Has anyone scene this before? I do water changes once every 3 weeks. And 4 days after all of my fish goto the top of tank and keep there upper lip on the surface. This goes on for a cpl days then they go back to normal. What's the deal?
Strange behavior
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Wow thats not good. Id say their oxygen deprived, what are your water params? Any bubbles? Do you use dechlorinator when u add tap water? How many fish what size tank?
#1 S. Vettel
I'd add an airstone to get some aggitation at the water surface ASAP. Definitely not a normal sign.
I am over stocked with 9 large to extra large fish. Its a 110 gallon tank. I have two jets and use a Rena filstar XP. No bubbles. Should I raise the water coming in? I do use prime dechlorinater. I had fake plants and now use all real plants but the behavior continues regardless.
your water conditions are probably pretty bad since you said you only do a wc every 3 weeks and also over stocked. I would start doing small partial water changes daily to get the water quality better, if you do a large water change right away it may cause the fish to go into shock and die. I agree with what the others said it is probably lack of oxygen in the water and also your nitrates and total dissolved solutes are probably really high.
http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/in...7#entry2670637
basic break down of water chemistry.
http://www.piranha-fury.com/pfury/in...7#entry2670637
basic break down of water chemistry.
I've had the same routine for over a year. I have to think that these guys are getting so big that I need to remove one. The Oscar is the youngest and growing real fast. When I do water changes I only take out 15 gallons and add 20.
This only happens after a water change. How can I reduce the nitrates gradually? Should I just change out 5 gallons a day or should I add something to my filter?
How often do you feed them and how much?
I think it would be a good idea to do 50% once every two weeks with these guys. Ideally, 50% once a week.
I think it would be a good idea to do 50% once every two weeks with these guys. Ideally, 50% once a week.
Do you have a liquid test kit handy where you could give me your water parameters?
Ammonia, nitrite, nitrates:
good job on using the prime that is locking up the nitrates so that it cant hurt your fish but is still available to be processed by your filter. I would use more prime to help lock up more nitrates since it's a safe product and you can use up to 5x the regular dosage.
I think you should do about a 10-15g wc would be good.
to give you a comparison it's usually suggest that nitrates be under 40.
Ammonia, nitrite, nitrates:
good job on using the prime that is locking up the nitrates so that it cant hurt your fish but is still available to be processed by your filter. I would use more prime to help lock up more nitrates since it's a safe product and you can use up to 5x the regular dosage.
I think you should do about a 10-15g wc would be good.
to give you a comparison it's usually suggest that nitrates be under 40.
Only have a quick dip Ph tester. Never have tested for nitrates. I also have never changed out more than %25 of my water. feel like any more would be excessive. Ph is sitting at about 7.0. I feed them a mix of sinking pellets and floating sticks once a day 5 days a week. And give them frozen krill once a week. They always eat everything quickly and I'm carefull not to give them too much