hey flashing light

[sitnlowdown]

hey this sounds crazy but i have a 75ga reef tank with all kinds of corals but the weird thing is this mornage i was getting up to go to work sitn on the edge of my bed in a completely dark room stairing at my tank wiyth the lights off and in the substright there was very dim flashing things light lighting bugs it was a fast flash or nothing but it was all a round my tank was wondering if this is comon or any one else has this in there tank what is it or what was causeing it it wasnt a reflection or anything for sure just wondering if anyone could shead some light on this is happened all over the tank

 

[nas19320]

I have seen things like this not in a tank but on the beach in Massachusetts. They were little bug like things that would flash, kinda like a lightining bug. Could be the same type of thing.

 

[sammystingray]

Wild guess......dinoflaggalettes (sp?)??? I believe some types emit light and have turned up in tanks??

 

[sitnlowdown]

lol who know whats it is i find some thing new every day in my tank one of the advanages to a reef i guess lol
thanks for the info hope to get some more

 

[sitnlowdown]

bump

 

[mchandler]

it could just be phosphorus. in my back yard we have bunches of phosphurus and at night the ground has a faint glow ...like little flashes.
phosphurus is found in pretty much everything, and when it reacts with oxegen, it gives off a glow. maybe some tiny oxegen bubbles in your tank react with it....i dunno just a guess.
heres a link anyway:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus
btw: how are your phosphate levels?
then again maybe im totally off base...just my 2 cents

 

[sitnlowdown]

hey i have no phosphates what some every or that my test read

 

[sammystingray]

http://www.oaerre.napier.ac.uk/users/p.tett/MB/MB9.html

 

[goldrush]

Sally Lightfoot maybe? Love those headlights.

 

[jonthefb]

the miniature brittle stars that are solid white and live in sandbeds are bioluminescent as well, so you could be witnessing your population of these guys glowing!
good luck
jon

 

[tiffster]

some polychaetes (bristleworms and feather dusters) use bioluminescence (spelling?) as a mate attraction device. Just thought I would add one more possibility.