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Why are there tiny bubbles forming on my aquarium power filter sponge?

I bought a flowel power filter for my approx 25 gallon aquarium containing 1 Oscar, 2 Blue Gouramis, 2 Iridescent Sharks and 10 White Convicts. These guys produce a lot of waste and I change about 2 gallons of water and run the filter for about 2 hours everyday.

Now, the sponge in the filter has become dark brown and I see tiny bubbles forming on the sponge. Why and how is this happening?

The brown is algae and the bubbles is the oxygen it’s giving off as a result of photosynthesis. This is from the amount of nutrients in the tank. I’m not sure why you’re only running the filter 2 hours a day, unless you have a backup filter – these should be on all the time, or the bacteria in the tank and on the filter media won’t have enough oxygen to reproduce to the numbers you need for converting the ammonia and nitrite (which are toxic to your fish) to nitrate.

I hope you realize that your tank will be too small to keep the fish you’ve got for very long. The oscar will need a 55 gal (mimimun) just for itself, and the iridescents will get at least 12″ and may grow to 3-4 feet long each. The waste you see now is nothing compared to what you’ll see in the future.

NOTE: You could try changing a little more of the water volume – maybe 20 -25% 2-3 times a week to remove more nutrients.

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