Micro bubbles on liverock

[150 Gallon Reef]

For the past few weeks, I have been noticing micro bubbles growing on the liverock. They blow off very easily but seem to come back quickly. It is Very spotty and not on everything. I have noticed a little bit of green turf algae popping up on some rocks also. It is about 1mm long algae which my snails don't seem to want to eat. I am thinking of trying a sea urchin to eat the small amount I have popping up.

Are those air bubbles dinos? They aren't stringy like dinos but have the bubbles. I haven't allowed the tank to zero nutrient levels. Levels are as followed:
Nitrate: 4-8ppm red sea
Phosphate: .05-.08 hanna
Alk: 8-8.6 red sea
Cal: 480+ red sea
I have dino x as a treatment if needed. I have never used it before as I am worried about after effects. Would it be worth using? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[Nigel35]

Could be cyno do you have any pictures? for the turf algae I would get a turbo sail if the tank is big enough, urchin if you like. Don't need to get into Dino x unless it is confirmed Dino. Right now I think your dealing with cyno. Cyno has a habit of easily being blown off but will quickly come back. During the night does it show up?

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

Could be cyno do you have any pictures? for the turf algae I would get a turbo sail if the tank is big enough, urchin if you like. Don't need to get into Dino x unless it is confirmed Dino. Right now I think your dealing with cyno. Cyno has a habit of easily being blown off but will quickly come back. During the night does it show up?

No it doesn't show up at night. Only when the lights turn on. I did a 3 day blackout too and they disappeared for a bit but came back a few days after

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

Bump, what else can I do for cyano with my levels being where they are?

 

[Lasse]

With microbubbles - do you mean clear bubbles like air bubbles? Do you see any green, brown or red below them?

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Garf]

Need a pic, but it sounds like photosynthetic oxygen production.

 

[Lasse]

Need a pic, but it sounds like photosynthetic oxygen production.

Indeed - and could be caused by a lot of different organisms

Sincerely Lasse

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

Need a pic, but it sounds like photosynthetic oxygen production.

Sorry for the late reply, just got home from the holiday. Here are a few pics I took of it. I put the whites fully on to take pics and I noticed the bubbles formed faster. The algae on the rock with it is very hard to get off. Looks like turf?? I've included the pics with the bad flash reflection, it seems to show the bubbles better.

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

Buummmpppp

 

[Billdogg]

Need a pic, but it sounds like photosynthetic oxygen production.

Indeed - and could be caused by a lot of different organisms

Sincerely Lasse

^^^This^^^

 

[150 Gallon Reef]

^^^This^^^

I posted some pics. What do I do to control photosynthetic o2? Is it a type of algae that produces that?

 

[Hugh Mann]

You can't really. It's a byproduct of photosynthesis from pretty much any green plant/algae's metabolism. The only way to stop it is to turn off the lights. I'd be willing to bet it's a good thing really. Ups the O2 in the water.

 

[Lasse]

Get you a disent cleanup crew and they will control the microalgae that is responsible for the photosynthesis.

Sincerely Lasse