Clear_waterPro
New Member
Hi guys, at the moment i am having a couple of oxygen problems.
Recently, i have noiticed that my 3 zebra danios and 6 white cloud mountain minnows often gasp at the surface of the tank. It usually occurs in the evening after the tank has been in... unfortunatley direct sunlight for about an hour or 2. It normally just takes a temporary air pump running for about an hour before the fish go back to swimming in their normal routine, so i am pretty sure it's the oxygen levels. Especially because my ammonia and nitrite levels are basically 0. I recently did a water change you see.
Anyway, my tank is pretty tall but not very wide, so the tanks water surface area is small this limits the amount of gas exchange that can occur obviously. I have a 1:1 ratio of fish to plants (9 plants) in a 20 gallon tank, i dont have an airspace/stone becasue i have no space, and the tank is in the kitchen so would be too noisy- if airpump suggestions do come, i do want them to be silent, not just "pretty quiet" or hums a bit... i'm sorry, but i am very fussy. One more thing, i have got the filter outlet (internal RENA superclean 40 filter) pointing up, so that does create a bit of surface agitation.
Any other ways to get a high oxygen level in my tank?
Thanks.
Recently, i have noiticed that my 3 zebra danios and 6 white cloud mountain minnows often gasp at the surface of the tank. It usually occurs in the evening after the tank has been in... unfortunatley direct sunlight for about an hour or 2. It normally just takes a temporary air pump running for about an hour before the fish go back to swimming in their normal routine, so i am pretty sure it's the oxygen levels. Especially because my ammonia and nitrite levels are basically 0. I recently did a water change you see.
Anyway, my tank is pretty tall but not very wide, so the tanks water surface area is small this limits the amount of gas exchange that can occur obviously. I have a 1:1 ratio of fish to plants (9 plants) in a 20 gallon tank, i dont have an airspace/stone becasue i have no space, and the tank is in the kitchen so would be too noisy- if airpump suggestions do come, i do want them to be silent, not just "pretty quiet" or hums a bit... i'm sorry, but i am very fussy. One more thing, i have got the filter outlet (internal RENA superclean 40 filter) pointing up, so that does create a bit of surface agitation.
Any other ways to get a high oxygen level in my tank?
Thanks.