Fish Breathing Heavy

[mattstevens1]

My Tank I have a jardini, gator gar, 2 pacus, oscar, redtail, and a pleco.
the pacus and oscar look like they're breathing heavy yet all my parameters are fine and no one else looks to be breathing like that. my pacus seem to do this a lot but this is new for my oscar. any ideas?

 

[F1 VET]

Tank size? Do you have adequate aeration? And params fine? What EXACTLY are they?

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[mattstevens1]

180 gallon. ph is a flat 7.0 nitrites are 0ppm nitrates are around 15 ppm. amonia is at 0 ppm. kept at 84.7 degrees pretty consistently. I have 2 marineland 350s running 4 cartridges in each with an ehiem pro 3 2075. I have 2 Deep Blue system 50 ProSponges on opposite sides of the tank. NO substrate. with 2 powerheads on both sides of the tank aswell.

 

[F1 VET]

180 gallon. ph is a flat 7.0 nitrites are 0ppm nitrates are around 15 ppm. amonia is at 0 ppm. kept at 84.7 degrees pretty consistently. I have 2 marineland 350s running 4 cartridges in each with an ehiem pro 3 2075. I have 2 Deep Blue system 50 ProSponges on opposite sides of the tank. NO substrate. with 2 powerheads on both sides of the tank aswell.

Everything sounds fine except for the size those fish get, pacu need Atleast a 400gal for life if not bigger. Hopefully you have major future plans as far as tanks go, also warmer temps can deplete oxygen levels, turn it down to 78, you'll save money on power.

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[Luc70]

Definitely tank size.
Are the pacu's the biggest fish in the tank?



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[mattstevens1]

Pacus are 6 inches at most
Gar is probably 8 inches
Jardini is about 8 inches
RTC is about 4 inches
Pleco is about 6 inches
Oscar is about 5 inches.
they aren't big.

Definitely tank size.
Are the pacu's the biggest fish in the tank?



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[F1 VET]

Pacus are 6 inches at most
Gar is probably 8 inches
Jardini is about 8 inches
RTC is about 4 inches
Pleco is about 6 inches
Oscar is about 5 inches.
they aren't big.

It may not be a problem now, but I think he meant future concerns.

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[rwellbaum]

Pacus are 6 inches at most
Gar is probably 8 inches
Jardini is about 8 inches
RTC is about 4 inches
Pleco is about 6 inches
Oscar is about 5 inches.
they aren't big.

you are going to need a large pond in the near future

 

[mattstevens1]

I didn't ask anything that had to do with this, but thank you for you irrelavant information!

you are going to need a large pond in the near future

 

[mattstevens1]

I already have a perfect home for them to go when they get to big. that is not an issue