MicroBubbles Haters

starreef05 · Jul 17, 2018

Hello All! My first post. I’m struggling with microbubbles. I wanted to see your contraptions made for catching microbubbles. Please send a photo and description how it works. Thank you.

Reeferdood · Jul 17, 2018

Have you tried a filter sock?

starreef05 · Jul 17, 2018

Reeferdood said:
Have you tried a filter sock?

Planned to do that, but some people say that their tanks do a lot better without the socks.

Reeferdood · Jul 17, 2018

Some run them and some don’t.. I do just to keep the sump a little cleaner.. My baffles in the sump take care of the micro bubbles...

WannaBSpaghetti · Jul 17, 2018

starreef05 said:
Planned to do that, but some people say that their tanks do a lot better without the socks.

I may be off-base here, but I think those people are referring to running without socks on a well established system while using something like the Triton method where the socks are a hindrance. Outside of those circumstances, I really haven't heard much outcry against the use of socks.

Seems to me that simply running a typical sump setup without socks is sort of asking for your pumps to get gummed up with gook or a snail lodged inside.

Midrats · Jul 17, 2018

Use a mesh sock rather than felt if you are concerned about aggressive mechanical filtration. Sometimes a little mech is necessary to defeat bubbles.

Reeferdood · Jul 17, 2018

WannaBSpaghetti said:
I may be off-base here, but I think those people are referring to running without socks on a well established system while using something like the Triton method where the socks are a hindrance. Outside of those circumstances, I really haven't heard much outcry against the use of socks.

Seems to me that simply running a typical sump setup without socks is sort of asking for your pumps to get gummed up with gook or a snail lodged inside.

Socks are only a hindrance to the reefers that hate cleaning them out.
They do catch bigger particles before they can get caught up in needle wheels but they are not something necessary.. For a while people were concerned that they would become nutrient sinks but now a lot prefer some in their system... It is a major debatable topic that will have several outcoms..

WVNed · Jul 17, 2018

No socks for me.
What does that have to with microbubbles?

New skimmers make them and they will go away. Your drain can make them if it runs with air in it. Any pump can make them if it gets air into it. This even includes wave pumps that can suck a vortex of air down from the surface.

What you do depends where they are coming from.

starreef05 · Jul 17, 2018

WVNed said:
No socks for me.
What does that have to with microbubbles?

New skimmers make them and they will go away. Your drain can make them if it runs with air in it. Any pump can make them if it gets air into it. This even includes wave pumps that can suck a vortex of air down from the surface.

What you do depends where they are coming from.

I am sure most of the microbubbles come from the drain.

Jay1661 · Jul 17, 2018

Don’t baffles in the sump prevent microbubbles?

mcarroll · Jul 17, 2018

Jay1661 said:
Don’t baffles in the sump prevent microbubbles?

;Hilarious

No.

mcarroll · Jul 17, 2018

starreef05 said:
I am sure most of the microbubbles come from the drain.

What is your drain like?

What is your return plumbing like? (details)

What return pump are you using?

WVNed · Jul 17, 2018

Single drain?

mcarroll · Jul 17, 2018

WVNed said:
No socks for me.
What does that have to with microbubbles?

New skimmers make them and they will go away. Your drain can make them if it runs with air in it. Any pump can make them if it gets air into it. This even includes wave pumps that can suck a vortex of air down from the surface.

What you do depends where they are coming from.

+1

Worth repeating, so here I re-posted it.