Too many bubbles

[blkhawk10]

I started adding some additives to my tank, since them I'm getting a lot of microbubbles and they are creating a foam on top of my water. Am I adding too much or what? Can anyone shed some light on the subject?

 

[mkzimms]

anything you add to the water will affect its chemistry. lets start by finding out what your adding and how much...

 

[blkhawk10]

I'm adding calcium to keep the levels at 420, trace elements, strontium, and iodine. I use the recommended doses on the back of the bottle.

 

[rotarymagic]

you might be adding too much stuff at once and its causing supplements to precipiate. Do you have a surface skimmer or overflow that can draw surface foam/film/whatever and spray it back under the surface?
Definitely turn off a skimmer (if you have one) for a few hours so that all the supplements dont just get sucked out.

 

[blkhawk10]

No I don't have a surface skimmer, I'm pretty new to this whole keeping corals thing. So far I have got some zoo frags a couple monte's, a ricardia and zuma, an acro, and a birdsnest. Everything is doing good except for the acro and monte's whose polyps barley come out. I don't know when to add the supplements other than calcium, cause I test for it. Should I add a supplement one a day instead all at the same time? Am I supposed to keep my skimmer off when I add them?

 

[subielover]

Never dose anything that you do not have a test kit for.

 

[nycbob]

if all u hv r 2 sps, u dont hv to dose anything except do weekly water change.

 

[blkhawk10]

I have 4 Sps's and 4 different zoos, but they are all frags.

 

[mkzimms]

Originally Posted by nycbob
http:///forum/post/2878567
if all u hv r 2 sps, u dont hv to dose anything except do weekly water change.
i agree, unless you have a heavily stocked tank with large sized sps, weekly water changes should be more than enough. strontium, and iodine should definitely not be supplemented without a test kit. iodine toxicity is very easy to obtain when not extremely careful.

 

[blkhawk10]

Damn, I wish I would've asked before I started putting stuff in

. I fell like a moron hopefully nothing is permanentley messed up, my protein skimmer has been working overtime taking a day to fill up. Should I add trace elements still?

 

[mkzimms]

Originally Posted by blkhawk10
http:///forum/post/2879325
Damn, I wish I would've asked before I started putting stuff in

. I fell like a moron hopefully nothing is permanentley messed up, my protein skimmer has been working overtime taking a day to fill up. Should I add trace elements still?
its probably just a waste of money since you don't have enough stuff in there depleting the elements found in your salt mix.