Micro Bubble Scrubbing

vinnyvin · Apr 18, 2017

hi all

been doing a little research on bubble scrubbing, i am sure their will be a few people on here familiar with this practice.

well anyway i am wanting to hear people first hand experience of doing this in their reef tank. i have heard a lot of good from what i have seen online but wanted to hear from people on this forum.

i would like to know what negatives their are to doing this and also positive also any tips on the amount of micro bubble i should aim for in my DT i.e should i be able to see past the bubbles or should i cover my DT heavily with them.

any advice will be much appreciated as i am hoping to give it a shot tonight depending on people first hand experience.

i have read what elegance corals have to say about it. if someone knows a good thread i could read up on don't be shay to copy the like here . thanks in advance ,looking forward to hearing people experiences with this idea

Anirban · Apr 18, 2017

Read this.....
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/micro-scrubbing-bubbles.224373/

CoralNerd · Apr 18, 2017

Lots of nah sayers out there, including Randy, but I highly recommend you try it, as it will cause no harm.

vinnyvin · Apr 18, 2017

The thread up top was a good read.

Well iv started it and been going around an hour and theirs a lot of slime coming from my toadstool. I am a bit worried to leave this on over night just incase of any negative effects. however during this hour my skimmer has gone nuts.

ReeferMaddness843 · Apr 18, 2017

I've been doing it nightly for 6hrs on a timer for about 3-4 months now. I don't see any negatives. Things seem cleaner, water is crystal clear, I get better skim in evening hours while doing it.
Here's a photo of my chalice before, and the morning after first bubbling session. Very puffy and fluffed up.

ReeferMaddness843 · Apr 18, 2017

It could all be a placebo, but it's consistent and works for me so I'll continue.

happyhourhero · Apr 18, 2017

I did it for a few weeks and then stopped. I dont really feel one way or another about it.

vinnyvin · Apr 18, 2017

I can't wait till lights on in the morning to see if I can see a difference in polyp extention and the water clarity. But true could just be a placebo but their seems to be alot of good things said about it.

shiftline · May 14, 2017

How's it working out for you? I have been doing t for about 4-6 weeks now

W@tchm@n · Feb 12, 2018

shiftline said:
How's it working out for you? I have been doing t for about 4-6 weeks now

bump...
are you guys still doing this?
any good/bad that you have seen?

ca1ore · Feb 12, 2018

Apparently the Norweigan speed skating team have switched to blue uniforms from their traditional red because ..... wait for it ..... blue is apparently 'faster'. I'd put reef scrubbing bubbles in the same category. Correlation is not causation; if it were, orange would clearly be the fastest color.

W@tchm@n · Feb 12, 2018

ca1ore said:
Apparently the Norweigan speed skating team have switched to blue uniforms from their traditional red because ..... wait for it ..... blue is apparently 'faster'. I'd put reef scrubbing bubbles in the same category. Correlation is not causation; if it were, orange would clearly be the fastest color.

Lol
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reefpaddy · Feb 12, 2018

The only negative I’ve seen from experience was the huge increase in salt creep around the top frame and in the sump.

W@tchm@n · Feb 12, 2018

reefpaddy said:
The only negative I’ve seen from experience was the huge increase in salt creep around the top frame and in the sump.

And benefits?

reefpaddy · Feb 12, 2018

W@tchm@n said:
And benefits?

Hard to say exactly as with a reef tank, there are a number of contributing factors that impact your tank. I need to empty my skimmer cup more, but don’t run any filer socks or mechanical filter so can’t comment on any uptick of slime or floating organic’s it’s “bubbling” out.

It would be good if someone did a controlled experiment like BRS did for macro algae nutrient export and different types of lights. It’s expensive enough to keep one reef tank, so limits hobbyists to replica systems to really see if it’s doing something positive or placebo for their specific ecosystem.

W@tchm@n · Feb 13, 2018

reefpaddy said:
Hard to say exactly as with a reef tank, there are a number of contributing factors that impact your tank. I need to empty my skimmer cup more, but don’t run any filer socks or mechanical filter so can’t comment on any uptick of slime or floating organic’s it’s “bubbling” out.

It would be good if someone did a controlled experiment like BRS did for macro algae nutrient export and different types of lights. It’s expensive enough to keep one reef tank, so limits hobbyists to replica systems to really see if it’s doing something positive or placebo for their specific ecosystem.

Thanks...
Why did you start using?
As an experiment or to fix some sort of issue..
And are u still using it?
Hiw many hours etc?

Thanks

Mandelstam · Feb 13, 2018

ca1ore said:
Apparently the Norweigan speed skating team have switched to blue uniforms from their traditional red because ..... wait for it ..... blue is apparently 'faster'. I'd put reef scrubbing bubbles in the same category. Correlation is not causation; if it were, orange would clearly be the fastest color.

Actually it's red.

Cruz_Arias · Feb 14, 2018

I'd say you don't have experience in water chemistry nor water processing.

But I'd put you in that category.

ca1ore said:
Apparently the Norweigan speed skating team have switched to blue uniforms from their traditional red because ..... wait for it ..... blue is apparently 'faster'. I'd put reef scrubbing bubbles in the same category. Correlation is not causation; if it were, orange would clearly be the fastest color.