air bubbles on leaves after water change - why?
here's one I can't figure out. After I do a water change, the leaves of all
my plants are covered with little tiny air bubbles for about a day. The water chemistry is a very close match to my tap water (well water). The plants are in laterite inder a layer of gravel..... Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening, and if I should be worried or not... thanks -JKD |
air bubbles on leaves after water change - why?
"jd" wrote in message ... here's one I can't figure out. After I do a water change, the leaves of all my plants are covered with little tiny air bubbles for about a day. The water chemistry is a very close match to my tap water (well water). The plants are in laterite inder a layer of gravel..... Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening, and if I should be worried or not... thanks -JKD Your plants are happy (Pearling - giving off O2). I've read a few explanations for this, most common being that the CO2 in the water provides a missing nutrient. Plants always give off some O2, but unless the water is saturated you normally can't see it. So it's also possible that the tap water is saturated with O2, allowing you to see the O2 being given off by your plants. Third possibility is that the tap water provides some other nutrient that your plants are missing, allowing them to produce more O2. Either way it's a good thing, but also a sign of a possible missing nutrient. My high light, CO2 injected tank will Pearl without doing water changes. |
air bubbles on leaves after water change - why?
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jd wrote: here's one I can't figure out. After I do a water change, the leaves of all my plants are covered with little tiny air bubbles for about a day. The water chemistry is a very close match to my tap water (well water). The plants are in laterite inder a layer of gravel..... Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening, and if I should be worried or not... Mains water is under pressure and there are more dissolved gasses in it than can stay in it at normal pressure so they come out of solution. It's perfectly normal. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
air bubbles on leaves after water change - why?
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"jd" wrote in message ... here's one I can't figure out. After I do a water change, the leaves of all my plants are covered with little tiny air bubbles for about a day. The water chemistry is a very close match to my tap water (well water). The plants are in laterite inder a layer of gravel..... Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening, and if I should be worried or not... thanks -JKD Your plants are happy (Pearling - giving off O2). I've read a few No, perling referes to a constant stream of (oxygen) bubbles eminating from a plant. An infusion of fresh tapwater can cause this too as it contains more CO2 than aged water does, but that's not what the original poster was talking about. -- Need Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net |
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