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Air bricks yes or no

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tracey

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OK am totally confused on this one. am new Axie owner (only had him/her 2 days now)

Acquitic plans says Axolotls shouldn't have air bricks/bubble machines in tanks as they stress them out but some of the pictures i've seen in the gallery of tanks have them.

should the tank have them or not???
 
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daniel

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as long as they dont cause too much water movement then i cant see a problem with them... i have 1 and buried it under a pile of pebbles and it hardly disturbs the water at all now
 
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amber

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I sometimes pop a bubbler in, and I have it come on for a couple of minutes a day - gives them something to play with.
 
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geoff

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I have an air stone that gets played in daily all I have done is turned the air flow down so as not to disturb the water flow.
 
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shaun

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Whenever i'm using my pipette, my axies come over and snap at the bubbles as they come out- it's really funny, but not as good as an air stone.
 
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daniel

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Benny has a habit of sitting on the air stone when its on. its funny watching him trying not to float away.
 
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genevieve

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I have an air bed in my tank and the axolotls absolutely love it. It's a large (4 inch diameter), circular, flat airstone that my babies love to lie on top of for a great tummy massage when they aren't playing in the plants or napping on top of each other. Before the bed I always included air stones. They are great for oxygenating the water and unless you have a really small tank (or a really strong pump), they don't disrupt the water flow in the least- just in the column above it.
 
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nya

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2 of my 4 axies love the air bubbles, they are constantly swimming through it or sit with their bums in the bubbles. Also 1 of them spends loads of time sitting on top of a plant under the spray bar.
 
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