micro bubbles??

afamousjohnson · 12/07/2011, 04:30 PM

wondering the origin of these little guys and how to trouble shoot, find, and solve. They are sitting all over in the algea areas of the LR. Suggestions greatly appreciated. Guessing an air leak somewhere checked over and not seeing anything.

jasimek · 12/07/2011, 04:32 PM

Try placing a sponge filter in your sump between the baffles next to your protein skimmer. I had that and it took care of it in about a day or two

tcoker79 · 12/07/2011, 04:36 PM

I'm actually fighting the same thing right now. Will give the sponge filter a try. I guess they will need to be rinsed very often.

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ghostman · 12/07/2011, 04:45 PM

It looks like your algae is producing the air bubbles as a natural process. Maybe increase your clean up crew to get rid of some of those little tufts, and your bubbles may go away. I've had great luck with Mexican turbo snails, the large ones.

12/07/2011, 04:36 PM	#3
tcoker79 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Creedmoor, NC Posts: 24	I'm actually fighting the same thing right now. Will give the sponge filter a try. I guess they will need to be rinsed very often. Sent from my Droid Incredible using Tapatalk __________________ 90g New with big plans Current Tank Info: 90g 1st Tank

12/07/2011, 04:45 PM	#4
ghostman Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Spring Hill, Florida Posts: 1,629	It looks like your algae is producing the air bubbles as a natural process. Maybe increase your clean up crew to get rid of some of those little tufts, and your bubbles may go away. I've had great luck with Mexican turbo snails, the large ones. __________________ When you die, you don't know you're dead. It's only difficult for the people around you. It's the same when you're stupid. Current Tank Info: 40IM Fusion, 40lbs of rock, and 20lbs of sand. Just a few fish and corals....for now.

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12/07/2011, 04:32 PM	#2
jasimek Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Plainfield, Illinois Posts: 692	Try placing a sponge filter in your sump between the baffles next to your protein skimmer. I had that and it took care of it in about a day or two