Air pumps

[skillet]

Hey Everyone,

   First thing, remember what this holiday is really about. Next, I’ve got an air pump with 2 outlets. Does someone make a stop air flow fitting, so I can block one outlet off?

Thanks

skillet

[SandSea]

put tubing to each airhole, then connect them to a gang valve, the gang valve will have knob for each air tube, so you may turn one off

[skillet]

SS

Thanks so much for the info. Just what I was looking for!

skillet

[nabokovfan87]

On 5/28/2022 at 9:24 AM, skillet said:

I’ve got an air pump with 2 outlets. Does someone make a stop air flow fitting, so I can block one outlet off?

Essentially dual outlet pumps have 2 sets of parts inside.  So it's really two pumps in one case.  The only real way to turn it off is to just run it to an airstone and drop it in a tank somewhere.

If you connect both of them to a single outlet, one of them could push back pressure onto the other and they could end up damaging one another.  For this reason, I've switched off of the dual outlet pumps and opted for "deep water" stronger pumps and connecting them to a gang valve.  It's a whole rabbit hole because you're basically oversizing the airpump in a similar fashion to oversizing your filter.  Depending what the load is, use case, is going to determine what amount of drops you need.