Pearling is kewl

[James0816]

So I added more plants to my problem child tank. Earlier in the day I did an 80% water change as normal for the past few days. I go back a while ago and test the water again and I notice that a lot of the plants are making bubbles. One crypt and Indian Fern even had a line of bubbles come from them for a spell. No lines now but there are quite a few of them in there have bubbles like blowing up a baloon. I haven't noticed this in any of the other tanks with plants in them. Do plants only do this under certain conditions?

[bkw1982]

mine does it after a water change and about 3-4 hours after the lights come on. It's when the water becomes saturated with oxygen

[Mgamer20o0]

for the most part..... its just air trapped under the leaf from the water change.

real peraling is when they do it on their own not after a water change.

[Sploke]

Yeah I get lots of bubbles in my tank after a water change...I use well water, and it has a ton of dissolved gases in it, which come out of solution after the water goes into the tank. Looks kind of like pearling, but its not.

[Fishy_Fun]

had the same thing earlier this week

[bkw1982]

for the most part..... its just air trapped under the leaf from the water change.

real peraling is when they do it on their own not after a water change.

why ya gotta burst the guys bubble :grinyes::grinyes: .....pun intended

[James0816]

well....for the most part what I saw today was not due to water bubbles under the leaves. Especially the once that I would describe as blowing up a balloon. It was pretty cool to watch. I really liked the stream of bubbles that was occuring. One in particular was an Indian Fern plant. The bubble would form at the tip of a leaf and continue building as if being "blown" up until it seperated. Then would start all over again.

[Mgamer20o0]

its since you already over saturated the water with o2.

[leocom2000]

an injured plant would bubble (leak) gases.