Chrisanderson707 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) My fish seem to be breathing quicker than what I feel is a normal rate. No other signs of stress that I can see. Some slight aggression in tank. I know some of the fish in my tank may not work out long term but I don't think that's part of my current issue but always willing to listen to advice. Parameters are in pics. 150 gallon. Fish: 3 Oscar's, macaw, rainbow shark, common pleco, Dempsey, fire mouth, jewel, yellow lab, ob, pictus, chocolate, parot. All fish around 3-6 months old roughly. Filters: internal 40 gallon, fluval 305, 107, double stacked medium coop sponge filter with air stone, 1 small circulation pump running while the lights are on about 12 hours a day. Not running any chemical filtration or adding anything to the tap water. Ph is this high out of the tap.Temp 78. Fish are overall pretty calm most of the time, no lip locking or any injuries. Just the occasional 1-3 second chase. Feeding mostly big fella. The tanks been running about 2 months since last tare down. Any thoughts on the rapid breathing? Seems to be all fish equally. Not gasping near the top, just faster breathing everywhere in the tank. I tried to take a video but the file type wasn't allowed even when going directly to "camcorder" from attach files. Thanks for your time! Edited June 25, 2022 by Chrisanderson707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndEEss Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Ammonia test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisanderson707 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 7:42 PM, AndEEss said: Ammonia test? I haven't done one in a while. I didn't think it was needed as the tank has been cycled and never any nitrite but I guess you wouldn't have known that. I guess I'll break out the old master test kit. Brb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisanderson707 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 7:42 PM, AndEEss said: Ammonia test? Ammonia 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flumpweesel Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Are you checking the temp or is that what the heater is set at. Often worth a double check and warm water doesn't hold O2 the same. If you can add another air stone it won't hurt and might help while we figure things out 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 If in doubt, add an airstone or 2 until it’s all sorted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Hill-Legion Aquatics Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 @Chrisanderson707i hope you figured it out but I was wondering where did you get that cool tree decoration? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisanderson707 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 9:47 AM, Flumpweesel said: Are you checking the temp or is that what the heater is set at. Often worth a double check and warm water doesn't hold O2 the same. If you can add another air stone it won't hurt and might help while we figure things out I don't have a heater in the tank at the moment. I live in northern California so it stays pretty consistently between 77-80 degrees F. in the summer months. I will add another air stone and see if this helps. Thanks! On 6/25/2022 at 1:10 PM, Jacob Hill-Legion Aquatics said: @Chrisanderson707i hope you figured it out but I was wondering where did you get that cool tree decoration? I got it from a guy in my local aquarium club. Thanks for noticing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Your fish are big for 6 months. California just heated up, plus some barometric changes. May have triggered some hormones and fish are feeling frisky (heavy breathing can be a thing just before sparring and pairing up for breeding). The fact that no one is near the surface would make me think your 6 months of calm fish may be about to come to an end. Are the colors more vibrant than they have been in the past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisanderson707 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 On 6/25/2022 at 5:30 PM, Torrey said: Your fish are big for 6 months. California just heated up, plus some barometric changes. May have triggered some hormones and fish are feeling frisky (heavy breathing can be a thing just before sparring and pairing up for breeding). The fact that no one is near the surface would make me think your 6 months of calm fish may be about to come to an end. Are the colors more vibrant than they have been in the past? Yeah, you might be right. The colors are about the same as always but I knew going in I may have to move some fish around. I shared your thought about them not being at the top. I figured if they were low on oxygen they would be near the top. But another air stone has seemed to slow the breathing significantly. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts! UPDATE: The obvious answer is usually the correct one. I added another sponge filter with an air stone and breathing has slowed to about half what it was! Thank you to everyone who shared their ideas. It's greatly appreciated! Happy fish keeping! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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