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03-20-2008, 03:53 PM
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Little Fishy
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Why are microbubbles BAD??
Just reading the threads and was curious why are microbubbles bad. I always seem to have them lately..........
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03-20-2008, 03:55 PM
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Just some guy, you know?
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Because there annoying for one 
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03-20-2008, 03:57 PM
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Little Fishy
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Annoying? Are they abrasive to the fish and corals? Or just ugly?
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03-20-2008, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by dachsienutt
Annoying? Are they abrasive to the fish and corals? Or just ugly?
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Ugly.
Some people will argue that they do have a negitive effect on certian coral,.. and they may be right but I don't buy it,.. the coral I keep sit in air for a few hours every day,.. I think they can take the bubbles.
However,.. if you keep seahorses they really are bad news.
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03-20-2008, 04:02 PM
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Little Fishy
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Curious why your corals sit in air everyday??  |
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03-20-2008, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dachsienutt
Curious why your corals sit in air everyday?? |
Mine don't,.. but in the wild they do,.. SPS are often exposed to air in the wild from low tide.
Plus the surf has to make bubbles in the ocean.
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03-20-2008, 04:20 PM
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Little Fishy
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The only thing I could possibly see them hurting are possibly sponges or gorgoian (spl?), the things you are specifically warned to never allow to come in contact with air.
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03-20-2008, 04:57 PM
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photomod
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They will pose a problem to capricornis and other plating corals. The bubbles will collect underneath and cause (sometimes big) problems.
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03-20-2008, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by wharyat
They will pose a problem to capricornis and other plating corals. The bubbles will collect underneath and cause (sometimes big) problems.
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This is true if you don't have enough flow to clear any bubbles out from under the plates of corals like this.
I still think the uglyness is enough of a motive to get rid of them though.
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03-20-2008, 05:37 PM
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photomod
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Originally Posted by Wiskey
This is true if you don't have enough flow to clear any bubbles out from under the plates of corals like this.
I still think the uglyness is enough of a motive to get rid of them though.
Whiskey
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I agree. My main concern is that they are ugly and tend to ruin pictures.
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03-20-2008, 05:38 PM
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I agree. My main concern is that they are ugly and tend to ruin pictures.
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Very much agreed. 
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03-20-2008, 05:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phishy
The only thing I could possibly see them hurting are possibly sponges or gorgoian (spl?), the things you are specifically warned to never allow to come in contact with air.
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many gorgonians this isnt true for, and the only sponges that die becasue they are exposed to air are the ones you buy. scientific fact there.
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03-20-2008, 05:48 PM
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Shark
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I have seen a case where the bubbles possibly got into a fish's bloodstream and ended up inside the fish's eye. (I assume that's how the air got into the eye, as the bubbles were really bad- can't think of another cause) This was after I got back from vacation one time and the pumps @ work were sucking air - and evidently had been for some time, you couldn't see through the water.
I hope that you don't do this in your tanks, so it shouldn't be a problem. It does however bring up the possiblily that these bubbles in small amounts could be stressful to the fish.
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03-20-2008, 05:49 PM
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i also know that if i drop the water level in one of my tanks and let any of my cls ports catch air it looks really cool, but it makes all of my stonies slime up. but we are talking major bubbles........
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