So Elegant corals likes to push this idea. im not so sure about it. its got obvious positive affects (the reason we use airstones in micro tanks) but when we do it in small tanks its not designed to fill the tank with micro bubbles like this would. they talk about running them through the return which would flood your display with Micro bubbles. these are the effects they say it has on your tank.
Allows the corals to release excess slime and waste...
Allows the coral membrane to breathe and allow for better osmosis and ion exchange with the water column...
Oxygenates the water and de-gasses excess CO2 in the water column out of the system. (Skimmers and a little ball of chaeto is not sufficient... sorry...)
We recommend 8 to 10 hours a day counter cycle to the display tank lighting to maintain a more consistent and stable pH level.
The correct pH greatly improves the calcification rates of all hard corals...
Oxygenation also assists in higher beneficial aerobic bacterial loads as well as decrease the bad anaerobic cyanobacteria that many hobbyists struggle with.
The micro bubbles also get under (with proper tank flow) dinos and the cyanobacteria and carry them to the over flow to be removed by an efficient skimmer.
If fighting dinos, cyanobacteria, or other Reef Tank Pests
Wouldn't the micro bubbles also build up in the rock areas preventing good bacteria? wouldn't they also irritate the corals as they got stuck under them, specifically with plating corals like a monti cap? wouldn't they also irritate the fish as they get in their gills?
Lets discuss this.
Allows the corals to release excess slime and waste...
Allows the coral membrane to breathe and allow for better osmosis and ion exchange with the water column...
Oxygenates the water and de-gasses excess CO2 in the water column out of the system. (Skimmers and a little ball of chaeto is not sufficient... sorry...)
We recommend 8 to 10 hours a day counter cycle to the display tank lighting to maintain a more consistent and stable pH level.
The correct pH greatly improves the calcification rates of all hard corals...
Oxygenation also assists in higher beneficial aerobic bacterial loads as well as decrease the bad anaerobic cyanobacteria that many hobbyists struggle with.
The micro bubbles also get under (with proper tank flow) dinos and the cyanobacteria and carry them to the over flow to be removed by an efficient skimmer.
If fighting dinos, cyanobacteria, or other Reef Tank Pests
Wouldn't the micro bubbles also build up in the rock areas preventing good bacteria? wouldn't they also irritate the corals as they got stuck under them, specifically with plating corals like a monti cap? wouldn't they also irritate the fish as they get in their gills?
Lets discuss this.