Air bubbles?

[Joe Fish]

What would cause air bubbles, or at least they look like air bubbles, to form? They are on some rocks and some parts of the sand. I only have one 250 mh bulb and these bubbles are only on the side with the light.

 

[Lorna]

Algae can cause small bubbles to form as it releases either carbon dioxide or oxygen....not sure which...

 

[Joe Fish]

Anything to really be conserned about?

 

[usacutie81]

Probably not, it just means extra oxygen in the tank. If they really bug you then you can just wipe them off.

 

[Joe Fish]

As long as they are of no harm I don't mind them.

 

[CoolWaters]

Algae can cause small bubbles to form as it releases either carbon dioxide or oxygen....not sure which...

plants and fungus dont produce carbon dioxide.

could it be bubble algae?

 

[saltwater4life]

no i think he'd know if it was bubble algae when you see big green bubbles somethings up but I've gotta go with Lorna it's from the algae just like how sand beds get bubbles in it...

 

[bigredspecial]

^^^They do produce oxygen though.

 

[cinlnk]

plants and fungus dont produce carbon dioxide.

QUOTE]

Where in the heck did you learn your BIOLOGY at? Ever hear of the process
PHOTOSYNTHESIS? See the equation below:

6H2O + 6CO2 ----------> C6H12O6+ 6O2...in other words:
six molecules of water plus six molecules of carbon dioxide produce one molecule of sugar plus six molecules of oxygen

COOLWATERS QUOTE :
"could it be bubble algae?"

You NEED CO2 for plants..... and what do you think ALGAE is?

 

[Lorna]

Well actually it could be cyano which is actually a bacteria.......which does produce small bubbles...I would keep your eye on it and if it looks like it is forming a coating of sorts then you may have a cyano outbreak.....which knowing your tank age wouldn't be totally out of the question.....algae and cyano can be fed by excess tods.....and even though your tests for nitrates etc are reading zero you could still have high amounts ......keep us posted on what goes on....

 

[Joe Fish]

I have been feeding a little less and my skimmer has been working pretty good lately. What are tods?

 

[Lorna]

ooops I meant tds....total disolved solids...or total organic disolved solids..stuff you can't see in the water.

 

[CoolWaters]

it could be the oxygen that builds up in your tank from the dust particals...

i added some cool looking rocks and they started to bubble up its because of the dust that settled on it over time.

got that from a discovery channel when they did the (how bubbles form in wine, and is it good for you?)

lol?

 

[Lotus]

When I had diatoms, it would "pearl" (produce bubbles). If you have a lot of bubbles, it could possibly affect your pH, so you should keep an eye on that. Once the algae disappears, the bubbles probably will too.

 

[Joe Fish]

Well I am experiencing a diatom issue due to my new MH. It's starting to go away. So far my PH is great I have never seen my xenia pulse so much! Thanks for the tip though I will keep an eye on it.