Help rid my stress

[wannabfish]

:nervous: Just bought new lighting for 75 gallon tank. MH lights. 1st day i had them on, my live rock began to bubble off the algae. Can someone please explain what, and why this happened? any explanation would be greatly appreciated.

 

[cprdnick]

What was the temperature in the tank?

 

[elfdoctors]

The algae that was on the rocks was able to photosynthesize so much more with the brighter lights. Those bubbles are probably oxygen bubbles! I had this happen to me before I got my cleaner crew.
If they are oxygen bubbles, there should be none when you first turn on the lights in the morning.

 

[cprdnick]

aaahh, good point elf.