CO2 bubbles on plants ok?

[PJFISH]

Hi all! Once again, forgive the newbie question, but is the presence of co2 bubbles on my plants a good thing or not? I'm forced to run my system for longer than I'd like without a solenoid. Worried that I'm doing damage or something, drop checker reads light green, bordering yellow. Please help a anxious aquascaper!

 

[DMunoz84]

Are u sure it's co2 and not pearling?

 

[PJFISH]

I'm not sure...the bubbles are gathering on the under sides of the leaves and on air hoses. Not sure what pearling looks like vs. too much CO2

 

[DMunoz84]

As your plants absorb the CO2 they expel oxygen. The oxygen bubbles to the top & or accumulates into bigger bubbles. The oxygen on your plants or bubbling from your plants is pearling

 

[PJFISH]

As your plants absorb the CO2 they expel oxygen. The oxygen bubbles to the top & or accumulates into bigger bubbles. The oxygen on your plants or bubbling from your plants is pearling

And that's ok?

 

[DMunoz84]

The plants will be fine I believe but if you have fish in the tank with too much CO2 it will drop the pH to dangerous levels for the fish

 

[PJFISH]

The plants will be fine I believe but if you have fish in the tank with too much CO2 it will drop the pH to dangerous levels for the fish

Yeah that's what I was afraid of! Think I need some sort of buffer to keep in above 6.0 , it's normally like 6.4

 

[DMunoz84]

My diffuser is right under the filter intake by the time it goes through the filter and back into the tank. You have 100% absorption of the CO2 and no bubbles you could try it? It works for me