What is a water column?

[kradeij]

Hi, pardon this v noobie question but what is a water column?

[valice]

Hi, pardon this v noobie question but what is a water column?

The whole column of water in your tank...

[kradeij]

err..

so it is the base of the tank to the water surface?

[valice]

Normally taken as the water from the top of your substrate to the water surface... Tat is the amount of water in your tank... Theoratically... Since there is definitely some water in your substrate too...

[kradeij]

Saw this phrase in one of the threads:

"introduce CO2 to the water column"

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...t=water+column

So it simply means introducing CO2 from the substrate to the water surface?

Sorry for the v newbie question but can't figure what that phrase means.

[valice]

The statement basically means injecting CO2 into your tank water...

[kradeij]

Thanks bro!

[valice]

No prob!
And you have a very cute avatar!!! Your kitten?

[kradeij]

Yup! An orphan kitten which I picked up from the streets when it was only a few days old about 1 yr+ back. Unfortunately it died when it is around 1 mth old.

[|squee|]

Essentially it means the water.