Small transparent bubbles all over my rock

[Clown7]

My 20 gallon aquarium has transparent bubbles someone suggested dinoflagellates not sure what to do or if it good or bad
Nitrite 0ppm
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrate 40ppm

 

[W1ngz]

Photos would help. From your list of patameters, im going to assume you and your tank are new at this.

This could be something as basic as air from deep inside dry rock making it's way out.

 

[Clown7]

Here the best I could take. Yes me and my tank are new. If it helps I’ve got one ocellaris clownfish and a small green mushroom coral

 

[Feeshrfriendsnotfood]

After seeing the picture I’m with W1ngz and it’s probably just trapped gas in the rock. Mine “farted” for several months after I set up my first tank. Though please do get more takes than just mine and theirs. I’ve only been at this since July 2019.

 

[W1ngz]

Just looks like trapped gas to me.
Get a couple of snails and/or hermit crabs (most any inverts really) and as they wander about they'll knock the bubbles from the rock and clean up some of the mess. Nassarius snails are good to have, but they stay in the sand and won't go up on the rocks much.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Slime on rocks indicate a possible start to dinoflagellates.
Take a turkey baster and see if you can blow this substance loose and trap with a net and discard. Direct flow towards rock without blowing sand all over.
Add liquid bacteria (such as Bacter 7) daily for about a week which should digest this film like substance.

 

[ScottB]

Agreed just part of the new tank uglies. I would not sweat about them. When did you start the tank? Any live rock at the start?

A couple other unsolicited pointers for:

a) Your tank is cycled now. Unless you have unexplained fish deaths, no need to test for nitrites (NO2) nor Ammonia any longer.
b) Just keep steady temp and salinity and let your new biome do its development work.
c) After a month or two, start your water change routine (20% every two weeks is common) and perfect that routine so that it is accurate, fast and easy. Accurate (temp & salinity) and easy.
d) Study up on fish nutrition. Good nutrition leads to good immune systems. New systems need healthy fish. Corals only need fish poop and stable conditions.
e) Avoid other additives for a while; you are just interrupting the maturation of your biome. There are a very few exceptions to this, but not many.

Have fun and keep asking questions.