So... Bent Tail?

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Well I've posted about my gourami acting odd
Here's a link

But now I notice my male ram has a sort of 'bent' tail. The female seems fine. I know they are really sensitive fish.
Rams (months ago)
rams.jpg


Rams now
<a href="http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=vr9cv4&s=4" target="_blank">http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=vr9cv4&s=4</a>
Female came to chase him. You can kind of see his tail.

Could it be TB or is he old? I read electricity can affect fish by bending spines too.

Can't tell you water quality from before (I just moved the tank and can only give you stats from yesterday) but looking at my gourami thread it was around
"NO3 40 ppm
NO2 0ppm
pH 7.2
kH 40ppm
gH 180 ppm
Ammonia.. I cannot check because I ran out of tests for it"

I saw the male flick himself on the fake stump, but only seen it once.
He eats fine and swims all over.
Got the rams over a year ago, newest fish added were 5 zebras and a white cloud minnow (from petsmart, starting to dislike this place) about 3 months ago.
He isn't as brightly colored as he used to be.
No visible lumps, bumps, or missing scales.
No excess slime on any of my fish
No red anuses on any of my fish
They all eat well and actively swim around the tank.
No one hangs out at the top except the gourami to get air.
Nothing is added to my tank except decholorinator to new water.
Water changed every 1 or 2 weeks. Depends how often so from 10%-25%.
I got a 3" synodontis that came from a tank full of guppies and mollies and it was added 6 months ago.
Whole tank is about 2 years old.


Video of my other fish
<a href="http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=72r6td&s=4" target="_blank">http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=72r6td&s=4</a>

On the tail of my male angel (the one with black), the top part of his dorsal fin is a lot longer than the rest. His tail was chewed on by another fish and that is how it grew back (fish isn't there anymore). Is the long part normal?

Gourami from the post I linked above, his poo is sort of stringy thin and a little white at the beginning then looks grayish. Haven't seen (or heard) him ram into anything since the original postings.
Had another gold gourami but his tail was bending downwards as well. The tail was attacked by the same fish that attacked my angel. So it grew back and I just thought it grew back a little weird.

Edit: I tried to buy the Maracyn Plus Wilder suggested but it was sold out :\ Gonna go check later today or tomorrow.
 
Is the fish bloated as sometimes that can make the tail bend.
I've lost fish to bent tails and it wasn't tb.
What do you feed your fish.
Try some peas to see if that clears the long stringy white poo up,

Check the anus of the fish to see if its enlarged or red and inflamed.
Any signs of bloating or thiness in your fish,.
Lost any fish to bent spines.
 
No the fish isn't bloated.
I feed them flakes and sometimes dried food (the large medley). The large pieces I fed to my pleco and Mystus leucophasis. But all my fish picked at them.

I had another gourami kept in the same tank but used a divider so they didn't fight. Well one squeezed to the other side and they fought (both males) so he was hurt. But before all of that, the gourami had a slightly bent down tail. The tailed was chewed on by my mystus (now I know they eat other fish.. :crazy: ) It's tail grew back bent down (no pictures). So I'm not sure if it passed from the fight or the tail. Haven't had any other fish with a bent spine.
No one seems to have red or enflamed anus.

I'll try peas for the gourami.
 
Long stringy white poo can be constipation, internal parasites, bacterial infection.
Not sure if internal parasites can bend the tail.
I would try some peas first to see if that clears the long stringy white poo.

Fish need a varied diet of frozen foods and some eat veg.
 
I fed my fish some peas
Would Maracyn two be alright to use for bacterial infections?
 
This is what maracyn two treats.
Is he in issolation.
Maracyn–Two
Manufacturer: Mardel
A broad-spectrum antibiotic for internal or external gram negative bacterial infections which can even be absorbed through the skin. Effective treatment of fin and tail rot, popeye, gill disease, dropsy (swollen body, protruding scales), septicemia (bleeding or red streaks on the body), secondary and internal infections. Effective even when fish won't eat.
Active ingredient: Mincycline hydrochlor.
 
No, he isn't in isolation. It is either get eaten by a 5" Mystus leucophasis or be with the other fish :crazy: I won't be able to give the catfish a new home until tomorrow.

So the maracyn two is alright to use?
 

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