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when you say surprised...will they be dead on the floor/floating, or will the parents eat them?

oh dear, I'm just realising I may have bitten off more than I can chew with these guys. I never imagined they would spawn so easily and frequently!

The problem I have is that I never intended to raise any fry. So I am totally unprepared and have very little space for a new tank. It sounds like I have a few weeks before it gets ugly, but really what can I do? Can I give them away when I take them out of the tank at 4 weeks? How big will they...

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I got a pair of apistos about 2 weeks ago, now I have a ton of free swimming fry!! It's amazing but I have no idea what to do with them. They're in a peaceful community shared with rasboras (T. Hengeli). What will happen to them? Will they get eaten? Will they die without special food? My...

the female was protective about her cave for a few days, but not overly aggresive. She would swim up to where the rasbora hang out and chase one or two briefly then return down to the cave. It looked more like token aggression rather than anything to really worry about. Only did it while the fry...

Well, I waited a month and so the other fish were fine. Added 5 more T. Hengeli, waited another month, no problems. 2 weeks ago I added a pair of apistogramma cacatuoides, today I have a ton of free swimming fry!! Will post in a separate thread about them, but no idea what to do now!

I won't add anything in a hurry. I think I'll take the T. hengeli up to 15 for a larger shoal, and a pair of Apistogramma hongsloi when I'm sure nothing else is awry.

I'm also fond of Bolivian Rams, but could I have one in a 60x30x30cm tank?

I don't spray anything above or near them. I'm in a bind as it's a 15G tank that was designed for the honey gourami. If something is killing them I'm not sure what to replace them with. At the moment I have 5 amano shrimp, 10 rasbora hengeli, a zebra snail, and pest snails that came on some...

Feed standard flake food and hikari micro pellets. Weekly water change of 70% including sucking up dirt off the sand substrate Clean the filter every 4 weeks Other fish are just the rasbora espei and amano shrimp The first batch I got from a different shop, they lasted fine for nearly 2 years...

Hello! I've recently lost 3 honey gourami, one at a time about a week apart. Two followed very similar pattern, started having stringy white poo, then bloated up with dropsy. Eventually lie on the ground without being able to move until they die. The third seemed to be ok, but one morning I...

Can you mix honey gourami colour types? Will a natural colour form male try to mate with yellow females, for example?

That looks like a male and female to me. The male on the left has more red in his dorsal and tail fins.

I would love a pearl gourami tank, but haven't got room unfortunately.

I've got yellow honey gourami. As per another thread the male just died. I'm waiting a while to see if the females are ok before adding a new male. I'd be interested in your opinion on how to tell the difference between males/females as they looked very similar. My male was a little smaller...

Aha! I think this could be the solution. I'll be sure to wait before adding the ferts. I imagine the algae problems are a consequence of the salvinia dying off. Less surface coverage means more light, which is likely the reason for the algae. I have just reduced the light intensity with a...

Hello, I switched to using API tap water conditioner a while ago as the one I was using "includes natural extracts to improve fish health". It gave no more information than that and no list of ingredients. I've heard that aloe vera can cause problems for labrynth fishes, so out of precaution...

No you've been a big help. Thanks for engaging. Working out the cause is nearly impossible it seems. I don't want to treat the tank for the sake of it. I haven't got a quarentine tank. So without a clear understanding of what's going on my only option really seems to be to leave things to take...

I have amano shrimp. The female who is looking ill did something really strange yesterday. She went up to the surface to breath then immediately did an out of control back flip before spiraling down to the ground again. I saw it again when she took a breath a little later. I wonder if it's a...

Thanks. Will either of these harm inverts? Any advice on which one to choose, or is it trial and error on which type of worm is the problem?

Thanks. Although nothing seems to fit exactly, my guess would be an internal bacterial infection (stringy white poop symptom). But this could also be due to worms? Apart from raising the temperature are there any treatments I should give?

Yes, that's right. As I said, water parameters are fine. Thanks for the link, but honey gourami are different from dwarf gourami, even though they are a small variety! I don't think they are affected by dwarf gourami disease. What would the signs be of parasites or worms? The only noticable...

Hello, I posted in the emergencies forum but had no response. Two of my honey gourami are sick, one is in a really bad way and looks like he'll die any moment. The other is not that bad yet, so I'm wondering what I can do to try and help them. Water parameters are fine, unchanged for months...

amazingly he's swimming again, but really struggling. He appears to be bumping into things on purpose, is he scratching? Parasites? Would worms make a fish scratch?

He's not got long left now. Can't stay off the bottom. As soon as he stops moving he sinks. What's the best way euthanize?

Thanks. Water parameters are normal, 0 ammonia and nitrite, 20-30ppm nitrate (comes out the tap at 30ppm). The aquarium has been set up about 6 months and the fish have been in about 5 months, it's heavily planted. I change 60% of the water every 5 days. I read the stringy white poop article...

Also, I have amano shrimp in this tank. So if I should treat it are there invert safe treatments?

My male honey gourami is in a bad way. He's been losing his colour recently, and had been doing the occasional stringy white poop. Today, after I changed the water, he's in really bad shape. He's struggling to swim, bouncing off of things, and laying on the plants for stability. See the picture...

It's comprehensive, sorry should have clarified!

Water parameters are unchanged (0; 0; 20-30ppm nitrate - tap is 30ppm). I have a heavily planted tank and the plants weren't doing so well for a while, the salvinia started the die off. I've just started adding liquid ferts (half dose of seachem flourish) and the plants are responding. That...

Hello, I'm a little concerned about my honey gourami. They seem generally ok, still swimming and eating, but two of them have drained in colour and are a bit less active. They spend some time sat still on the sand. Occasionally, they do a stringy white poo, but not always they still do dark...

Thanks everyone! I'm glad people like the tank, I'm really delighted with how it has filled out in such a small space of time. Who says you can't do a planted silent cycle with low light and no ferts!?