airstones

[Avon Barksdale]

im sick of messing with them every 3 weeks, anyone ever mess with the expensive ones, do they work longer or do they still need to be cleaned every three weeks too, is there a way i could just make a ring with an air line and poke pin holes in it or something

 

[mrred]

i been using the same walmart strip airstone for a while now, i bought some of those ones for 1.40 and they seem soft, are they clogging so bad they dont put out air?

 

[Avon Barksdale]

yeap i can usally tell when the stones are not putting out enough air just by the plant health but for the first 2 weeks they are great just sucha pain to change them, cause i have quite a few

 

[zenoonez]

Avon: Sorry, i don't have any advice on good airstones, I am searching for the same thing but I had to say that your name cracked me up. I watched The Wire when it came out on HBO. Great series, well written. But anyways, apart from cracking up at the name, I have heard that there are clear ones that look like glass that don't clog nearly as easy but I heard that sort of second hand and wasn't really listening intently. So, grain of salt with that one.

 

[Juice_Box]

I use the activeaqua flexible air stone

has never cloged

 

[FreezerBoy]

I'm with mrred. What are you putting in your tank that's gunking things up? My grows run at least 4 months and a stone lasts 2-3 grows.

 

[S-V-K]

I'm using two air curtains and no problems so far...

 

[NorCalFor20]

Try a boss hog XL micro pore air diffusor but make sure your pushing at least 37 lpm though it and it uses 3/8 inch air line instead of the regular kind since it has large air flow

 

[Avon Barksdale]

well i use 1 large air pump im not sure about the flow rates but it uses 50 watts it goes into a manifold with 8 1/8 inch air lines and they flow tons of air when the stones are fresh, but after a few weeks they go to nuthin or just tiny bubbles, i run gh nutes lucas formula only about 800 ppm for my moms

 

[Longhair]

Hello,
How Do You Clean Air Stones? Is There A Solution To Soak In Or?
Thank You
Longhair

 

[Haps]

You don't need no stinking air stones, hehe, just tape the tube down with duct tape and you are good. I have used this for over three years, works great.
H

 

[Cheeb]

airstoneless works


if you still want an airstone go quality with a SweetWater airstone. They are ceramic diffusers..work well and hold up.

http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/3533/Sweetwater-Air-Diffusers

or check out silicone diffuser hose and make something like this. (expensive stuff)
Not my photo.. another user's on icmag. www.alita.com The silicone hose will require a decent pump to drive these, but they are impossible to clog and the aeration they put out is amazing - way superior to any airstone.

 

[FreezerBoy]

The true purpose of stones is stealth. They're quieter than an open line. If stealth isn't an issue, Haps' is a great solution. Surface turbulence is what gives us DO and a stone free line will get that surface rolling. If the noise presents no danger, no stone is needed.