Suddenly My Plant Is Pearling.....

[razer121]

Today when i observed my Triop tank i noticed the plant in the middle decided (only on one leaf) to pearl....it was very tiny bubbles it was letting of in fast motion! was like 1 bubble (2mm?) after the other...now im pretty sure this is a good thing right? or should i be concerned?

 

[RadaR]

Today when i observed my Triop tank i noticed the plant in the middle decided (only on one leaf) to pearl....it was very tiny bubbles it was letting of in fast motion! was like 1 bubble (2mm?) after the other...now im pretty sure this is a good thing right? or should i be concerned?

Is there a possibility the plant was damaged? If the plant's vascular system was damaged then oxygen could be escaping. I've seen this when doing maitenance.
If it wasn't that, then congrats on the pearling. Ofcourse it's nothing to worry about. Pearling usually occurs when tanks have high light, good CO2, good nutrients and good flow. This leads to lots of photosynthesis. The water surrounding the leaves is fully saturated with oxygen, no more can go into solution, so you get a visible bubble of gas.

 

[razer121]

ah i see, well that tank gets lots of light, and the plant does get munched on by the triops not alot but you can clearly see it does, thanks for clearing that up