Bubbles on everything !

Ronny#66 · 02/28/2009, 04:38 PM

I posted this before . My lights come on 10:30 am off 6:30 pm mid day bubbles rise off liverock and off sand bed . They hank all over heater power heads ect . Power heads suck them up blow them everywhere . Tank over 2 years old. Whats the problem ? It's been doing this a year or so.

Ronny

cloak · 02/28/2009, 05:09 PM

I don't see a problem. My 20 is saturated with microbubbles and all is well.

emilecilliers · 02/28/2009, 05:45 PM

Could it not be the microbubbles from the skimmer?

Ronny#66 · 02/28/2009, 07:41 PM

I don't have a skimmer they come up out of sand bed and out of live rock.

Ronny

0b1 · 02/28/2009, 08:57 PM

have you replaced your sand recently or has it been there for a while? I've only seen it in my tank when the sand is new.

Ronny#66 · 02/28/2009, 09:18 PM

sand 2 years old

Sisterlimonpot · 02/28/2009, 09:21 PM

That is weird. where's waterkeeper when you need him?

greenbean36191 · 03/01/2009, 06:21 AM

The bubbles are photosynthetically produced oxygen, which is why they start forming after the lights come on. This can be a normal occurrence in some tanks and even in the wild, but it's often associated with the onset of algae problems.

Geodriller · 03/01/2009, 10:27 AM

Look at your origional post...It was answered

Ronny#66 · 03/01/2009, 03:09 PM

I got algae I don't feed too muck every 3 days just a pinch. Two power heads moving water in 25 gallon tank ph 7.8 - 8.2 cal 460 dkh 8 amonia 0 nitrate 0 nitrite 0 So what can I do just frustrated .Took sample of algie off sand to LFS they were not shure on what do do. Got some on liverock now you can blow it off wth turkey baster it's green. This explains the bubbles. So what can I do. I shut lights off for 3 days realy doesn't realy make a difference. How do you find original post ? Not member here search won't work.
Ronny

Ronny#66 · 03/01/2009, 03:11 PM

Thanks greenbean . All makes sence.

Ronny

dwd5813 · 03/01/2009, 03:16 PM

any time you want to go back over your posts/threads you made, you can click on the

at the top of any of your posts.

no real need to search out the first thread you started on this subject since you got the same answers there as you did here, but just thought you'd like to know how to do that.

Ronny#66 · 03/01/2009, 04:14 PM

Thanks DWD

dwd5813 · 03/01/2009, 04:34 PM

you're welcome

02/28/2009, 04:38 PM	#1
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Bubbles on everything ! I posted this before . My lights come on 10:30 am off 6:30 pm mid day bubbles rise off liverock and off sand bed . They hank all over heater power heads ect . Power heads suck them up blow them everywhere . Tank over 2 years old. Whats the problem ? It's been doing this a year or so. Ronny

02/28/2009, 05:45 PM	#3
emilecilliers Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: salisbury,uk Posts: 165	Could it not be the microbubbles from the skimmer? __________________ Click red house to see my build thread ______________________________ See my tank live here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/my-200g Current Tank Info: 200g tank 50g sump 20g refugium, 1x5000l/h powerhead,1x12000l/h powerhead,oceanrunner 3500 return pump,prizm skimmer 1x250w 20k halide,1x250w 14k halide

02/28/2009, 09:21 PM	#7
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	That is weird. where's waterkeeper when you need him? __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

03/01/2009, 06:21 AM	#8
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	The bubbles are photosynthetically produced oxygen, which is why they start forming after the lights come on. This can be a normal occurrence in some tanks and even in the wild, but it's often associated with the onset of algae problems. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

03/01/2009, 03:16 PM	#12
dwd5813 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 813 Posts: 2,827	any time you want to go back over your posts/threads you made, you can click on the at the top of any of your posts. no real need to search out the first thread you started on this subject since you got the same answers there as you did here, but just thought you'd like to know how to do that. __________________ order some golf shoes, otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive. what can i say? in dog beers, i have only had one. - dublo8 Current Tank Info: 40B aiptasia farm

02/28/2009, 05:09 PM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	I don't see a problem. My 20 is saturated with microbubbles and all is well.

02/28/2009, 07:41 PM	#4
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	I don't have a skimmer they come up out of sand bed and out of live rock. Ronny

02/28/2009, 08:57 PM	#5
0b1 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Philly Posts: 104	have you replaced your sand recently or has it been there for a while? I've only seen it in my tank when the sand is new.

02/28/2009, 09:18 PM	#6
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	sand 2 years old

03/01/2009, 10:27 AM	#9
Geodriller Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Pekin, Illinois Posts: 257	Look at your origional post...It was answered

03/01/2009, 03:09 PM	#10
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	I got algae I don't feed too muck every 3 days just a pinch. Two power heads moving water in 25 gallon tank ph 7.8 - 8.2 cal 460 dkh 8 amonia 0 nitrate 0 nitrite 0 So what can I do just frustrated .Took sample of algie off sand to LFS they were not shure on what do do. Got some on liverock now you can blow it off wth turkey baster it's green. This explains the bubbles. So what can I do. I shut lights off for 3 days realy doesn't realy make a difference. How do you find original post ? Not member here search won't work. Ronny

03/01/2009, 03:11 PM	#11
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Thanks greenbean . All makes sence. Ronny

03/01/2009, 04:14 PM	#13
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Thanks DWD

03/01/2009, 04:34 PM	#14
dwd5813 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 813 Posts: 2,827	you're welcome __________________ order some golf shoes, otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive. what can i say? in dog beers, i have only had one. - dublo8 Current Tank Info: 40B aiptasia farm