Help...55 gallon just set up...put i have tiny bubbles everywhere

[Iron Buddha]

forgive me if this sounds silly...but it's been a while since i started up a tank...i just put the water in 20 mins ago...it's a 55 gallon, the heater and filter and air pump are all operating...i put in the water conditioner to get rid of the heavy metals. and also a starter/stablizer... then i turned on the filter and heater and pump...i noticed that there are all these little bubbles all around the glass..all over the rocks and fake plants...and driftwood...every thing has been wash..and the wood soaked.....in fact one problem that i am not having is the water..it's so clear...the only thing messing up the view is all these bubbles...when will they go away..what are they?


help a playa out!!!!

 

[liberator177]

yep they go away, usually over night

 

[chesterthehero]

yep.. just bubbles.. no big deal.. if you wanna go nuts you can brush them off but they will go away on their own

 

[Iron Buddha]

Haha..thanx..you all were right..no biggie..i brushed them off...but they come back a little...but stay off and go to the surface for the most part...thanx anyway guys..sorry..it's just been a while...and i want every thing to go perfect for my new 55 ...African Knife fish, Gourami's and some rainbow going in it!

 

[Fry]

are you going to use a fishless cycle?

 

[Iron Buddha]

No...my ph is neutral...i am going to use a starter fish or two.


Though the driftwood has tinted my water kind of brownish...i did two big water changes in one week..and it's clearing up a little...i probably need to change the media..anyway..the ph is perfect...neutral..so i will use a starter fish.

 

[CHOMPERS]

The bubbles are from the dissolved gases being supersaturated, just incase you wanted to look it up for more info.

 

[krisRTC]

dnt change the media!!! what for??? just add carbon to the media u dnt need to change it as you have had no fish in there. the carbon will get rid of the stained water from the wood leaching! bubbles are fine btw

 

[Potts050]

One of water's great paradoxes is its ability to dissolve materials versus temperature. As temperature goes up, the dissolvable amount of normally solid materials, including salts increases. However, the amount of gas water dissolve decreases with a rise in temperature.

When you raise water temp, you drive off dissolved gases, including oxygen, that will appear as small bubbles on any submerged surface. My advice is to avoid heating your water untill you have effectively established beneficial bacteria colonies in the tank and your filter media. Give them all the oxygen they need to proliferate and 'git er done'

 

[Merbeast]

No...my ph is neutral...i am going to use a starter fish or two.


Though the driftwood has tinted my water kind of brownish...i did two big water changes in one week..and it's clearing up a little...i probably need to change the media..anyway..the ph is perfect...neutral..so i will use a starter fish.

Neutral pH isn't necessarily perfect. In fact, if I was using fish to cycle the tank, I would prefer a higher pH as ammonia and nitrites are less toxic at high pH's.