Big Time Pearling... for a day. Why?

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It is very obvious that after my weekly 50% water change (EI ferts), all of my plants are pearling and bubbling like mad. The bubbling slows the next day. By the end of the week, there isn't much pearling going on.

I'm thinking that there is something in my tap water that my plants are loving and once it gets used up, they calm down. What do you think it might be? I am not dosing any Calcium.. think it could be that?

I am dosing .5 tsp 3x's a week of:
KH2PO4
K2SO4
MgSO4
Plantex CSM+B

I am dosing 1.5 tsp 3x's a week of :
KNO3

Macros Mon, Wed, Fri. Micros Tue, Thurs, Sat. Water change Sun.

CO2 is pressurized at 30ppm.
110g with 4x55w AH Supply 6700k
 
When you do a water change, I think there's a temporary jump in O2 saturation that causes it. Everything looks like it's pearling but it's not exactly real. I get oxygen bubbles all over the tank glass when I do WCs but they disappear eventually.
 
I noticed the same thing in my planted tank recently. The plants look like they are pearling, but onyl in one of my tanks so there must be something to it.
 
Gatorguy said:
It is very obvious that after my weekly 50% water change (EI ferts), all of my plants are pearling and bubbling like mad. The bubbling slows the next day. By the end of the week, there isn't much pearling going on.

I'm thinking that there is something in my tap water that my plants are loving and once it gets used up, they calm down. What do you think it might be? I am not dosing any Calcium.. think it could be that?

I am dosing .5 tsp 3x's a week of:
KH2PO4
K2SO4
MgSO4
Plantex CSM+B

I am dosing 1.5 tsp 3x's a week of :
KNO3

Macros Mon, Wed, Fri. Micros Tue, Thurs, Sat. Water change Sun.

CO2 is pressurized at 30ppm.
110g with 4x55w AH Supply 6700k
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the bubbling after a water change has NOTHING to do with pearling due to healthy plants / good co2 concentration. I believe it was some temperature difference or something dont remember exactly, but just know it's different than the healthy plant pearling.

If you fill up an empty tank with plastic plants, they will bubble/pearl too for a day or two :)
 
i hear that a lot, i guess tap water has higher concentration of co2
 
It's not just bubbles it is streams of tiny bubbles coming out of the plants. (pearling)
 
hmm

I changed over from a DIY CO2 reactor to a Red Sea 500 and I am getting pearling like crazy on my DIY CO2 setup.
 
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