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I have a small air pump with a long piece of tube going to an Air stone. Now will the length of the tube change the performance of the stone???


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If I attach 25 cm to it will it produce the same amount of bubbles as if I attached a 80cm piece???

Once optimum pressure is achieved there should be no problem unless you have got metres of tube !!!

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Alas, I have actually found that the length of the tube does indeed seem to change the performance of the air stone, especially when trying to use a small or weak air pump.

Performance of your air stone can also be affected by the quality of the air stone (cheaper ones tend to give you much more grief!), the condition of your pump, as well as the size of the tank you are trying to agitate.

Honestly, I think that unless you are trying to create a specific look in your tank that involves lots of bubbles you really don't need to bother with air stones at all. Most are noisy and irritating, and their use can cause undue stress in fish that would much prefer to have a nice calm environment to surf around in.

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I have to agree...the length isn't going to make a whole lot of difference. If you use the 80cm or 105cm it shouldn't make a difference...now if you are going to use 100 metres, then there would be a difference...I always tend to cut mine a little longer, just to be sure that there is the length I need...I also tend to by airpumps that are for 60+ gallon tanks, even for the smaller tanks:%), and I don't use splitters because then you are not going to get the pressure that you want...just my thoughts, heidi

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Ok then thanks.

I didn't think it did but just checking

What they told you I agree with!

the length of the tubing does have an effect, especially if you ask the pump to run many devices. Also, the direction that you are pushing the air has an effect. if you are trying to push the air UP the tubing, it has a harder time than pushing DOWN.

Apparently the same thing goes for electricity as well, and things like water that we all know about.

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Why not just try it?