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| Posted | gasping angelfish |
| 14-10-2007 18:34 by tucker |
hi all,one of my angelfish died this morning noticed him gasping at the top of the tank last night,all the others were ok the filter is ok and airline is ok,but noticed in my breeding tank the female doing the same,they are in r/o water treated with kent corect r/o any ideas ph 6.5 hardness 60ppm |
| 14-10-2007 18:40 by trik |
i assume these must be fresh water angels.
How long do you airate the Ro before use, as im sure you will be aware Ro water is stripped of every thing. It needs at least 12hours of airation/agitation to get air and water gas exchange. |
| 14-10-2007 18:54 by tucker |
aprox 24hrs i have it ready the night before |
| 14-10-2007 19:38 by Nick G |
What filter do you use? I had a similar experience and when I really investigated it, it turned out that the inlet ball valve on the inlet pipe was full of debris (had to take the inlet guard to pieces to find this, as just looking at it it looked clean of obstruction) which caused part of the filter bacteria to die and affected the water quality. |
| 14-10-2007 20:28 by tucker |
its a foam filter in the breeding tank just the female with the problem and a fluvel 4 in the mane tank with only 1 angel with the problem |
| 14-10-2007 22:27 by telboy |
do you have enough surface agitation?this aids the air in gas out,also have you tested for nitrates nitrites ammonia etc,maybe start doing a few more water changes for a week or 2 |
| 14-10-2007 23:00 by -Rob C- |
Do a water change, it's always the best thing to do if theres a problem.
Then do what others have suggested, it's more than likely water quality related so checking over the filter will help. |
| 14-10-2007 23:10 by tucker |
thanks every one,i have moved the pair into the mane tank and they both seem happyer the gold angel is still at the surface in mane tank gasping cleaned the fluvel 4 and done water change see wot happens thanks |
| 15-10-2007 08:39 by Nick G |
What substrate do you have in the 2 tanks? |
| 15-10-2007 21:04 by tucker |
none in the breeding tank and sand in the main tank only one as the problem now he is in a tank on his own the one i was using for breeding he seems better but isnt eating not looking good am afraid |
| 15-10-2007 22:08 by Nick G |
Just wondered if it was a build up of gas in the sand, but not if its just in the one tank I suppose |
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