Fish Responsive to Music?

[Dread]

I was curious if anyone else's fish seem responsive to music. I've notcied that if I put on smooth jazz or lounge, my fish linger around the top of the aquarium, and if I play Hip-Hop, they swim around pretty frantically, specifically "Gz and Hustlas" by Snoop Dogg. If I play punk rock, they calm down again. Has anyone else seen something like this in their fishies? Before I noticed this, I had 2 Pirahnas die since I think a big Bass hit scared them, and they died.

 

[Wolf3101]

Heavy low frequancy sound has a far greater impact under water than it does in the air. It's equivilat to pounding your fist against the glass and hardly a pleasant expierance for the fish.

 

[Dread]

I understand that, but how is it that even heavy bass hits in certain songs don't bother them much? There's quite a bit in lounge music, but they're still calm and just kind of sit around.

 

[Wolf3101]

The glass walls of the tank act like an acoustic lens and only respond to certian frequancies...(harmonics) A fishes lateral line responds to slight changes in water pressure in order for them to find prey and swim close to submerged objects. Music in any form causes changes in the water pressure and confuses the fish in differant degrees.

 

[señor_pescados_felices]

I have 1 18" sub,2 15" subs,3 12" subs and 4 8" subs all within 2-15 feet from my tank and although I at one point was concerned about the effect of bass on fish (no pun intended) I have never noticed any abnormal behavior when the music is turned up (although thats not often,my neighbors and ).

 

[Dread]

The glass walls of the tank act like an acoustic lens and only respond to certian frequancies...(harmonics) A fishes lateral line responds to slight changes in water pressure in order for them to find prey and swim close to submerged objects. Music in any form causes changes in the water pressure and confuses the fish in differant degrees.

Hm, that's really interesting. Do you happen to know what frequences the glass responds to? I'd be curious to see what they are.

 

[rallysman]

I have 1 18" sub,2 15" subs,3 12" subs and 4 8" subs all within 2-15 feet from my tank and although I at one point was concerned about the effect of bass on fish (no pun intended) I have never noticed any abnormal behavior when the music is turned up (although thats not often,my neighbors and ).

There is more to music than bass, well, at least real music

I have 12" Sansui mains, cheap center and surround, and an MB Quart 12" sub and my fish never act any differently when I drop the knob.

 

[Wolf3101]

That would depend on the individual wavelength and the size of the piece of glass... anything over 1200 cycles would be reflected and inaudible to the fish. This is all off the top of my head...I designed and built professional sound equipment for years.

 

[Dread]

Well it's nice to know you're not just pulling the information out of your butt, then. What exactly is a cycle, and off the top of your head, what frequencies would a 48x24 peice of glass respond to? I don't know if that's stuff you'd know off the top of your head, but if it is, please share I'd be interested in testing some things.

 

[rallysman]

Well it's nice to know you're not just pulling the information out of your butt, then. What exactly is a cycle, and off the top of your head, what frequencies would a 48x24 peice of glass respond to? I don't know if that's stuff you'd know off the top of your head, but if it is, please share I'd be interested in testing some things.

Hz (frequency) is cycles per second, which is the "soundwave" that is emitted.