Speed growing

[cichlaguapote]

I started with a 75 which i still have and has 1 jag in it but when i started I was just as bad as he was I had 5 yes, 5 oscars 2 pacu's and 3 convicts and a pike cichlid..check it out just found this pic in my archives its when i first started

well glad you got out of them before it became packed.

 

[fivespeed302]

I can chime in on oxygen content and take a stab at toxicity. Denser water can hold more oxygen, ergo colder water has a higher potential oxygen content. Warm water being less compact on a molecular level has a lower potential saturation. As for toxicity, a higher rate of metabolism due to an elevated temperature would increase the speed at which a fish processes chemicals. I imagine that also increases the potential harm of some chemicals.

sounds good to me

 

[rmcder]

I'm not a chemist so I can't explain scientifically why ammonia is more toxic as the temperature raises, but I do know that it happens. The higher the temp, the more toxic ammonia becomes.

The NH4 ion breaks down, producing more NH3. Otoh, higher temperature reduces the solubility of gases in general (that's why you have to watch your oxygen levels at high temperature). NH3 is very soluable in water at all temperatures due to its structure.

 

[large_cichlids]

hey just simply do water changes 50 percent once a week and ur growth rattes will burst.and color will influence to

 

[Taz2478]

Change the water everyday, feed him lots of healthy, high protein food, lots of filtration/aeration. Temperature about 83.

 

[windsurfer]

sorry, but i'm going to be a little skeptical on the thing about about growth inhibiting hormones. this isn't really accepted as truth by most people now. this was a big theory with angel and discus people back in the 80s is when I first heard it. there are hormones that are given off, but for them to get to get to any kind of level where it was inhibiting growth, there'd also be tons of other dissolved organic compounds affecting things even more. it's more an issue of changing water to reduce all of these docs, not just hormones.

windsurfer