a question about my tank

[cornbread_5]

ok here goes , i do regular water changes , and my water is crystal clear , my fish seem to be fine , the only thing is just seem like they are breathing to hard , its not like they are gasping for air but they just seem out breathe like they have just ran a marathon can anybody help me out what this may be

 

[voss345]

are these the green terrors you just got?
did you acclimate them well? tell us what you did to acclimate that would help
otherwise i would say just stress

 

[CichlidAddict]

Lack of oxygen?
What kind of filtration are you running on the tank?

 

[cornbread_5]

nah not the gts i just got but for filtration i have an canister filter the cascade 1000 it suppose be for up to 100 gal tank and i get on a 55 gal

 

[albyoscar]

Got any airstones running ??

 

[ddyerfamily]

water tests ?
Fish species ?
equipment list ?
???

 

[ziggy2]

What are the parameters??? Clear water is not always healthy water.

 

[cornbread_5]

i have one decoration the produces air bubbles and as far as species i have a 6 pmtexas cichlid , two salavins about 3 inches, a false red terrors 2 inches and 6, 1 inch red terror cichlid, i did not do a water test yet and equipment is a canister , a 300 watt heater and a power head

 

[ddyerfamily]

i have one decoration the produces air bubbles and as far as species i have a 6 pmtexas cichlid , two salavins about 3 inches, a false red terrors 2 inches and 6, 1 inch red terror cichlid, i did not do a water test yet and equipment is a canister , a 300 watt heater and a power head

Test Water Soon !
Please
Everthing else sounds good to me
You wil have problems in time....as your fish get bigger

 

[cornbread_5]

do i need more airstones