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11/11/2012, 01:25 PM
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Bubbles on Live Rock
Ive ready a few different threads on what these bubbles are but wanted to get a 3rd eye on it, is this algae growing or dying, good or bad.
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11/11/2012, 02:53 PM
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Looks like air bubbles as a precursor to algae starting.
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11/11/2012, 03:41 PM
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Air bubbles possibly from dinoflagellates. If you have a powerhead pointed in that direction or a return from the sump, it might be microbubbles building up on the rock.
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11/11/2012, 04:03 PM
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Cyanobacteria also produces bubbles like that.
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11/11/2012, 07:24 PM
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bubbles when lights are on = photosynthesis, no bubbles when lights are out=no photosynthesis
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11/12/2012, 02:13 PM
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Bubbles
The bubbles appear in the morning when the light comes on, I can blow them off with a baster. Is this something to be concerned with? Ive been trying to get my nitrate levels down, been doing more water changes, changed salt type to coral pro salt, installed a psk-75 in a 55 gal hex tank. I had another protein skimmer but trying the psk-75.
Right now both are running till i sort out this nitrate issue. Tanks been up for 5 + years. |
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11/12/2012, 06:10 PM
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Do you have a fuge with macroalgae in it? When did you last change your bulbs?
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11/12/2012, 07:39 PM
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bubbles
no fuge (yet), light is about 4 months old 250watt
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