bubbles... help?

[tcarola154]

ok so im sure bubbles on my live sand is a bad thing... probably some sort of chemical thing... what is it? and what can i do to fix it? TIA

 

[reefrunner69]

Depending on how old your tank and sand bed is...it's either trapped O2 making it's way to the surface, or the product of the nitrogen cycle in your sand bed.

 

[Brenden]

As reefrunner said...Not a bad thing. Only other possibility I can think of is if they are on the surface of the sand and you have a discoloration it could be the start of cyano.

 

[tcarola154]

the surface is discolored a little bit... i can see the bubbles trapped up against the glass under the surface a little bit. This tank is about a month old

 

[Brenden]

bubbles trapped up against the glass under the surface a little bit

If the bubbles are not sitting on the surface it is probably a product of the nitrogen cycle.

 

[tcarola154]

is that a good or a bad thing? haha there are some bubbles on the surface... but i think they are just ones coming up from in the sand.