This is a phenomenon that is sometimes called 'streaming'. It generally occurs when the plant is damaged and gases are escaping.
Bubbles: pearling or no?
Hey folks!
I've been creeping on the forums for a while, but this is my inaugural post.
Apologies in advance for failing at search (I did try!), but there's a ton of conflicting information or, at the least, different-enough answers for the same question that it was hard for me to conclude a definitive answer.
This is my first planted tank, but far from my first freshwater tank. It's my first tank with shrimp.. my first tank with CO2, my first tank with CPDs.. you get the picture. Lots of firsts.
I have an anubias (barteri, as far as I can tell) that just put out a new leaf on a very long stem a few days ago. The tiny leaf, about 3/8" long, is still curled up. When I got home today, I found it streaming tiny bubbles out of the center of the curled leaf. Streaming.. absolutely constant. So constant that I thought it was a piece of hair algae (which I have a fair amount of). It's on-par with the stream of CO2 bubbles coming out of my diffuser.
At the same time, my crypts have begun melting for the first time. I'm not so concerned with it, but figured I'd mention it in case it would correlate with anything for you all.
Is this pearling? Is this damage recovery?
Thanks!
Spec V (5 gallon)
pH: 6.6
Temp: 79F (it's a very hot day, today)
Last water change: Three days ago, 50%
I've been creeping on the forums for a while, but this is my inaugural post.
Apologies in advance for failing at search (I did try!), but there's a ton of conflicting information or, at the least, different-enough answers for the same question that it was hard for me to conclude a definitive answer.
This is my first planted tank, but far from my first freshwater tank. It's my first tank with shrimp.. my first tank with CO2, my first tank with CPDs.. you get the picture. Lots of firsts.
I have an anubias (barteri, as far as I can tell) that just put out a new leaf on a very long stem a few days ago. The tiny leaf, about 3/8" long, is still curled up. When I got home today, I found it streaming tiny bubbles out of the center of the curled leaf. Streaming.. absolutely constant. So constant that I thought it was a piece of hair algae (which I have a fair amount of). It's on-par with the stream of CO2 bubbles coming out of my diffuser.
At the same time, my crypts have begun melting for the first time. I'm not so concerned with it, but figured I'd mention it in case it would correlate with anything for you all.
Is this pearling? Is this damage recovery?
Thanks!
Spec V (5 gallon)
pH: 6.6
Temp: 79F (it's a very hot day, today)
Last water change: Three days ago, 50%
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Ah, yes, that definitely makes sense. Thanks for that! I can't say that I knew that it flowered... that's my failing on prior research. A quick look around and, yes, I'd agree that it looks like a flower to-be. Cool. 
To address the tangent.. I'd love to remove the algae from the plants. I've tried reducing CO2, reducing light cycle, reducing feeding frequency, increasing water changes, decreasing water changes, etc. I can't get a handle on it. (I knowingly chose a small tank for my first attempt at plants because it's more difficult than a larger tank. I've got a dry 75g and a dry 16g bowfront that I'm itching to set up.)
I manually clip and pull algae out of the tank on a weekly basis. This was most effective with some beard algae I had, but less so with the green hair. Every time I'm in the tank, I rub the leaves (not too hard) and try to get some of it off; most of the time I'm relatively unsuccessful in making much more than a dent in it. I'm not a big fan of dosing with anti-algae solutions... though, mostly, that's because I don't understand enough of the chemistry and repercussions that the various solutions are accompanied with. That, and I just generally don't favor forced chemical adjustment.
Any suggestions?
To address the tangent.. I'd love to remove the algae from the plants. I've tried reducing CO2, reducing light cycle, reducing feeding frequency, increasing water changes, decreasing water changes, etc. I can't get a handle on it. (I knowingly chose a small tank for my first attempt at plants because it's more difficult than a larger tank. I've got a dry 75g and a dry 16g bowfront that I'm itching to set up.)
I manually clip and pull algae out of the tank on a weekly basis. This was most effective with some beard algae I had, but less so with the green hair. Every time I'm in the tank, I rub the leaves (not too hard) and try to get some of it off; most of the time I'm relatively unsuccessful in making much more than a dent in it. I'm not a big fan of dosing with anti-algae solutions... though, mostly, that's because I don't understand enough of the chemistry and repercussions that the various solutions are accompanied with. That, and I just generally don't favor forced chemical adjustment.
Any suggestions?
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