socalmmj Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I've been getting bubbles building up in my 12 DX during the day. They appear to be more like 1/16 - 1/8" gas bubbles, not really micro bubbles. They even stick to the sand at times. I've been having a slight brown/red aglae breakout lately. Could they be a byproduct of this? Any other possible causes? Link to comment
sNEIRBO Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I've seen the same things lately. I've been a little sloppy about feeding - using more flake than frozen due to time constraints. Watch how much you feed - don't put too much in at one time. Also follow up with some weekly water changes - about 20% changes. What you're seeing is gas bubbles created by one of the brown/red algaes. You should see it start to recede, but it will take some time. It's not going to clear up over night. Link to comment
jakes12 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 i had that when i set up my 12dx the bubbles were only where the algae was it went away after about a week and a half Link to comment
NanoBob Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I know I get gas bubbles when I overfeed! Sorry, couldn't help myself. Bob Link to comment
Sparkling_Surfer Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I'm having the same problem, accompained with cyanobacteria and hair algae... Gggrrr, so frusturating! Phosphates were detectable but not "high"...high enough to cause these outbreaks. I recently moved and changed water sources. I think this new water is lower quailty, so I bought water from a different store (definitely RO/DI) yesterday. I do 20% water changes weekly and I manually remove the hair algae and stir up the cyano daily... Not sure what else to do. Let me know if you find a solution, either by pm or this post :) Thanks! Link to comment
Bobalouy Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Its the algae that is creating the bubbles, is your tank new? Link to comment
Sparkling_Surfer Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 My tank was born the 1st of May, so it is over 5 months old...like I said, it was moved about 1 1/2 months ago, so I'm thinking it's either from disrupting the system or the new water. Link to comment
ProFlatlander15 Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 i had cyano all summer while my tank was about a constant 85 degrees. i blew it off the corals daily and did 20% WCs weekly. i figured that someting had died and when it had used up all the nutrients it would go away. 3 months later, it has gone. i lost a few parts of corals, but it pretty much cleared up itself. maybe run some carbon of chemi-pure or a product like that. Link to comment
Sparkling_Surfer Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I ran reef carbon last week and the bubbles were significantly reduced...Hmmm...I'd like to figure out the source of the problem rather than cover it, but is it a good idea to run carbon while I'm figuring it out? Link to comment
sNEIRBO Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Friends of mine were over last weekend and thought the algae on the sand "looked cool". It drives me nuts fighting it, then my friends make a comment like that. Makes me wonder if I'm fighting it for no reason at all. It's not taking over the tank, and is providing some more color. Maybe a little in the tank isn't such a bad thing. Link to comment
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