Dixon1990 Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Tell me Ron, I had a comment from my cousin the other day, he keeps Marine Fish, he commented on how fast my Discus where breathing, can you give me any idea as to how many breaths they should be taking a minute, bit of a weird question I know, but this does have me abit concerned :-? Do you have an airstone? The oxygen levels could be too low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Dixon: There's no airstone Ron: Heading to your Fish Room sounds like a good idea to me, would be interesting to see if there is any difference between yours and mines rate of breathing Havent seen them scraping against anything either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted June 21, 2009 Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 If theres no airstone the lack of oxygen could be the reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2009 Hmm :-? Might have to pop an Airstone in the Tank then. I would have thought with the amount of water changes I do (3 x 70% a week), there would be enough oxygen in the water already. Thanks for that Dixon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 OK, I've popped an Airstone in my Discus Tank, as it was thought maybe they are breathing fast because of the lack of Oxygen :roll: Hmm :roll: They're not at all Happy about this, all they have done over the last 2 days is hide at the back of the Tank Everytime they see something move now, they seem to FREAK OUT and swim around the Tank like Crazy hitting into things :roll: Will they get used to it or do you guys think I should remove it? Is there a need for an Airstone, when I'm doing 3 x 70% Water Changes a week?? Not sure if that's a Dumb Question or not :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 do you have an internal filter in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 No Internal Filter phoenix, just running the CF1200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 are you using a spray bar or is it just flowing back into the tank via the pipe? (I prefer the direct flow into the tank myself). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Do you have an airstone? The oxygen levels could be too low marine fish and freshies have completely different systems of respiration, because marines need to take in water to excrete all that salt, whereas freshies need to get rid of a bit of water. If your cousin only keeps marines then that might account for the difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 nb if they hate the airstone pop a valve in the line and turn it waaaaay down and gradually ramp it up so they can get used to it. Not a discus keeper but that's what I do with fish that don't like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Darkfur: I did think maybe it had something to do with the Higher Temps that Discus are kept in, I'm sure marine Fishys aren't kept in Temps of 29-30. Thanks for the Idea with the Airstone darkfur, I have it right down now, will see how that goes. Phoenix: I dont run the Spray Bar in the Tank, I run it through the lid where the Inbuilt Tank Filter would normally be running through. I have the Spray Bar attached to the Canister Filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 ok. is it possible to run the water out pipe directly into the tank? if you can, just take the air pipe, without the stone, and keep it near, under the outlet of the filter. Hope that makes sense.. that should work a charm. discus don't mind airstones, or bubbles... but they don't really like change, lol.. so this is new for them and may freak them out a bit, but they will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Have you tried keeping the light off? So they don't feel so exposed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 THis is what i mean. click the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Aha, I see what you mean Will be easy enough to do this, will sort it when I get home from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I've decided to leave the Spray Bar where it is at them moment, which it running through the top of where the Tank Inbuilt Filter is, if I just pop the airstone tubing into the Outlet pipe, that should have the same effect, shouldn't it, without having to move the spray bar into the Tank?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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