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    Dwarf Gourami Open Head Wounds

    Fishie took a turn for the worse today. Won't eat and is now lying on the bottom. =( I gave him peas yesterday and he ate them. Dunno why the wounds are healed but he is still sick. Probably won't be alive tomorrow. I will try other types of small gourami in the future, although I've kind alost...
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    Dwarf Gourami Open Head Wounds

    Tropical fish flakes.
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    Dwarf Gourami Open Head Wounds

    My tank isn't big enough for the other types, so I won't get any more. I need to find a different kind of fish I like that will fit into a 20 gallon tank, and not die so easily as angels and dwarves. =( The 'wounds' are healing now, but his poo is still clear. Should I be doing anything else to...
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    Dwarf Gourami Open Head Wounds

    Sydney. I already had the antibacterial. The aquarium guy actually told me he thought it was viral and there was nothing I could do. I guess we will see how fishie is tomorrow.
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    Dwarf Gourami Open Head Wounds

    Ok. After going to the aquarium and having my stats tested (0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, medium nitrate) I added broad spectrum antibacterial/fungal. Fish is acting a bit better and wounds are less puffy! Aquarium man said the fluctuations in temperature (it's winter here) may have contributed. I'm...
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    Dwarf Gourami Open Head Wounds

    Fish is acting pretty ok...just 'sulking'...not acting like it's on death's door or anything. The other fish had internal parasites...I THINK. They were never properly diagnosed...
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    Dwarf Gourami Open Head Wounds

    Ok. So I stopped buying dwarf gourami's a while back cos they kept getting parasites and dying. But I still have one who was a trooper and stayed alive when all others got sick. Today I saw him hanging around the bottom of the tank a bit, maybe trying to hide. Then I noticed two wounds on his...
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    Sulking Angel - Must Be Sick!

    Just noticed that the angel's poo is white. Do we know what made it sick?
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    Sulking Angel - Must Be Sick!

    Noone told me that about the gouramis OR the angels. :/ What will happen if I keep them...will they stay small like goldfish do or just get overcrowded and die? Do you advise adding the antibacterial? Tank has been stable now for about 2 months. Edit: my tank is about 18 inches tall. Exactly...
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    Sulking Angel - Must Be Sick!

    Ok. I have an 85 litre planted tank. Just got it settled a few months ago after 2 months of teething problems! Inhabitants are 2 gouramis, 1 dwarf gourami, 1 angel and 1 bristlenose catfish. There are lots of plants in the water and lately I have noticed a few small cone shelled snails. Today...
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    What Is Eating My Plants?

    Ah, not those kinda of spots. Big brown ones, with holes in and sometimes the whole leaf dies.
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    What Is Eating My Plants?

    Um...My lighting is on about 8-9 hours a day, maybe more. I don't know what type it is...except a fluro bulb. I don't put anything else in. I have only had the tank about 2 months. I also don't know what type of plants I have. A big leafy one that gets spots is perhaps an Amazon sword. The...
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    What Is Eating My Plants?

    Hi guys, I have a planted tank with two angels, 3 gouramis (pearl, opaline and flame dwarf) and a bristlenose catfish. I introduced the two gouramis at approximately the same time as two new plants, one a lily, the other some kind of grass. Within a week the grass was stripped and now nothing...
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    Sick Gourami

    Hey. Yeah I thought that chemical that removes nirites might have that effect on the bacteria. I just use normal water conditioner now - only used that stuff once when I had a huge ammonia problem cos I was trying to save the sick fish. I won;t use it again. Tested my water today and the good...
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