What would cause my 10" Jag to occasionally leave his gills hanging open for 10-15 seconds at a time? He's in a 125g by himself with 2 AC110s and 1 biowheel 350 as filtration. He's not aggressive towards me so it doesnt seem to be an aggressive kind of flaring, and the 3 HOB filters should be keeping enough oxygen in the tank for him. Only thing i can think of that I've done differently since I noticed this is switch water conditioners, going from Seachem Prime to Safe. Tap water has always tested around .25ppm ammonia, maybe a little less. Water parameters are always pretty consistent... between 0-.25 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5-10 nitrates, 8.2 pH. Could it be gill flukes? I've been dosing about a 1/2 tbsp of Safe per water change, could i be over dosing? Or since Safe doesn't remove certain metals from tap water like Prime does, could that be a problem? Doesn't seem to be a serious problem, but would like to diagnose it and solve it before it becomes more of an issue.
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