i have a 75 gal with a 405 and a magnum hanging filter i have two plecos that every few minutes they run to the surface to "grab a breath" and then back to where they was hiding. my water is good but i still have that bloom from bacteria. Could this be why they do this?
surface breathing
- Thread starter luisrcrx
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i think it's just a thing that plecos do.. all of my plecos do that once in awhile.. the 3 tailed **** machine in the big tank doesn't do it as often because the other fish in the tank are BIG.. but they do it once in awhile too.
davo;1026382; said:
let me get back to you on that i'm at work right now but i'm using test strips i got from cichlidbuddy. if i remember correctly my nitrite and nitrates are low my amonia is reading zero,ph and akily is very low but this tank i started on the 18th i have other fish in there but i figured this will only help cycle it faster right?
My 2 common plecos do this. They rush up so fast it's actually be kinda scary. They've hit their heads on the plastic and that makes a loud noise, scary if you aren't expecting anything.
I find that this is a behavior seen in tanks that are overfed, or have moderate to high levels of nitrite in them. High TDS can also cause this behavior. The investment in a TDS meter can help save the lives of countless fish. None of my tanks are allowed to get over 300 ppm TDS. This ensures that there is plenty of room for O2 and CO2 (in planted tanks).
the pleco i gave you stopped doing that after about a week. also, get rid of those test strips and get yourself a real test kit.
