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Bubbles on the live rock - What are they?


brucelan

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I have a 200 gallon saltwater tank.  About 20 fish and some coral.  I dose calcium and do regular water changes.  Water parameters look good, but I have these bubbles all over the live rock.  Any idea what these are and how to get rid of them?

 

I can try to get better photographs if these are too blurry.

 

Thanks!

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The bubbles are just from the growth producing O2, CO2, etc.  Usually limiting nutrients (not overfeeding, etc) , staying on top of water changes and blasting rocks daily with a turkey baster will improve this over time.  It's a marathon though.  

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1 hour ago, brucelan said:

OK, thanks.  So i just went to the tank and blasted the rocks with a turkey baster and it does come off easily, but where does it go?  Does it hurt anything?

Well, hopefully it gets caught in your mechanical filtration (i.e. filter floss).  Large mats I would scoop out with a net

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