Excess air bubbles on surface of tank, please help!

Hi All!

just a quick question in regards to an excess build up of bubbles on the surface of my tank. It’s a 50 gallon tank, 3 weeks old (still cyclinga built in top filter (with the outlet under the water line), two air stones at 200l/h, and a Fluval U3 - again, with the water outlet just below the water line (but high enough to agitate the water surface).

**also note, I started dosing with Seachem Cupramine 4 days ago due to potential Ich**

In the last 3 - 4 days, I’ve noticed a large amount of air bubbles on the surface. Normally, there would obviously be a few, which would pop immediately, but lately, they seem to be building up in large groups, then slowing popping, only to maintain these amounts (as you can hopefully see in the pictures).

I don’t know why I have so many. My question is: is it normal? Is it too much? Has it got anything to do with the recent addition of Cupramine to the tank?

Water Parameters 25/08/2020:

• PH: 7.2
• Ammonia: 0.50ppm
• Nitrite: 0ppm
• Nitrate: 0ppm (just above)
• GH: 125.3ppm
• KH: 107.4ppm
• Temp: 29 degrees (84.2F)

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated along with tips and help, as still kind of new to this.

Thank you!!

It could well be due to the cupramine.

Before anyone comments on the ammonia reading, Seachem says this is normal when using cupramine. It isn't ammonia but the amine part of cupramine being picked up by the ammonia test.

The best treatment for ich is actually heat. You temperature isn't quite high enough, it needs to be 30 deg C/86 deg F. I would do a big water change to remove most of the cupramine and turn the heater up a bit more. Leave the temp at a 30 C/86 F for 2 weeks.

Heat is much less stressful for the fish than chemical ich treatments.

If there are containment’s or excess bubbles on water surface, I have found the easiest way to remove those is to use simple kitchen roll tissues (not toilet paper) or even a4 paper and place this flat on water surface and remove when paper starts to get wet, the paper simply soaks up the containment / bubbles.

Simply repeat as necessary with new sheets of tissue or paper until you’ve removed as much as to your satisfaction.