Tiny Bubbles?

[daddio]

So now that I have almost doubled my lighting & flow it seems that little air bubbles are forming on the reef. At first I thought it was caused by flow issues but now I am wondering if it is the lighting? Anyone else had this problem? Will it go away?

 

[JVU]

Likely from algae making oxygen, supercharged by the extra light. Photosynthesis in action!


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[daddio]

Likely from algae making oxygen, supercharged by the extra light. Photosynthesis in action!


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Should I be worried? Will it go away?

 

[JVU]

It isn’t any more of a problem than the algae itself is.


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[daddio]

So I am on the right track with lower nutrients, more blue/less white light, and better chaeto light

 

[DEATH BY SNU SNU]

Likely from algae making oxygen, supercharged by the extra light. Photosynthesis in action!


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exactly this

 

[DEATH BY SNU SNU]

Mark your tank water is supersaturated with oxygen to the point that it is bubbling out. It's a good thing! Lots of oxygen for your livestock!

 

[daddio]

Mark your tank water is supersaturated with oxygen to the point that it is bubbling out. It's a good thing! Lots of oxygen for your livestock!

If you say so caporegime! But I think is not so much a "supersaturation" as it is a creation by crap living on the rocks and the edges of corals that are not alive. Like a billion little farts

 

[DEATH BY SNU SNU]

If you say so caporegime! But I think is not so much a "supersaturation" as it is a creation by crap living on the rocks and the edges of corals that are not alive. Like a billion little farts

Thank you, Mark B, my most trusted friend...

 

[DEATH BY SNU SNU]

If you say so caporegime! But I think is not so much a "supersaturation" as it is a creation by crap living on the rocks and the edges of corals that are not alive. Like a billion little farts

Thank you, Mark B, my most trusted friend...

 

[daddio]

I have never seen that movie.

 

[DEATH BY SNU SNU]

It's a great family movie. More wholesome than Disney.

 

[kinetic]

If you say so caporegime! But I think is not so much a "supersaturation" as it is a creation by crap living on the rocks and the edges of corals that are not alive. Like a billion little farts

A billion little farts! Quote of the year.

 

[daddio]

A billion little farts! Quote of the year.

Nice! Do I win a prize?
So I checked the reef this morning and no bubbles after the dark period. So I guess it is safe to say the bubbles are created by photosynthesis and not bubbles in the flow.

 

[Flagg37]

It could still be the billion farts theory too. How do you test for that?

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

It could still be the billion farts theory too. How do you test for that?

It doesn't pass the smell test.

 

[daddio]

It could still be the billion farts theory too. How do you test for that?

Yup, a billion algae farts