cyno bubbles

[TheJuanAndOnly235]

Alright so i looked at my tank today and noticed that there are bubbles but only on the cyno the rest of the sand bed is bubble free, is this weird and or a bad sign of anything? any help is appreciated and thanks in advance
and i have pictures but when i go to insert them it says its to big once i click post

 

[The_Codfather]

Put some more flow over the cyno that should help with both issues

 

[Hawkeye]

normal for cyano. Agree with sid on how to reduce cyano. Main thing to realize though is that it appears because you are putting more nutrients (food/poop) into the tank than taking out.

 

[rodclement]

I just fought a cyano battle and I won! ;D I had a crash and the dye-off of inverts resulted in a lot of waste in the water and subsequent cyano outbreak.

Increase: Flow, aeration, water changes, and make sure your skimmer is working properly
Reduce: Feeding, and new stock addition.

If it's in the begining you should be fine but is scary how fast it multiplies!

Good luck! Rod

 

[TheJuanAndOnly235]

thanks for all the replies
but its not the beginning, i have been going at it for about a month =/

 

[The_Codfather]

The last resort is chemi clean.. I have used it one time and have been cyno free for 5 months.. my tank when i got it was covered in cyno due to the person using tap water before.. I forgot to ask are you vodka or suger dosing? if so you are just feeding the cyno

 

[TheJuanAndOnly235]

nope no vodka or sugar dosing, i just recently heard about that and i don't know enough to even think about it lol, but i guess its out of the question for me no matter what

 

[rodclement]

what salt are you using? tap or ro water?

rod

 

[TheJuanAndOnly235]

im using r/o water from aquatic obsessions and im using instant oceans salt
i started the tank up about 3 months ago and i didnt know i couldnt use tap water so all of the first 56 gallons was tap
but i learned my lesson with the hair algea and ever since the first water change (10%att least once a week) has been r/o
but i wouldnt doubt it if that was the problem

 

[rodclement]

Good water and salt...go figure, I would go with higher flow then...

rod

 

[TheJuanAndOnly235]

well the salt was on sale at pets mart im guessing cause it wasnt selling. is that bad?
and how much flow? and i dont like pointing it down on the sand cause i feel it will throw the sand around

 

[Boomer]

The bubbles are O2, which as it has reached saturation at that spot. Algae's do this also. However, in Cyano the bubbles often get trapped in a film so they are much more observable.