes,,but I read everywhere that i shdnt use airstone for planted tanks,

kindly help..
 
#2 ·
try getting the anacharis actually planted and not floating. Could be the anacharis are getting co2 from the air not the water.


If that doesn't work then your experience should tell you about the air stone. I have used air stones in the past but prefer no circulation in my planted tanks.
 
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