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Old 12-08-2015, 03:26 PM
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I use a Marina battery powered air pump, works awesome to keep the aeration in the tank, when we have short outages other than that I have a backup generator that powers up all the fridges, freezers etc. as well as my entire tank.
I have a BNIB spare Marina air pump if anyone is interested $15.
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Old 12-08-2015, 05:42 PM
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Don't even need a battery powered air pump, all you need is a potato and hydrogen peroxide and a plastic bottle
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Old 12-08-2015, 06:35 PM
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Don't even need a battery powered air pump, all you need is a potato and hydrogen peroxide and a plastic bottle
Huh! explain more
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Old 12-08-2015, 06:51 PM
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You chop the potato into small cubes, place in plastic bottle.
Then add enough hydrogen peroxide to cover the potato cubes.
The lid needs to be drilled so an air tube can be run through it,
Seal bottle and place tube with or without an airstone in the tank.

Hydrogen peroxide naturally breaks down into 2 components over time, water and oxygen, the addition of the enzymes from the potato speed this up 100x
The escaping oxygen gas will travel up the air tube into your tank, providing pure oxygen to the water.
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Old 12-08-2015, 07:02 PM
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Witchcraft!!!
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Old 12-08-2015, 07:06 PM
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Its pure Science ;P
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Old 12-08-2015, 10:53 PM
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Its pure Science ;P
I flunked science
cool though.
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