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Bubble after water addition?

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This is probably my stupidest question yet, asking if bubbles belong in water

I had a bucket of water treated with seachem prime sitting in a warm bath for a couple hours as the heater I had in it overnight didn't work. The water has sat in the bucket for maybe 24-30 hours. I just added the water to the tank and there were more bubbles immediately after than I've seen before. They turned into tiny bubbles sitting all over the surface, with what I'm hoping are also bubbles and not tiny particles of something. I ran my net over the top of the water but I didn't catch anything. I'm being paranoid, right? It's normal to have a bunch of tiny bubbles on the surface? They're everywhere
 
These bubbles could be normal, but could you post a photo?
I checked this morning and they're almost completely gone and my fish is swimming around like normal. I think I was just overreacting again lol
 
There are often bubbles after a water change because tap water has a lot of gasses dissolved in it. When the water warms up, it can't hold as much gas so some gasses out and forms bubbles.

And for future reference, male bettas build bubble nests (not all do, but a lot of them do). You see the betta under the surface blowing these bubbles. Some only make small bubble nests but some make huge ones. They do this in the hope a ready-to-breed female happens along (they don't know they are in a tank :) ) and bettas use bubble nests to protect their eggs and newly hatched fry.
 

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