SPS and Micro Bubbles

[Mark Gray]

Hi All Have heard both but here is my situation, I have been battling dinoflagellates for a good while. I have resisted adding any chemicals to my tank. I have a faily large amount of flow in the tank according to my 2 flow meters water turns over 11 times an hour and I have a Gyre 250 in a 90 gallon. I saw something about CO2 and Dino's and they had good luck adding an air stone at the return pump believe it or not this has seemed to work.

My Question is will these bubbles hurt my coral? My wife like it witch my be a bad thing but anyway just asking

 

[rawrsean]

Hi All Have heard both but here is my situation, I have been battling dinoflagellates for a good while. I have resisted adding any chemicals to my tank. I have a faily large amount of flow in the tank according to my 2 flow meters water turns over 11 times an hour and I have a Gyre 250 in a 90 gallon. I saw something about CO2 and Dino's and they had good luck adding an air stone at the return pump believe it or not this has seemed to work.

My Question is will these bubbles hurt my coral? My wife like it witch my be a bad thing but anyway just asking

There’s a bit of debate about this subject at the moment.

It’s been told for years that bubbles can be detrimental towards fish because it removes their slimecoat.

The majority seem to agree that the bubbles remove slimecoat on both fish and corals.

Some argue that the bubbles assist with removing the excess slime coat and thus allowing them to grow faster, SPS only.

Some argue that the bubbles remove too much of their slimecoat and that it would be extremely difficult to get the right amount of bubbles that would help and not hurt. I think most people lean towards this.


Good luck, I’m really curious as to what others say.

 

[Mark Gray]

There’s a bit of debate about this subject at the moment.

It’s been told for years that bubbles can be detrimental towards fish because it removes their slimecoat.

The majority seem to agree that the bubbles remove slimecoat on both fish and corals.

Some argue that the bubbles assist with removing the excess slime coat and thus allowing them to grow faster, SPS only.

Some argue that the bubbles remove too much of their slimecoat and that it would be extremely difficult to get the right amount of bubbles that would help and not hurt. I think most people lean towards this.


Good luck, I’m really curious as to what others say.

Thanks I have hread this to. I have the bubbles running, I am not worried about the fish we used to do this way back in the old days. So far so good with the corals to but time will tell with them.

 

[Mark Gray]

Bump Hope for some more responses

 

[michael giordano]

I think it is an incredibly silly thing to do personally. Removing a slime coat on a ancro to help it, thats like buying a bottle of all in one snake oil product sold for our aquariums.

 

[Mark Gray]

I think it is an incredibly silly thing to do personally. Removing a slime coat on a ancro to help it, thats like buying a bottle of all in one snake oil product sold for our aquariums.

Well right now I don't have any Acro's in the tank the Dino's killed them all. The micro bubbles have wiped the Dino's out fish are fine so far and the LPS I have in there are looking good to. I am one that resists chemicals if I can. And I really do not like it but my wife is going through Chemo right now and she likes it so it's better to keep her happy.