micro bubbles

[nanonøkk]

ok so i just got my new pump and i noticed there’s micro bubbles everywhere so i checked everything the fittings and all of that and still. it looks like dust in my tank and the pump i got is a sicce micraplus

 

[Idoc]

Sounds like your pulling air from somewhere. Usually a pvc connection.

 

[nanonøkk]

Sounds like your pulling air from somewhere. Usually a pvc connection.

yea i’m gonna try that again i think it’s because of the water level though so i made it higher and that seemed to work

 

[Idoc]

yea i’m gonna try that again i think it’s because of the water level though so i made it higher and that seemed to work

Yes, you want a few inches of water above your return pump intake.

 

[nanonøkk]

Yes, you want a few inches of water above your return pump intake.

yea it seemed to work it makes sense i had mine like 2 inches below the second part also when i raised it up my new return pump seemed to get stronger

 

[vetteguy53081]

Turn skimmer all the way down and gradually bring it up, Assure skimmer is in water 6-8" and microbubbles are not making it to the return pump

 

[nanonøkk]

Turn skimmer all the way down and gradually bring it up, Assure skimmer is in water 6-8" and microbubbles are not making it to the return pump

i don’t have a skimmer so that part was easy

 

[Blacour]

Not sure if you fixed your problem but wanted to share this, I have had a problem with micro bubbles in DT but it seemed I was only getting a burst of bubbles every So often, so I thought that I must be sucking air through a pvc fitting somewhere and that it was building up then eventually releasing all at once, but I have been home a lot recently and watching the tank more often so I happened to notice what the real cause was I was looking in the return section of my sump when the ATO came on I then noticed that it was directed right at my return line intake the top off was forcing air bubbles in the intake when it came on I simply moved it over and problem solved not saying this is everyone’s case but definitely something to look for if you are getting pockets of air that only release randomly

 

[nanonøkk]

Not sure if you fixed your problem but wanted to share this, I have had a problem with micro bubbles in DT but it seemed I was only getting a burst of bubbles every So often, so I thought that I must be sucking air through a pvc fitting somewhere and that it was building up then eventually releasing all at once, but I have been home a lot recently and watching the tank more often so I happened to notice what the real cause was I was looking in the return section of my sump when the ATO came on I then noticed that it was directed right at my return line intake the top off was forcing air bubbles in the intake when it came on I simply moved it over and problem solved not saying this is everyone’s case but definitely something to look for if you are getting pockets of air that only release randomly

thanks for this but i don’t have that tank anymore and i had that same problem i’m my new tank thanks for the advice though