Help with identifying bubbles...

[benraines]

I've got these bubbles all over my tank...

I don't believe they are bubble algae...


These look like air bubbles, very small. And they are everywhere. On the side of my tank on my rocks...

Is this good or bad..

Dangit... Can't seem to find my emerald crabs.. They always seem to be somewhere they shouldn't be...

Tanks Setup

55 Gallon
3 small damsels
Seaclone 150
Magnum Hangon filter with carbon
powerhead
lots of liverock
3 snails
3 hermits
2 emeralds
2 shrimp cleaner, peppermint



Thanks

If you look in the top center of the Christmas tree rock you can see the small bubbles every where. To the far left of the rock is a bubble that has some red stuff on it...
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/71160DSC01640_resize.JPG

I can take more pictures if needed.. Just need to figure out how to get better pictures...

[routman]

Can't really tell by the picture, but they look like bubble algae to me.

[tsiler]

Looks to me like dinoflagellates. I had them once an rid myself of them by raising pH and alk with Kalkwasser. Search the web and you'll find pictures.

Emerald crabs are really good at two things... hiding, and hiding!

Tom Siler
Columbus, OH

[hystrix]

looks like air bubbles forming from a outbreak of cyanobacteria (slime algae)

[benraines]

Thanks for the responses...

I belive, I found some information searching for cyanobacteria...

Came up with some things...

Micro bubbles are what they look like filled with air.

Just wanted to make sure it wasn't something too BAD...

Just another one of those things.......

Tank is only 2 months up... So could be part of a cycle...

Thanks

[tsiler]

Cyano, Dinos, and Diatoms are not uncommon in young tanks. They're not terribly uncommon in mature systems either. Keep doing the right things (skimming, flow, etc.) and they should go away on their own. Stay away from chemical controls if you can avoid it.

Tom Siler
Columbus, OH

[fletchman]

I am just finishing fighting the cyano issue.. i had the same bubbles when it was starting.. I agree with the cyano