I bought a jbl pro flora 160 yesterday. Set it up and read the instructions to turn off the bubblers during the day as it gets rid of the CO2 that's being made.
I got up at 7 this morning turned the lights on and stuff in the tank and turned the bubbler off.
Came back at 12 and all the fish had lost their colours and were sitting at the top struggling for air. I lost one clown loach.
I turned the air stone back on and the fish got their colours back Nd have slowly started to drop down to the bottom again.
What's gone wrong here? Every post I've seen states you don't need the air stones on during the day as the plants produce the oxygen.
Is it a case of needing more plants? I've got quite a few in there already. Or maybe have the air stone going at a reduced rate?
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I got up at 7 this morning turned the lights on and stuff in the tank and turned the bubbler off.
Came back at 12 and all the fish had lost their colours and were sitting at the top struggling for air. I lost one clown loach.
I turned the air stone back on and the fish got their colours back Nd have slowly started to drop down to the bottom again.
What's gone wrong here? Every post I've seen states you don't need the air stones on during the day as the plants produce the oxygen.
Is it a case of needing more plants? I've got quite a few in there already. Or maybe have the air stone going at a reduced rate?
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