any idears

[pinkcrush]

ok tanks been up a month, evey thing was ok till last week.

had a high fin plaite, die, no sign's of anything causeing it, but this morning ive now found my male gourami on the bottom of the tank.

ok my question, from the mouth to the top fin is coved in what looks like black spots, any idears what this is ?

the female dosent look very healthy too, she looks like she has fin rot, but not 100%.

any idears,please

many thanks,
new to board btw so hello to every one.

ann

 

[Elisabeth]

What are the water parameters? Did you cycle the tank first before you put the fish in?

 

[impur]

to the board.

Elisabeth is right, you should start with a check of water parameters. Then we can go from that.

 

[wetwetwet]

Hi and welcome ann

If the tank has been set up just a month then it is still probably going through the cycling process when high levels of ammonia and nitrite can harm/or stress your fish.

Have you got any kits to test for these products?

Some Info On Cycling Here

 

[Tanked]

tetsing the water as mentioned above is the most important thinng to do right now, but as WWW said if the tank is only a month old it will still be cycling and the fish may have dies from ammonia poisoning. I lost a few fish to that with the first tank I setup, throuigh to much stock to quickly.

 

[pinkcrush]

ok found out what it is, i caught the female, she's been hidding, but she's got fin rot, so treatment is underway.

thanks for the advice tho.

ann