Vibrations causing stress?

justin_freebord · 03/11/2009, 09:36 PM

5.5 gallon tank and its on my desk. Just so you guys dont wonder where the tank is

So ive never really seen any information on this anywhere but i figured id post up and see what people have to say. My friend plays some pretty loud hip hop and his speakers are about 2 feet from my desk pointed at it in our dorm. I can feel the small vibrations on the desk similar to that you would feel from a sub in a car. Nothing crazy but yeah. I was wondering if you guys think this would effect the tank at all? i really dont but im just curious

This brings me to my second question. I know "dont tap on the glass" it stresses out the fish. But is this true? Does it also stress out corals and could it lead to the deterioration of corals and eventual death? I ask because said roomate also rides an indoboard. An indo board is a balance board. He also smokes a lot of weed and when hes high regular balance board isnt good enoguh so he gets on the speaker box between the desks and rides it back and forth. A lot of the time the board shoots off and bangs hard into my desk causing it to "shake" i guess you could say. Just take your hand and slam it on your desk right now and thats basically what it does to my desk. I have my tank on the end of the desk and i often notice one of the zoas will close up after he does it or i hit my hand on it to simulate it. Could this cause stress and death to things besides fish?

schristi69 · 03/11/2009, 09:59 PM

Maybe you shuld tone your roomie down a bit. Or going to wait till he put his board through your tank?

justin_freebord · 03/11/2009, 10:09 PM

the board cant go through, its on the opposite side of the desk...i can calm him down most of the time but weed makes things a lot harder and i get a lot of sarcastic blank stares and "oh...ok" *continues doing it*

im a little less worried about making him stop as much as if you guys know if anythign will happen

Flipper62 · 03/11/2009, 10:26 PM

When you see...DONT TAP ON THE GLASS....There is a reason.

If you do this is scares the fish.....It sends LOUD sound waves through the water......Its like smacking you on the head with a hammer.......

Next time your room mate does it.......Start hitting him on the head with a hammer..........TELL him, you will STOP......when he stops.

IridescentLily · 03/11/2009, 10:34 PM

A pillow case filled with soap might work.

On your friend.

fordp · 03/11/2009, 10:49 PM

Break his indoboard and blow his speakers.

Problem solved

Dweezle · 03/11/2009, 11:57 PM

Hmmmm. Short answer is yes, vibration = stress. The good news is it's easy to fix.

Step one, start pouring SW into the wheelbearings of his board.
Step two, dunk his stash in skimmate.

When he finally catches on, just tell him when his behavior changes, so will yours. Oh, and tell him we said to pull his d@mn pants up!

justin_freebord · 03/12/2009, 12:21 AM

i wear myt pants low though!!!! and i took one ofhis bearings and threw it in the bushes

Dweezle · 03/12/2009, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by justin_freebord
i wear myt pants low though!!!!

Then pull yours up too. No one wants to see that son

SALT WATER CRAZ · 03/12/2009, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dweezle
Hmmmm. Short answer is yes, vibration = stress. The good news is it's easy to fix.

Step one, start pouring SW into the wheelbearings of his board.
Step two, dunk his stash in skimmate.

When he finally catches on, just tell him when his behavior changes, so will yours. Oh, and tell him we said to pull his d@mn pants up!

LOL nice

snorvich · 03/12/2009, 05:51 AM

What a dysfunctional thread.

Juruense · 03/12/2009, 06:20 AM

Yes fish are extremely sensitive to vibration and sound. Some fish more so than others. Minimize it.

ALLANSAM · 03/12/2009, 07:28 PM

Vibration really does stress out the fish.

mhltcob · 03/12/2009, 08:04 PM

This study may be of interest. Although it deals with lined seahorses it may be applicable to some reef fish as well. I would guess that sound level, duration, and the reef environment that the fish species naturally occupies would all be factors.

http://moreinfo.flaquarium.org/husba...%20%202008.pdf

Henry Bowman · 03/12/2009, 09:25 PM

A time ago I had a friend, set up a real nice tank. He had a killer stereo......He had a party, turned up the tunes. Result, next day there were $500 in fish floating at the top of his tank. Sound travels through water aprox 5X faster than air. It is very detrimental to sea life (in general)

03/11/2009, 09:36 PM	#1
justin_freebord Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bay Area Cali Posts: 220	Vibrations causing stress? 5.5 gallon tank and its on my desk. Just so you guys dont wonder where the tank is So ive never really seen any information on this anywhere but i figured id post up and see what people have to say. My friend plays some pretty loud hip hop and his speakers are about 2 feet from my desk pointed at it in our dorm. I can feel the small vibrations on the desk similar to that you would feel from a sub in a car. Nothing crazy but yeah. I was wondering if you guys think this would effect the tank at all? i really dont but im just curious This brings me to my second question. I know "dont tap on the glass" it stresses out the fish. But is this true? Does it also stress out corals and could it lead to the deterioration of corals and eventual death? I ask because said roomate also rides an indoboard. An indo board is a balance board. He also smokes a lot of weed and when hes high regular balance board isnt good enoguh so he gets on the speaker box between the desks and rides it back and forth. A lot of the time the board shoots off and bangs hard into my desk causing it to "shake" i guess you could say. Just take your hand and slam it on your desk right now and thats basically what it does to my desk. I have my tank on the end of the desk and i often notice one of the zoas will close up after he does it or i hit my hand on it to simulate it. Could this cause stress and death to things besides fish? __________________ I LOVE LPS Current Tank Info: 10 gallon, ac20 fuge, 2x koralia nano 70 wat diy halide 20k ushio. Tank set up oct 08 currently houses several zoas, duncan, micromussa, grape watermellon chalice, 3 sexy shrimp, green clowngoby, xenia, tubbs birdnest, cali tort, yahia haze

03/11/2009, 09:59 PM	#2
schristi69 Master of Space and Time Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Glendale, AZ Posts: 1,340	Maybe you shuld tone your roomie down a bit. Or going to wait till he put his board through your tank? __________________ "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" - Lord Acton Current Tank Info: None, nada, gone

03/11/2009, 10:09 PM	#3
justin_freebord Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bay Area Cali Posts: 220	the board cant go through, its on the opposite side of the desk...i can calm him down most of the time but weed makes things a lot harder and i get a lot of sarcastic blank stares and "oh...ok" continues doing it im a little less worried about making him stop as much as if you guys know if anythign will happen __________________ I LOVE LPS Current Tank Info: 10 gallon, ac20 fuge, 2x koralia nano 70 wat diy halide 20k ushio. Tank set up oct 08 currently houses several zoas, duncan, micromussa, grape watermellon chalice, 3 sexy shrimp, green clowngoby, xenia, tubbs birdnest, cali tort, yahia haze

03/11/2009, 10:26 PM	#4
Flipper62 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Naperville, Il. Business Owner, President & CEO Posts: 3,045	When you see...DONT TAP ON THE GLASS....There is a reason. If you do this is scares the fish.....It sends LOUD sound waves through the water......Its like smacking you on the head with a hammer....... Next time your room mate does it.......Start hitting him on the head with a hammer..........TELL him, you will STOP......when he stops. __________________ If todays automobile had followed the same development as the computer, A Rolls Royce would cost $100.00. It would get a million miles per gallon, but it would explode once a year killing everyone inside." Current Tanks... 90 gal Reef... My awesome Office BioCube....( 180 was on hold ..no time ) ... The 180 gal has been sold...Yay..yay..yay. Hobby Experience: 19 years Reef...22 years FW

03/11/2009, 10:34 PM	#5
IridescentLily Editor-Reefkeeping mag Join Date: May 2008 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 3,858 Blog Entries: 5	A pillow case filled with soap might work. On your friend. __________________ ~April Editor-Reefkeeping Magazine

03/11/2009, 10:49 PM	#6
fordp Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 55	Break his indoboard and blow his speakers. Problem solved

03/11/2009, 11:57 PM	#7
Dweezle Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 133	Hmmmm. Short answer is yes, vibration = stress. The good news is it's easy to fix. Step one, start pouring SW into the wheelbearings of his board. Step two, dunk his stash in skimmate. When he finally catches on, just tell him when his behavior changes, so will yours. Oh, and tell him we said to pull his d@mn pants up! __________________ Being a pessimist means you're either always right or pleasantly surprised. Current Tank Info: 75gal reef, lps and softies

03/12/2009, 12:21 AM	#8
justin_freebord Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bay Area Cali Posts: 220	i wear myt pants low though!!!! and i took one ofhis bearings and threw it in the bushes __________________ I LOVE LPS Current Tank Info: 10 gallon, ac20 fuge, 2x koralia nano 70 wat diy halide 20k ushio. Tank set up oct 08 currently houses several zoas, duncan, micromussa, grape watermellon chalice, 3 sexy shrimp, green clowngoby, xenia, tubbs birdnest, cali tort, yahia haze

03/12/2009, 05:51 AM	#11
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	What a dysfunctional thread. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

03/12/2009, 06:20 AM	#12
Juruense Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 1,138	Yes fish are extremely sensitive to vibration and sound. Some fish more so than others. Minimize it.

03/12/2009, 07:28 PM	#13
ALLANSAM Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: KENTUCKY Posts: 57	Vibration really does stress out the fish.

03/12/2009, 08:04 PM	#14
mhltcob Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 503	This study may be of interest. Although it deals with lined seahorses it may be applicable to some reef fish as well. I would guess that sound level, duration, and the reef environment that the fish species naturally occupies would all be factors. http://moreinfo.flaquarium.org/husba...%20%202008.pdf

03/12/2009, 09:25 PM	#15
Henry Bowman Reefing since '87 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Allegheny Mountains of VA Posts: 2,162	A time ago I had a friend, set up a real nice tank. He had a killer stereo......He had a party, turned up the tunes. Result, next day there were $500 in fish floating at the top of his tank. Sound travels through water aprox 5X faster than air. It is very detrimental to sea life (in general) __________________ Have a good'un Current Tank Info: 90 gl SPS dominant / upgrade in the works