Help!

[Ben M]

hi, my fish are all gasping like mad. but not at the surface.
what's wrong?
cheers

 

[aly_starh]

Water stats would be great!

 

[Ben Harper]

hi, my fish are all gasping like mad. but not at the surface.
what's wrong?
cheers

You need to check you water levels, sounds like you may have a nitrite spike... I would do at least a 50% water change and test daily untill water returns to normal levels.

 

[Ben M]

thanks, i'll just go check nitrite level

 

[Ben M]

hi, nitrites are fine. the fish are not gasping any more. i'm starting to think that i must have imagined it.

 

[WILDER]

Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
What test kit are you using.

Gasping can be bad water quality, toxins, ph shock, parasites, bacterial, lack of aeration, stress.

 

[Ben M]

i think it might have been bad aeration. because when i turned my air pump on they stopped.

 

[onebto]

The air pump will not oxygenate the water all that much its the surface agitation produced by your filter outlet or a powerhead/spray bar.

I have observed many threads and many people mention that before so make sure you have plenty of motion /agitation on the surface