My danio is breathing fast?

Question

my danio(i dont know what kind but its orange) is breathing fast. it opens and closes its mouth fast and stop for like 3 seconds and does it again. i do have a bubler in my tank and a good filter. what do i do? is this bad?

Answer 1

danios are slick fast swimmers so they always look like this! I have a tank full of various danios. if it was a slower moving fish then i'd be asking the water parameters and what set up you have.

no need to worry!

Answer 2

he is breatheing!! They take in the water, use what they can from it(Oxygen among other stuff) and then it leaves thro there gills. Hi is only breatheing fast if he breathes a few times a second. Also, you really need to know the species. All danios I know of ar schooling fihs, so I wuld get 5 more of his type, if you post a pic I can tell you the species.