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Amylouise1305 · May 14, 2020

Hi everyone!
I’m looking for a bit of advice, I acquired a 100 litre tank yesterday, with a number of different tropical fish in.
However, the previous owner was getting rid due to health issues and being unable to clean the tank out. I won’t begin to describe the state of it! However, it also came with 9 various fish too. 2 plecs, 1 clown loach, 3 other loaches and 3 gourmi’s.
One of the gourmi’s seems to be having trouble swimming it keeps lying on its side, or swimming into the glass and sliding down and lying on its side for a while. Could any one shed some light on this? Is it normal? Can I do anything to help it out?
Also any tips on caring for these fish would be greatly appreciated

I also have a smaller tank with 3 mollies in and 3 molly fry, could I add the adult mollies into this tank?

thank you.

DwarfCichlidLvr · May 14, 2020

wow. Id do a 75% water change.
How big is your smaller tank?
Can we get pics. So we can identify the loaches, gouramis and plecos.
You'll need to rehome the clown loach. They get huge.

Amylouise1305 · May 14, 2020

DwarfCichlidLvr said:
wow. Id do a 75% water change.
How big is your smaller tank?
Can we get pics. So we can identify the loaches, gouramis and plecos.
You'll need to rehome the clown loach. They get huge.

Yeah of course I’ve attached a few photos on here. I done 100% water change, couldn’t have them going back into that filthy water! However she said the gourami had been like that for a week!! I think the clown loach has gone under the titanic, but will send a photo when it resurfaces.

Amylouise1305 · May 14, 2020

Also the smaller tank is a 25 litre I think.

Derekshatch · May 14, 2020

The mollies would be ok with all of the fish that you have in your new tank.

DwarfCichlidLvr · May 14, 2020

Ok. So the pleco I see looks like a common pleco. They get up to 2 feet so it need to be rehomed too.
Can I get a close up of each gourami? 2 are the same species for sure. Im not sure about the other.
The loach is a yoyo loach. They can live in there but they would do much better in a 40gal +.

Amylouise1305 · May 14, 2020

Those two seem impossible to seperate. That’s the other one lying on the bottom. What could it be that’s wrong with her?

DwarfCichlidLvr · May 14, 2020

Ok. Looks like all the same species. I need to see the dorsal fins of the gouramis. (to sex them) is the one on the bottom the same fish as in pic 2?

Amylouise1305 · May 14, 2020

The yellow one with the black spot seems to be the one having troubles

Derekshatch · May 14, 2020

It might have dropsy

DwarfCichlidLvr · May 14, 2020

Ok, all the same species.

It looks like one is deformed. that one also looks female.
The other two look male but I cant be sure. Im suspired they aren't fighting.

Derekshatch · May 14, 2020

Ya looks like 2 males and one female

Amylouise1305 · May 14, 2020

Deformed how so?
The 2 males aren’t fighting, they don’t leave each other’s side

Amylouise1305 · May 14, 2020

The blue one has 2 lumps of some kind too. Do you know what they are?

sorry for all the questions.

Amylouise1305 · May 14, 2020

Also when she goes up for air bubbles come out of her gills. Is this normal? With the other 2 this doesn’t happen.

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