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2. Air pump - Wikipedia

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   Boyle's air pump. An air pump is a pump for pushing air. Examples include a bicycle pump, pumps that are used to aerate an aquarium or a pond via an airstone; a gas compressor used to power a pneumatic tool, air horn or pipe organ; a bellows used to encourage a fire; a vacuum cleaner and a vacuum pump. All air pumps contain a part that moves ...

3. Aquarium - Wikipedia

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   Around 1908, the first mechanical aquarium air pump was invented, powered by running water, instead of electricity. [30] The introduction of the air pump into the hobby is considered by several historians of the hobby to be a pivotal moment in its development. [31] Pike in an aquarium c. 1908, at the Belle Isle Aquarium, Belle Isle Park

4. Airstone - Wikipedia

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   A spherical airstone at the Osaka Aquarium alongside a trio of red stingray pups, Hemitrygon akajei. An airstone, also called an aquarium bubbler, is a piece of aquarium furniture, traditionally a piece of limewood or porous stone, whose purpose is to gradually diffuse air into the tank, eliminating the noise and large bubbles of conventional air filtration systems, and providing other ...

5. Aquarium filter - Wikipedia

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   The pump should only be powerful enough to push the water through the filtering material as well as overcome the drag in the intake and return pipes. This makes canister filter pumps virtually insensitive to the height difference between the aquarium and the filter (although exceeding the manufacturer-specified height limit can lead to leaks).

6. Airlift pump - Wikipedia

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   A geyser pump, an improved airlift pump, powered by compressed air, raises fluid by forcing rising bubbles to displace fluid. 50. air supply 52. air inlet port 58. liquid supply 60,62. air supply lines 64. upper end of air tank 86 66,82. air ports 70. upper air inlet of u-shaped elbow 74 76 air outlet 84. fluid intake 65. riser tube 88 ...

7. 32 best aquarium pets that aren't fish - AOL

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   Bamboo Shrimp need stable water conditions, and they do best in well-established aquariums, like one of the best tropical fish tanks, that have lots of plants and places to hide. 16. Mystery Snails