What is happening?! Bubbles

[dvgyfresh]

Hi alll, hopefully someone can chime in to what is happening in my tank . So I was batttling Dino’s as such , I likely overdosed silicates by 100x lol. I also do not do many water changes , every day in mid day my tank becomes swarmed with micro bubbles , they are everywhere pumps blowing them throughout , I know it has something to do with the lights as the bubbles go away with low light / at night. Is this free floating diatoms pearling ? Or just too much going on with the silicate dosing and I need to do more water changes?

Params
Alk 9.4 dhk
Phosphate .15ppm
Nitrate 10-25ppm
Ph 8.2
Sal 1.026

I dose alll for reef and try to not do water changes. I run a UV 24/7 , shark 150 skimmer 24/6

 

[shawnycool319]

It is most likely a photosynthetic pearling from a diatom bloom that is a consequence of the silicate overdose. It is evident that, when lights are on, diatoms, along with other microalgae, produce so much oxygen that it is escaping from solution in tiny bubbles, which can be seen being distributed everywhere by your pumps, only to be gone when lights go low. It is not a problem with your aeration. Stop dosing your silicate, change some water, and make sure you have good surface agitation when it is nighttime. It should calm down when your diatoms metabolize some of this silicate.

 

[unbeknownst]

This is almost certainly photosynthetic pearling from a diatom bloom caused by the silicate overdose. With the lights on, diatoms (and other microalgae) are producing so much oxygen that it comes out of solution as microbubbles, which then get blown around by your pumps and disappear when lights are low or off. It’s not a mechanical air issue. Stop silicate dosing, do a few small water changes to dilute excess silicate, and keep good surface agitation for nighttime oxygen. It should settle down over the next couple weeks as the diatoms burn through the silicate.

Are you using ai? Your style of writing seems scripted?

 

[shawnycool319]

This is almost certainly photosynthetic pearling from a diatom bloom caused by the silicate overdose. With the lights on, diatoms (and other microalgae) are producing so much oxygen that it comes out of solution as microbubbles, which then get blown around by your pumps and disappear when lights are low or off. It’s not a mechanical air issue. Stop silicate dosing, do a few small water changes to dilute excess silicate, and keep good surface agitation for nighttime oxygen. It should settle down over the next couple weeks as the diatoms burn through the silicate.

Are you using ai? Your style of writing seems scripted?

No?

 

[dvgyfresh]

It is most likely a photosynthetic pearling from a diatom bloom that is a consequence of the silicate overdose. It is evident that, when lights are on, diatoms, along with other microalgae, produce so much oxygen that it is escaping from solution in tiny bubbles, which can be seen being distributed everywhere by your pumps, only to be gone when lights go low. It is not a problem with your aeration. Stop dosing your silicate, change some water, and make sure you have good surface agitation when it is nighttime. It should calm down when your diatoms metabolize some of this silicate.

That is my theory as well , hopefully with time and skimming / abundance of sponges the diatoms will dissipate. I dosed around 20ML of the water glass 41% sodium silicate , I was supposed to do .2ML lol