Microbubbles, not from skimmer

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i am having huge problems with microbubbles in the display. Unlike a lot of the instances it does not seem to come from the skimmer as even if the skimmer has been turned off for hours, they are still there.
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All the “marine snow” in the picture are actually micro bubbles.

Im using two gyres and two jebaos both of which i have tried placing far from the water surface because I thought they might be sucking in air. This is something i still have not rules out completely.

Water overflows into filter socks but i cant really seem many bubbles in the sump and if they were generated there i would have thought you should be able to see lots of them before they hit the bubble trap.
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If anyone has any ideas what could be causing this i would be greatly because this is really brining down the aesthetics of the tank. From a distance the water looks cloudy from the bubbles (and I’m actually running ozone so it should be super clear)!
 
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My other thought is that these are oxygen bubbles from photosynthesis.
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If so, what can i do about it?
Snails don’t seem to do well im ny tank and i already have 4 urchins, lots of hermits (unrelated to snail deaths) and several herbivorous fish to eat oxygen producing algae.
 

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