JBJ 28 gallon owners thread.

I think they are bubbles. Ill try to post a picture in a few minutes.

 

First thought was microbubbles. I had these at first then went away. Sometimes when I take water out of my tank, they increase so if it continues try adding a few cups of water and see what happens. That is... if they are microbubbles

Coralline- Nope no hair. It is bright lime green and it popping up in spots all over my rock. Almost like a vey thin crust.

 

Here are what I THINK are bubbles:

 

Sorry for the poor picture quality. The ones you can see the best are the shot from the side. The back wall is covered in white dots so its kinda hard to see

 

they look like bubbles. Are they coming out of the return pumps or are they just floating around the tank?

 

Mostly just floating but a few from the pumps

 

Chaeto is a macroalgae, also known as spaghetti algae, that is beneficial to the tank because it removes phosphates and nitrates. alot of people keep it in their refugium.
Chemi pure removes the silicates and phosphates... but they make alot of ridiculous claims about their product, like no water changes for 5 years, so i would be careful when using it
hope this helps

 

Also Chaeto is a great hiding place for pods and it has enough surface area that they can hide in it and reproduce!

 

So how do I fix this bubble problem?

 

Chempure elite is just carbon and GFO. No I would never go longer than a month for water changes, but I have been using the product for over 4 years and have always been happy with the results.

Raise the water level. First make sure the SG is in line and then either top off with RO/DI or just do a longer wc and add more made up water. I see it all the time if I do not top off daily.