Need help!

[X.M.Chen]

Need have with this clear bubble. It disappeared at night and appear after light is on 4-5 hours. Here are the number for the tank:
150 gallon tank
PO4 0.08
NO3 14.9
Alk. 8
Ca 485
Mag 1380
Any one know how to deal with it.

 

[Dan_P]

Need have with this clear bubble. It disappeared at night and appear after light is on 4-5 hours. Here are the number for the tank:
150 gallon tank
PO4 0.08
NO3 14.9
Alk. 8
Ca 485
Mag 1380
Any one know how to deal with it.

These are oxygen bubbles caused by algae, possibly micro algae like diatoms

 

[vetteguy53081]

Do you have microbubbles in the tank?
You should be able to break them up with GENTLE blasts from a turkey baster

 

[X.M.Chen]

Do you have microbubbles in the tank?
You should be able to break them up with GENTLE blasts from a turkey basterI

I don’t have any micro bubbles in the tank. And yes it can be easily break up with turkey bastler. But it will come back after an hours. It will disappear when the light is off.

are oxygen bubbles caused by algae, possibly micro algae like diatoms

It did not look like diatoms at all.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I don’t have any micro bubbles in the tank. And yes it can be easily break up with turkey bastler. But it will come back after an hours. It will disappear when the light is off.

It did not look like diatoms at all.

Try reducing white intensity slightly and increase glow a little
I believe these are gas bubbles

 

[Lavey29]

How old is your tank?

 

[X.M.Chen]

Try reducing white intensity slightly and increase glow a little
I believe these are gas bubbles

thank you will try it to see if help. Will get you post

 

[X.M.Chen]

How old is your tank?

The tank is up and running for almost 8 or 9 month.

 

[vetteguy53081]

thank you will try it to see if help. Will get you post

Increase flow, not glow

 

[Lavey29]

The tank is up and running for almost 8 or 9 month.

It's pearling air bubbles on what ever type of algae is growing on your rocks. Your tank goes through a variety of evolutions the first year. Had it in mine early on also.

 

[Dan_P]

I don’t have any micro bubbles in the tank. And yes it can be easily break up with turkey bastler. But it will come back after an hours. It will disappear when the light is off.

It did not look like diatoms at all.

Can you see diatoms without a microscope?