Fish and oxygen??

[africadan]

I have a 2 week old tank, (125 lits), put 3 guppies in after 6 days, and then after 11 day put 2 mollies and 2 platys in to the tank...... Have noticed today that the mollies and platys are going to the surface alot.....

Id this usual or do they need more oxygen?? if so, HOW DO I GET MORE IN TO THE TANK?? am really worried.....

So far, tested water twice at LFS and water is good, done no watcer changes so far. The tests said that there were no problems.... Look Im nes to this, have read the books and the treads, but forgive me im still a novice! any ideas.....?

 

[Mr Miagi]

Well, if your water is fine, what kind of filtration etc have you got in your tank?

Adding an air stone or directing your filter output to the surface will increase the aggitation of the waters surface, allowing more oxygen to diffuse into the water. Try this and see....

Whats ur tank like, ie. size etc.

 

[SMSBrunetteGirl]

Do you have a filter??And I think adding live plants give more oxygen

 

[africadan]

I have 7 live plants

Its a Juwel Rio125 tank, with built in filter (Juwel Filter System: Compact H - 4 Litres Bio) , 125 lites, (29 gallons), The automatic heater from Juwel is 100 W
Tank Size: 81L x 50H x 36W cm

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[Susielyd]

What did your lfs test for? Did you cycle the tank before you added the fish?
My lfs sometimes only tests ph, if yours did that they may have missed ammonia and nitrite readings.
just a thought

 

[black angel]

looking at the mouth of fish tells you where they spend most of the time in the water. a mouth pointing up means that they are top swimmers so they will spend the majority of the time at the surface. the mid swimmers have normal mid level mouths whereas low slung mouths are seen on bottom feeders such as cory and other catfish.
if you are worried about the lack of oxygen then as said above make sure the nozzle from the filter is pointed to the surface so it can agitate it or get a small air pump and airstone.

 

[yvez9]

i don't know if it's just me, but lfs will usually test some crap like pH and say the water is fine.
I've had that happen to me. They just run a random test and say everything is fine.

You should buy your own test kits for ammonia and nitrites at the very least to make sure everything is ok.

adding oxygen would help. Just get a small air pump with an air stone. Especially since your tank is most likely not cycled yet, it will help the fish cope with ammonia and nitrites.