Air Bubbles On Rocks

[xxxAngeloxxx]

I have air bubbles growing all over my rocks is that a bad or good thing? Might this be developing to bubble algae later on? I read on another forum from a member on that forum quoting. Might he be right or no?

"Do the bubbles just appear when your lights are on and are they clear and release to the surface. If this sounds like them it is probably algae photosynthesizing as it grows and spreads on your rock,which is a good thing because it is probably Coraline algae."

 

[skene]

bad thing... air bubbles = either cyano or diatoms.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

bad thing... air bubbles = either cyano or diatoms.

im going with Cyano on this one i have some on the sand bed that im siphoning out of the sand bed. Is there a way i can get rid of the air bubbles? Get an Emarld crab i guess or a CUC?

 

[KathyC]

im going with Cyano on this one i have some on the sand bed that im siphoning out of the sand bed. Is there a way i can get rid of the air bubbles? Get an Emarld crab i guess or a CUC?

You don't need to get rid of the air bubbles, you need to get rid of the cyano.
The bubbles are just a symptom of the issue.

..and air bubbles never develop into bubble algae.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

The best way to take out the cyano is by syphon it right?

Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Reefs

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Siphoning will only temporarily correct the problem. You need to test your water and get everything back in check. Run carbon, increase flow and make several small water changes throughout the week to get things rolling after you figure out what is wrong.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Pics would be helpful btw

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Will post pictures after work

 

[rbtwo4]

heres a quote by mattscars and hes right about this. maybe u should follow suit?
"This is a terrible idea. Why would you start dumping chemicals into a new tank? Red slime remover is a bandaid that masks the real reason you have this:

1) the tank is new and you need to do water tests and wait it out with amazing husbandry.

2) You dont how to preform proper husbandry.

Do not ever use these quick fixes of chemicals. Algae needs food. Why does your tank have so many nutrients?

Do you do enough WCs? Level testing? GFO? CARBON? Skimmer set correctly? macro algae?

All of this needs to be checked before you just dump chemicals into your tank and hope for the best.

Bad suggestion, dude. New people need to learn good husbandry. Not just how to dump chemicals in their tanks when they dont take care of it correctly."
being u used tap water cus ur filter went dead on u is maybe the reason y u have cyano. followed by only 5g or 10g water changes every 2 weeks is another reason. i think u need to do more WC's cus its a new tank.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Who suggested chemicals?

 

[rbtwo4]

Who suggested chemicals?

" Well just place an order from doctor and foster website to get the Cyano Solution thanks to Gary and also ordered a KoralColor from Brightwell aquatics for my frogspawn to see if it gets its coral back again. But my total came out to 36.00 buck but thank god I still had my 20.00 Gift Certificate from doctor and foster so my total got reduced to 16.00 bucks =D"

thats from his tank thread

 

[duke62]

Everyone thinks its so easy. Do water changes syphon, lalala. i do all that twice a week. i run carbon,phosban change them out every month put new filters in my ro/di change the membrane all the whistles and i cant get rid of cyano. i learn to live with it now and i try not to let it get out of hand which it hasnt

 

[mbg75]

I also used Cyano Solution. That was back on December. Not a sign of Cyano since

Cyano is s bacteria. Siphon all u want but it still was there. High or low nutrients. It will still grow.

It doesn't just show up. It came in from something added to the tank.

 

[garys reef]

+ 1,000 mike

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[yah-the submariner]

i just recently won against cyano. too many nutrients in your system. overfeeding too big of a bio load ect. what you see is not the problem but a result of the problem. yes siphon out what you see,but step up your husbandry. it's the only way. i also reduced my lighting and went two days with them on for only an hour. also check your bulbs and make sure your par is not off.