Frontosa's gasping for air

[bkincaid22]

It is a 100 gallon aquarium. My water quality is all fine which is why I am confused. The Koralia's are there for water circulation not air. I just misspoke on that one.

I will try to move my koralia up so that it creates agitation at the top of the water and see if that helps. I do have canister filters that are creating water agitation at surface as well.


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[Pittbull]

How many fish do you have in the setup besides the Front's..

 

[SubRosa]

If water quality checks out next thing to look at for gasping woul be a possible infestation of gill flukes.

 

[authmal]

Wouldn't gill flukes affect other fish in the tank, too? "They are the only ones struggling" implies there are other fish in the tank.

 

[bkincaid22]

I have about 25 fish in the 100
Gallon. The fronts are the largest at around 3 inches or so.


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[bkincaid22]

There are 8 fronts and the rest of the fish are 3 inches or less.


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[Pittbull]

I was having issues with mine doing the same thing in a 120gal you can add the wave maker where it is aiming at the surface or a Large powerhead with the attached hose to create the bubbles that will agitate the surface either or will suffice and should stop the heavy breathing..

 

[bkincaid22]

Thanks for taking time to respond


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[Razzo]

Hows the problem the past couple weeks?

Another source of labored breathing (which can affect different species in the same tank differentially) is a reaction after water changes from chlorine & chloramines and a pH drop. Is this symptom chronic or acute? If acute, do you think it is worse after water changes?

Removing large boulders from a recently cycled tank can cause the same symptoms too. Not sure if you have changed your aquascape recently?

Best wishes,
Russ

 

[bkincaid22]

All is going well. I added a powerhead with bubbles and all is great.


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