Going up for air

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jason

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Hi i have just put my two little axies in there new tank that has just finished cycling but since they have been in it i have not seen them go up for air, i have been watching them for about 1 hour. The tank is 3ft before they where only in a small plastic container and they where always going up for air. In the tank i have some plant's and an air stone. Is this normal ?
 
Small bodies of water with no movement tend to have little dissolved oxygen, so they were gulping from the surface. Now that you have an air stone and plants, they're getting more oxygen through their gills and don't need to gulp. This is completely normal.
 
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