buffinoz

ok its a weird but here goes

one of my plants at the back of my 3ft tank has a little bubbles comming out of it , there is a root lick thing about 3 inchs long and the thickness of a human hair,
are they good are bad bubbles
about every half a second

Shawnie

if im not mistaken, and I sure can be, plants use oxygen durning the nite(with no lights on ) and release it during the day ..in that process, I dont think you would see bubbles from that....the bubbles could be from some air pockets around the subtrate where they are planted maybe?

mathas

Is this happening immediately after a water change, or does it happen throughout the day?

Shawnie is correct that plants produce oxygen during the day, it's a byproduct of photosynthesis. It is possible to have enough photosynthetic activity taking place in the tank that the water has become saturated with dissolved oxygen to the point where it can hold no more. If you get to that point, any further O2 produced appears as small bubbles, an effect is commonly called "pearling". You can read more about it on various aquatic plant forums (plantedtank.net, aquaticplantcentral.com, etc.), or here under "Pearling and Lost CO2".

In general, to see pearling, you need a fair amount of lighting and CO2 present to encourage the plants to produce that much oxygen. If you don't have good lighting and a steady supply of carbon for the plants, this is not likely (though still possible).

Nate McFin

A cut in the plant can also cause "false pearling" (Oxygen flows from the cut in the plant)

buffinoz

i hope this is my video, sorry the angles love the camera

they dont turn up after water changes .

Regal

Well if its coming from the plant then I'd say its a good thing. Pearling, or the plant making oxygen. I just cant tell if the bubbles are coming from the plant or under it, like from the gravel or a rock or something. If you do a google image search on it you'll see some really pretty pics.

My angels do that too lol

buffinoz

99% its the plant

Regal

I would say
oxygen equals good. I've had some plants do that before. I'm no plant expert though