Microbubbles

[kynekke]

I've been readin and reading on here about microbubbles but all I'm seeing them caused by are skimmers. I didn't even realize they were bad but I have a TON of them. You can only see them if you are sitting very close to the tank. Anyway, I have a penguin 350 filter and 3 powerheads so I'm just going to assume the filter's the culprit. Is there a way to get rid of them?
BTW, the water in my tank is up to the top rim and the bubbles didn't lessen. I don't have enough LR to turn off my filter.

 

[kynekke]

 

[40 galons]

someone correct me if im wron g but from my understanding the only problem with micro bubbles is that they are an eyesore and in the masses they irritate the fishes gills, but no real damage. i have micro bubbles also and its been this way for years and i have no problems. althought i would love to get rid of them

 

[thud]

What you need to do is create the opposite of an "output' overflow. It will bubbles will be removed from the water before it hits the tank. It will go into the tank in a waterfall effect.
Ill show you a pic of mine if I must.

 

[kynekke]

Sorry, I have no idea what an output overflow is. Also I was looking and it's not just microbubbles, there's TONS of stuff just floating around in there. My filter is supposed to be adequate (Penguin 350 in a 55 gallon tank) and I rinsed off the pads 2 days ago... I wonder why it's not filtering out all of the tiny tiny "things" from the water.

 

[carter3]

I hate to sound dumb but, I had a lot of bubbles until I called the wet dry company and found out that I should have more water in my sump. Once I did that no more bubbles.

 

[autofreak44]

Originally Posted by 40 galons
someone correct me if im wron g but from my understanding the only problem with micro bubbles is that they are an eyesore and in the masses they irritate the fishes gills, but no real damage. i have micro bubbles also and its been this way for years and i have no problems. althought i would love to get rid of them
correction... they do cause problems because the bubbles in the gills stress the fish and starve the fish of oxygen. if your curious, fish cant get rid of stress with a cup of coffee, stress can lead to all kinds of bad things, one of which is death

 

[snaredrum]

I had the same problem with my 29 Biocube. It was stressing out the fish and the corals were even acting funny. I call oceanic and they had me point the nozzle down some. LOL Sounds funny but it worked.

 

[scottbert]

having the same problem with my skimmer....havent solved it yet....

 

[txmedic1]

i had a bad problem with microbubbles. i recently bought some "blue" filter media from the LFS. it came in a big roll, blue on one side, white on the other. first, i believe there was a "vacume" being created somewhere in my return line. if i shook or tapped by power head, bubbles would spit out of the return jets. second, my refuge has 3 chambers. the middle chamber flows into the last chamber where the power heads then return to the tank. if my water level gets low, then the middle chamber "waterfalls" into the last chambers. thats where bubbles are created, thus making the microbubbles. i put the blue filter in the last chamber, and blanketed the power heads. in case water level gets low, it filters out some of the microbubbles until i top off the water level. its seem to help me. goodluck.

 

[40 galons]

i would imagine his problem is alot worse off then mine, i dont even notice the bubbles until i stare into the tank as i always do . also iv had these same fish, minus a fretail goby until it jumped out (guessing it got sick and tired of the bubbles?) for over 2 years . so to be more specific about the bubbles i think it may have more to do with how many bubbles are acutually in there

 

[angel237]

What I did to get rid of mine, is turn the water pump off for about ten minutes. Make sure all of your water levels are at max. After ten minutes is up, turn your pumps and powerheads back on. This should solve the problem. If it doesn't, call he companies you purchased your equipment from...