Bubbles all over....

[devilboy]

my tank has been running for a year now, and within the last week i am seeing tons of bubbles forming all over the surface of my liverock, on the sides of the tank and everything. what could be causing this? i had a major algae break out, it seems to be getting alittle bit better but my bubbles seem to be getting worse. Any suggestions on what this is from, and how can i fix it?
Readings
Ammonia - 0
Trate - 0
Trite - 0
pH - 8.1
Ca - 390
dKH - 2.5 meq/l
po4 - 0
any ideas??

 

[wax32]

Do you have a sump? If so clean out the return pump. It is probably full of crap.

 

[devilboy]

nope no sump. just a penguin 330 HOB filter and CPR BakPak skimmer....

 

[jonesy]

i had the exact thing happen.i had high nitrates and did water changes to lower them. Now i have brown algee all over every thing even my crabs ?

 

[devilboy]

well my nitrates are at zero. and from the test readings i got everything seemed fine. i dont know what the heck it could be. i took my penguin filter down today and cleaned it out real good. tomorrow i will do the same with my skimmer. if cleaning the filtration does not help i dont know what to do then. the only other thing i changed is about 2 weeks ago i replaced my PC bulbs.

 

[watertight]

I have bubbles over the glass on my tank, too, but I've posted about it in another thread so as not to hijack this one

 

[ronald_j]

I get those bubbles over my live rock and tank also when my cyano starts to come back to haunt me!!!

 

[pallan]

are the bubbles possibly coming from your cpr backpak skimmer. mine used to put out a ton of them so i had to buy the the bubble trap made for it.

 

[devilboy]

pallan,
good observation, i really dont know, but i have had the skimmer for a year and this is the first time i am having bubbles all over... i do see bubbles coming out of the output nozzle. and see some collecting on the top water surface of the tank. i do have the bubble trap and surface skimmer box, but i dont like it, it is so big and bulky looking inside of the tank.

 

[archon210]

does it look like this?

If so it's a type of algae. I am no expert, but I hear emerald crabs are good for it. I am not exactly sure what they are caused by, I am sure one of the more experienced persons could tell you.

 

[just&ash]

Carefull, because if you do have those green bubbles, if you pop them, the spores will spread.

 

[20gallon]

That's bubble algae in the pic, don't pop them or they'll spread faster. Emerald Crabs have a rep to eat them.