Recently, I've been noticing tiny bubbles clustered along the bottom of my heater. If I use a straw to make them dissipate, they reform in a few hours.
The heater, a 25 watt Stealth, is parallel to bottom of the tank, about an inch away from the filter, an internal Duetto. The water flows towards the filter
which is to the left of the heater. Any idea what causes this? Should I be concerned? I tried tilting the heater upwards but it didn't make a difference.
Thanks for the help.
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Tiny bubbles on my heater
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Posts: 294 (03/09/09 14:33:41) Tipper'n Trickster |
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 ShellyB518 |
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Posts: 7321 (03/09/09 22:41:56) Administrator
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I am guessing the extra airated water from the filter is leaving the pockets of air trapped on the bottom the the heater. Try and tilt the heater away from
the filter to see if that will fix it. No biggie if its just oxygen.
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Posts: 297 (03/12/09 08:05:57) Tipper'n Trickster |
I tried tilting it for a couple of days but it didn't seem to affect the bubbles. No more or less than before. How do you distinguish oxygen bubbles from
nitrogen?
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Posts: 11094 (03/12/09 13:55:48) Administrator
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I get these too on occasion... like Shelly said, it's quite possible the water outflow is catching onto the heater. I get these sometimes under my filter
or heater after I've recently added water to their tanks.
I don't think it's harmful. Nitrogen supersaturation is those teenie tiny bubbles that collect on just about everything after adding newly poured water to a tank... you probably won't get so much in a filtered tank but in a 100% waterchange tank... it's pretty common. Michele |
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Posts: 7394 (03/12/09 22:37:52) Administrator
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I agree. Another source would be anaerobic bacteria from a place in the tank that is void of oxygen. Compacted sand would be a possible source but since this
in in the water column, it isn't the issue. Some heaters have a rubber cover over the bottom of the heater that could trap oxygen or nitrogen bubbles. In
my opinion, this is simply oxygen and nothing to be worried about
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Posts: 302 (03/14/09 14:55:15) Tipper'n Trickster |
Thanks so much. I'll cross it off my worry list then!
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