Microbubbling

[myaniz24]

Hi everyone. I am new to this forum and have been in the hobby for a little over a year. I have a 100 gallon mixed reed tank.
My question is on microbubbling? Is it recommended? Just wanted to get some info on it.
Thanks

 

[SPR1968]

Firstly welcome to R2R!

My LFS swears by it and says it cleans all the gunk out of the system, and although I purchased all the kit to do it I haven’t tried it out yet.

I have a Marquiss hot tub which has a thing called micro silk which works on the same principle and defoliates the skin so I can see how it works to ‘bubble’ all the bad things out.

I’ll be interested to see what the guys on here think as well.

 

[Livinlocal]

You could almost imagine your tank as a giant skimmer chamber, the bubbles will lift the organic matter to the surface and into the overflow

 

[myaniz24]

Thanks for your response. That kind of what I figured as far as a giant skimmer. But will there be any draw backs. I mean everything looks extremely happy the only one that isn’t happy is myself when I see the amount of bubbles.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

There are many threads around on it, but I'd suggest focusing on the actual observable changes that folks see in their tanks, rather than hypothetical effects of bubbling that may not relate to the sorts of bubbles you are or can be making.

 

[Livinlocal]

There are many threads around on it, but I'd suggest focusing on the actual observable changes that folks see in their tanks, rather than hypothetical effects of bubbling that may not relate to the sorts of bubbles you are or can be making.

Agreed, my statement was a generalized theory. I can’t remember where, but I also remember reading an article about microbubbles helping SPS shed their slime coat, But I don’t know the authenticity of this.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Agreed, my statement was a generalized theory. I can’t remember where, but I also remember reading an article about microbubbles helping SPS shed their slime coat, But I don’t know the authenticity of this.

I wasn't intending to dispute what you said. I think the skimming effect in the tank is real. It's the nanobubble articles in the scientific and pop/marketing literature that I'm more concerned with, since we likely do not make nanobubbles in reef tanks (they are hard to make so small and properties depend a lot on size), and if we did make them in seawater with organic matter present, the properties will be different than in the types of solutions usually studied.