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Old 04-01-2012, 07:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have fine annoying particles floating around in the water. My tank has been setup for about four months now. I two five percent water changes a week. Some days my tank looks like it has polished water in it others what looks like tiny bubbles to me. What can I do to have that just polished look all the time? Like I said it looks like fine bubbles not cloudy water so I don’t think it’s a bloom of some sort.
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Old 04-03-2012, 05:25 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Exactly when do you see them vs not see them? Are they micro bubbles, or are they actually particles? After water changes, it is common to see lots of small bubbles in the tank. It comes from your tap water de-gassing. If you have a heavily planted tank, the bubbles are probably 'pearling' from your plants producing oxygen via photosynthesis.
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You might have hit it on the head. I do notice a bit more
after a water change. I'm running a cascade canister filter
and a HOT Magnum filter the fine particles just don't
disappear, not even after using the clearall or what
ever those drops are called.
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If those are fine bubbles and they don't go away in a few hours after your water change then you probably have an air leak in one of your filters. If it is fine particles then it's usually bacteria. Does it happens after a water change each time you change it?
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I think I might be being to critical about this. The tank does look fine from a distance it's
when we are all sitting directly in front of the tank. You can clearly see the particles.

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