Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
 

Hi All,

Have had a pretty rough time with my Nano reef experiment but am
starting to think I'm through the worst then all of a sudden I have
bubbles on the live rock....almost looks like there has been a dusting
of snow....

By rough time I mean I had a dinoflagellete bloom that nearly took out
most of my corals (thankfully they are now recovering) and definitely
took out my snails....the result is a little bit more green hair algae
than I would want - presumably restocking the snails will help with this
but don't want to do this until 100% convinced that the toxic "red tide"
is under control - I no longer get red dots on my arms if I put my hands
in the tank...nor do I get that itching feeling....anyone wants to know
how I got it under control I'll happily share....

Right now the issue is bubbles...and lots of them. They are not the
bubbles with the slime that I had with the red tide but I am assuming
that they are bubbles created by the green hair algae producing oxygen
now back under a return to a normal lighting regime - they are actually
appearing in the areas of less water flow so don't think they are coming
because of bubbles from the power heads.....Do you think I am correct in
this assumption or is there something more sinister at play?

I don't really need any advice on how to get rid of the algae or what my
water parameters are....already know about that and will replace my
clean up crew once I feel confident enough that they won't get poisoned
by the red tide bloom - it's almost been clear for a week now....but
what I really need to know is if this is going to be an ongoing problem
and how to deal with it....right now I'm just blasting the bubbles ever
hour or so with a turkey baster but they just keep coming back....

Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.

TIA
Gill

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
 

Does anyone have any ideas here? I'm pretty much stuck as to whether I
have a serious problem or a trivial one....

Gill

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
 

Gill Passman wrote:

Does anyone have any ideas here? I'm pretty much stuck as to whether I
have a serious problem or a trivial one....

Well, I can't help much except to say that when I had a bad hair algae problem,
the stuff produced bubbles regularly. I concentrated on the algae problem and
ignored the bubbles. They did no detectable harm. My case doesn't sound quite
like yours, though.

The main gaseous problem of which I'm aware is hydrogen sulfide. If you have a
decent nose (which I don't), you should be able to tell if this is the case by
sniffing the odor given off when you use your turkey baster.

My guess (and it is only that) is that your problem is trivial.

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
 

Thanks George,
Definitely no smell so must be oxygen bubbles.....bit unsightly though -
after around 4 hours of lights on it looks like there has been a light
sprinkling of snow on the Live Rock....

I will get to work on the algae.....

Cheers
Gill

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
 

You mentioned having the light back on. I guess you turned
the light off for an extended amount of days??

Then now it has light. That will produce bubbles. Give it
time, and it will slowly over a period of days produce
less bubbles.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Gill Passman wrote on 11/29/2006 3:53 PM:
Hi All,

Have had a pretty rough time with my Nano reef experiment but am
starting to think I'm through the worst then all of a sudden I have
bubbles on the live rock....almost looks like there has been a dusting
of snow....

By rough time I mean I had a dinoflagellete bloom that nearly took out
most of my corals (thankfully they are now recovering) and definitely
took out my snails....the result is a little bit more green hair algae
than I would want - presumably restocking the snails will help with this
but don't want to do this until 100% convinced that the toxic "red tide"
is under control - I no longer get red dots on my arms if I put my hands
in the tank...nor do I get that itching feeling....anyone wants to know
how I got it under control I'll happily share....

Right now the issue is bubbles...and lots of them. They are not the
bubbles with the slime that I had with the red tide but I am assuming
that they are bubbles created by the green hair algae producing oxygen
now back under a return to a normal lighting regime - they are actually
appearing in the areas of less water flow so don't think they are coming
because of bubbles from the power heads.....Do you think I am correct in
this assumption or is there something more sinister at play?

I don't really need any advice on how to get rid of the algae or what my
water parameters are....already know about that and will replace my
clean up crew once I feel confident enough that they won't get poisoned
by the red tide bloom - it's almost been clear for a week now....but
what I really need to know is if this is going to be an ongoing problem
and how to deal with it....right now I'm just blasting the bubbles ever
hour or so with a turkey baster but they just keep coming back....

Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.

TIA
Gill

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
 

Wayne Sallee wrote:


Then now it has light. That will produce bubbles. Give it time, and it
will slowly over a period of days produce less bubbles.

Should I continue to blast them away or just leave them alone? They look
pretty unslightly - the best way to describe them on the rock is like a
snow capped mountain

Thanks
Gill

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere
 

That's up to you. I would not waist my time constantly
blasting them off.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Gill Passman wrote on 12/8/2006 1:55 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:


Then now it has light. That will produce bubbles. Give it time, and it
will slowly over a period of days produce less bubbles.

Should I continue to blast them away or just leave them alone? They look
pretty unslightly - the best way to describe them on the rock is like a
snow capped mountain

Thanks
Gill