particles in water

[tripleup05]

For some reason I've been havin problems with micro bubbles at the top of my tank, so I thought I would turn everything off and turn each piece of equipment on one thing at a time to see what was producing them. Well, when I shut everything down (HOT Mag, Millenium 2000 w/ topfin cartridge, skimmer, and two powerheads) the water became totally still (obviously). But I noticed tiny particles of "stuff" all throughout the water column. I thought that maybe this is what i thought were my microbubbles, but when i fired it all back up, what i truly am seeing are microbubbles. so what is all that floating junk. is it normal? I thought maybe it was fibers coming off to the topfin cartidge so I pulled it out, but they are still there this morning. Maybe it is just dust? Can anybody help? Thanks!

 

[mbrands]

What kind of skimmer are you running?

 

[tripleup05]

Red Sea Prizm. I'll be honest...I dont know if I have it set correctly. I cant find anybody who knows enough about them to help me.

 

[eel]

get rid of the red sea scimmer they stink i have one in one of my tanks,youyan plat with it all day long they just dont work.i have the aqua sea ramora the difference is like night and day.

 

[dmc888]

Well it would help if you can add polyester fiber filling or a micron pad to catch those small particles.
Did you change anything?
I usually get little white specs when i clean my filter.
Or change my cartridge on my other tank.
I know its in the filter.Some kind of white crud.
I also used different filter pads in my emp 400 that are working better than the originals.
An inch thick compared to half an inch stock.