SPS question

[whaase]

I'm noticing on most of my sps that they have tiny bubbles coming from them. Is this normal?

Walter

[mr_alberta]

I've never seen bubbles coming from my SPS. Are you sure they are air bubbles? It could be coral spawn! Where are the "bubbles" coming from?

[whaase]

They are bubbles for sure. It looks like a morning dew on all the tips.. Tiny little bubbles..

Walter

[Aquattro]

That's a new one for me!!

[Beermaster]

can u get a pic of this?

[whaase]

I'll do my best :biggrin:

Walter

[whaase]

Best I could get with my camera.

http://aquahome.no-ip.com/bub1.jpg
http://aquahome.no-ip.com/bub2.jpg
http://aquahome.no-ip.com/bub3.jpg

Walter

[vanreefer]

having a cyano problem?

My SPS looked like that when I had a cyano bloom... :question:

Just my .02
Dano

[Troy F]

The bubbles aren't anywhere else but the corals?

[whaase]

They are only on the sps I have at the top of the rocks. Everything else looks normal... The only thing I can think of is maybe not enough flow? Maybe micro bubbles from the skimmer are collecting there?

Walter

[props]

if you have microbubbles going into the tank and lack of flow those tiny bubbles could stick right onto the tips of the corals.

[LostMind]

Microbubbles, bryopsis are the only two things I can think of to explain that.

More flow us needed I'd think.

[michika]

Its micro bubbles, I used to have the same problem!

[Manny]

i have that problem when the water in the fuge gets low and the return pump puts micro bubbles into the tank.

[EmilyB]

micro bubbles agitate corals and make them slime, mostly

[StirCrazy]

looks like microbubbles colecting on the corals to me, I had that problem when I first set up the old plumbing. The corals catch them with the stickeyness(or how ever the polyps hang on to them) :mrgreen:

Steve

[whaase]

I guess it's the same old problem, more flow without knocking everything over or kicking up sand... I guess I should have done a closed loop! :biggrin:


looks like microbubbles colecting on the corals to me, I had that problem when I first set up the old plumbing. The corals catch them with the stickeyness(or how ever the polyps hang on to them) :mrgreen:

Steve

[danny zubot]

Thats exactly what it is. Bubbles getting trapped in the slime coat of the SPS. A turkey baster should keep them free of this but you might want to adjust your flow and micro bubble issues.