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Old 08/16/2006, 02:33 PM
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bubbles..............

hey,

I have a 10g tank w/ a AC 70 HOB filter and a AC 20 PH and i have a problem with bubbles on the rocks and brown algae insueing. I scrub them off daily but they come back. I dont have bubbles coming from the filter at all. can someon help me??

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Old 08/16/2006, 02:49 PM
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Old 08/16/2006, 03:00 PM
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It's fine. That's just nitrogen gas being given off from denitrifying bacteria.
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Old 08/17/2006, 07:25 AM
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will it eventually go away or what?? and is it a god thin gor no??

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Old 08/17/2006, 02:13 PM
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Is it cyano??

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Old 08/19/2006, 10:06 AM
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bump....
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Old 08/19/2006, 10:09 AM
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Usually Nitrogen bubbles do not stay on the rock and get released, if you have too much algae the algae is generating the bubbles, try getting rid of the algae and the bubbles will go away.
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