Heavy breathing

[LT1OwnzYou]

I have been having some recent scares lately so i am asking about everything
One of my fish is starting to breathe harder than the others, is this usually lack of oxygen in the tank?

[MonoSebaelover]

We have been over this MANY times. It is because you are way overstocked, way under filtered, and have nitrites. What fish is breathing heavier? This is the last time I am responding to any of your posts until you show responsibility about keeping saltwater fish and do the right thing like I discussed in the my last reply to Help. You keep beating the dead dog with a stick about this topic and until you actually do something about it you will keep having these problems. Well good luck and hope you learn something from this. I know some other members are getting frustrated because we are trying to help you and you are showing no willingness to learn. Good luck, you'll need it.

[LT1OwnzYou]

Hawaiin Hawkfish. The others are cheery. He is maintaining color, Nitrites are down, and the tank has filtration sufficient minue the protein skimmer.

[Dale W.]

Since I am chiming in on this one for the first time and you don't have your tanks listed in the tank specs area, how would you like to give me a run down on your 2 tanks with everything that you can think of that is in them and on them including length of time set up and how you cycled the tanks. Equipment, fish, inverts and everything that you can possibly think of. I want to know what kind of pumps, how much substrate you have, what kind of fish you have in each tank, water movement, additives, lighting, photo period on your lights, kelvin ratings on your lights, maintenance on your tanks, everything. This is the beginning of where you can get some good advise on what to do here to properly keep and maintain a marine aquarium.

So far, some of the questions you are presenting are scaring me as you are jumping into things that you are not sure of at the expense of the inhabitants in your aquariums. We here try to practice the best possible husbandry to maintain the health of not only the species that we keep as hobbyist but all the species that thrive in the wild through out our depleting reefs.

As far as the hawkfish goes, I hope you are not going to tell me that it is in your 10g tank. That would explain most everything right there.

Bring me up to speed so we can help, if you want the help.

[mogurnda]

If there is still cryptocaryon (ich) in the tank, that is a possibility. The parasites go for the gills first, as heavy breathing is one of the symptoms.

[LT1OwnzYou]

SOrry, havent gotten around to the tank info yet.

the Hawk is in the 55.

55 Gallon

40lbs marine sand
approx 20lbs LR
1 large fully submerged powerhead
1 smaller submerged powerhead
12" bubble wall
220W PC fixture 50/50
Magnum 350 Canister filer

Set up for 2 months

Residents

1 baby Marble Cat shark
1 clarkii clown
1 Bursa Trigger
1 Hawaiin Hawkfish
1 Striped Damsel
2 lawnmower blennies
2 anenomes
some crabs

[LT1OwnzYou]

THe 10 gallon has only 2 big hermits as inhabitants. I got a few bad Green Chromis from the petstore that died and funked the tank a few weeks ago.

10 gallon
approx 15 lbs crushed coral/sand mix
mini bio wheel filter
18 Watt PC
18 watt flourescent actinic
2 Hertmits
heater

*the 55 has heater too*

[LT1OwnzYou]

From what my freind told me, who has done marine tanks his whole life... The addition of the new live rock to the 10 gallon tank threw off the bio cycle and stressed the fish that were added. Im holding off on any fish purchases till the 1st of March for either tank. As well as puttin away money for the 100+ gallon I will be getting in the upcoming months to house the shark when he gets bigger.