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Unread 12/29/2018, 01:16 PM   #1
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What are these?

All the sudden I have some of these odd looking balloons around my sand bed. Good or bad?
I also have a good amount of cyano I am struggling to clean up.


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Unread 12/29/2018, 03:23 PM   #2
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Nitrogen gas bubbles trapped in the cyano.


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Unread 12/29/2018, 09:03 PM   #3
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Nitrogen gas bubbles trapped in the cyano.
Yup.. Gas bubbles trapped by the cyano..


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Unread 12/29/2018, 11:29 PM   #4
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Anything to be concerned about?

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Unread 12/30/2018, 06:24 AM   #5
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I would syphon the sand and work on getting rid of the cyano.


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Nope...quite the opposite...
The cyano of course needs to be monitored/controlled but the bubbles are normal/harmless


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Nope...quite the opposite...
The cyano of course needs to be monitored/controlled but the bubbles are normal/harmless
Live got in the way for a few days. Just wanted to say thank you once again! Yes, cyano has been hard to control but that is food for another tread


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