Darn Micro Bubbles,Help!!

Steve... · #1 03-15-2013, 01:25 AM

Hi Everyone,

So its been about 3 weeks since I started seeing micro bubbles on my live rock. I started to do a 20% water change instead of 10% each week,cut down on my feeding,wet skimming and change my filter socks every 2-3 days. I didnt see any algae out breaks yet, everything looks good in the tank but just the bubbles on the rocks. Should I bump water changes up to twice a week, making a total of 40% a week? I'm starting to panic, help please!

Mike-fish · #2 03-15-2013, 01:30 AM

Check the connections to the skimmer as well as make sure that the rerun pump isn't cavitaing

i have crabs · #3 03-15-2013, 02:28 AM

Are you using tap water? Could be diatoms creating the bubbles on the rocks,

Steve... · #4 03-15-2013, 02:36 AM

O no, I'm using RODI water for the system... I suspect its diatoms or some sort of algae coming. I was thinking of getting some turbo snail to clean up the rocks or some her mermits? Not sure what to do, maybe I'm worrying about nothing but I like to fix it before it can turn into something more serious. I'm running pellets in my tank and very little algae growth on the glass and sand. Just the bubbles on the rock.