tiny air bubbles in my system

[hydrodmg]

i run 6 33 longs with a central sump and i have been having a problem with my pump pumping tiny air bubbles in to the tanks and i cannot figure out where will this cause stress for my fish? there is a whole lot of bubbles

 

[jonclark96]

The air bubbles are more stress on you than they are on your fish. If you can live with them, I wouldn't worry too much. It sounds like you have a small air leak somewhere in your plumbing that is causing the vacuum from the pump to pull air into the line.

 

[cmcpart0422]

The only time I have had problems with little bubbles is when I do large water changes with warm water. So far only smaller fish and fry react to it. The bubbles will accumulate on the fish and in the gills causing breathing problems which in some cases kills them and in other cases leaves them stressed gasping for air for a few hours. Same thing happens to larger fish but they don't suffer because of it and continue to act normal.

 

[Buckcich]

+1 Definitely a air leak, either on the pump housing or the connection/hose before the pump. It won't harm the fish thou.

 

[Spine]

I would try and trace that leak down. It shouldn't bother the fish but you don't want any problems with your pump.