zuri08 Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 [*]My cat knocked my power head down in my tank which gives the oxygen came out to a tank full of fish gasping at the top and 1 dead demasoni 2 fish lying on bottom gasping will these guys recover or are they gonners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 The gasping ones can recover but sometimes they are too far gone, only time will tell.. This is why I always suggest running a filter and chucking an airstone in all tanks that way if the filter gets unplugged or fails then the fish don't all die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Yea I usually have air stones in there but had the power going so thought it would be fine. is there anything I should do to help them recover Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FraserNZ Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I have never really understood the whole filter stops fish die thing... I use to unplug my filter each night when I went to bed as it was too noisy. I never once lost a fish or saw any garsping. I visited my parents the other day and the filter on one of the tanks had been turned off for over a week! fish still fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I have never really understood the whole filter stops fish die thing... I use to unplug my filter each night when I went to bed as it was too noisy. I never once lost a fish or saw any garsping. I visited my parents the other day and the filter on one of the tanks had been turned off for over a week! fish still fine? Then your tank clearly still had enough oxygenation for the bioload without any filter, powerheads, airstones, etc. With small fish or a very few medium sized fish they'll usually be fine. Big fish? Nope, they can suffocate. Been there, done that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Yea mate they are big fish will keep cat away now recovering already cats ay what a scare though alot of money would have been wasted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 It depends on your stocking level, if your tank is lighting stocked then the surface area is enough to keep the gas exchange going, if not then you need some surface movement to increase the surface area and support the number of fish you have, it is also worse the wamer you have your tank so going to be an issue over summer. I know quite a few people who have lost some very expensive fish from relying entirely on filters for surface movement. Regarding getting them to recover, I usually do a water change straight away with cooler water to lower the temperature and also get some good splashing going on, clean out the filter and restart it and then hope for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 it wasnt my filter that stopped it was my power head i will do what you said ryan cheers.ill also put an airstone in there just to make sure it wont happen again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 it wasnt my filter that stopped it was my power head i will do what you said ryan cheers.ill also put an airstone in there just to make sure it wont happen again Then move your filter so it is breaking the surface of the water. Airstones are noisy and ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuri08 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 my spray bar which i made is noisy to but u r right will just do that cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Put the spray bar a little under the water pointing slightly upwards or just at the water level so you don't get it splashing everywhere. Should be almost silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Then move your filter so it is breaking the surface of the water. Airstones are noisy and ugly. I agree if you use your filter to disturb the surface and your power head then you have redundancy If you dont have a heap of power heads lying around then you have to use the airstone and you can make them look alright if you run the inline in behind things and hide the airstone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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