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**cah925** · 03-27-2008, 03:15 AM

I got home this afternoon and as I'm walking past my tank, I notice 4 rasboras sitting on the bottom gasping for oxygen. My inline CO2 reator was going nuts with tons of gas in it. Luckily the solenoid was on a timer and shut off the gas, but the damage was done. I quickly installed my DIY skimmer (upside down powerhead) and started pumping fresh air into the tank. During all this, my loaches came out of hiding and were also gasping, one looked dead (no gill movement). After an hour I came back to check and 2 of the rasboras were up swimming. After 2 hours everyone was back to normal even the (assumed) dead loach.

03-27-2008, 03:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
cah925 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (37) Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 337	Almost had a catastrophe I got home this afternoon and as I'm walking past my tank, I notice 4 rasboras sitting on the bottom gasping for oxygen. My inline CO2 reator was going nuts with tons of gas in it. Luckily the solenoid was on a timer and shut off the gas, but the damage was done. I quickly installed my DIY skimmer (upside down powerhead) and started pumping fresh air into the tank. During all this, my loaches came out of hiding and were also gasping, one looked dead (no gill movement). After an hour I came back to check and 2 of the rasboras were up swimming. After 2 hours everyone was back to normal even the (assumed) dead loach. __________________ It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intellegent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin Current tanks- 75 gal, 50 gal (red eared slider), 40 gal (4X), 35 gal (plants only), 10 gal (2X), 5.5 gal (snail breeder) Project in consideration - converting 30 gallon turtle tank (recently vacated) into vivarium/paludarium.