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    Honey Gourami not thriving please help!

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    Poor fishy! I’m not sure what’s wrong but I wonder if getting some food in her would help her gain strength. Do you have access to live foods? Maybe that would entice her to eat? Something like daphnia or medium brine shrimp or small-ish worms—anything that wiggles.

    Since there aren’t any obvious signs of disease I’m not sure which way to point you. She may have some kind of internal problem that we have no way of knowing about.

    Honestly the fact that she’s been weak for so long but hasn’t developed any signs of parasites or fungus makes me think you have a really clean tank!

    Throwback Thursday - show us old photos of your tanks

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    This was my 55 gallon 11 months ago—my first real tank that wasn’t a fish bowl. I was really excited about the walstad method. So yes I started with a whole lot of dirt.
    Photo by @marita.ann.wilson on December 14, 2019.

    Two months later with some more plants and growing time (there are fish in there somewhere too):
    Photo by @marita.ann.wilson on February 12, 2020.A few months in:Photo by @marita.ann.wilson on March 30, 2020. Image may contain: plant and indoor.And now! I want to re-scape and add new plants soon. 🙂image.jpeg.97d2251442e01c1fd98f24327b69b452.jpeg
     

     

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    Inbreeding shrimp

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    I don’t have any first hand experience but I’ve done some research on this since I’m thinking of breeding shrimp too. It sounds like inbreeding is a concern but problems don’t show up for several generations, if they show up at all. I think some of the problems people run into include smaller size, susceptibility to disease, and less successful reproduction, but it’s not common to see these problems in a shrimp tank that was started from more than two shrimp.

    I saw some people online recommending that you buy new shrimp every so often to add to your population.

    Just from my biology background I know that a more diverse population is going to be healthier than an inbred one, but it seems like either shrimp can take a lot of inbreeding before they run into trouble, or they’re already so inbred that it can’t get much worse. 😛

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    White discolored areas on rainbowfish hump

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    Im kind of a noob at all this but it seems like there’s a good chance these are missing or wounded scales, as you suspected from the beginning. I know that scales can take a really long time to regrow. Or maybe it’s scar tissue? I’m not sure if fish can get scars. If the fish seem happy and healthy and the spots haven’t spread or multiplied or changed in several months, and they don’t look fuzzy and the fish aren’t itching themselves on things, it seems fairly likely that this is a cosmetic thing and not a disease.

    Sick betta (lethargic at top of tank)

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    Hey ange. I know Aurelion is already gone, but one thought is that maybe the temperature was a little too cold. I know bettas are really sensitive to temperature and my one betta (Doomslug) died after I forgot to plug his heater back in after a water change. ☹️

    To me it also seems like he may have come with some kind of disease or parasite, and that the stress of travel and new conditions let it take over. I know from your other thread that he was relatively new.

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    Disease or battle damage

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    Can you see the wounds/spots well enough to tell if they’re changing over time? Growing, shrinking or staying the same?

    How about it’s poops? Are they normal?

    Here’s an article about hole in the head disease. I don’t have experience with it personally but this article seems like a good overview of the different contributing factors and treatments.

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    cropped-Chewy-Favicon-512x512-5-180x180.png Hexamita: Fish Hole In The Head Disease

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    Pet Central helps you understand Hexamita, the parasitic fish disease, including its pathology, treatment and prevention.

     

    White spot with hairs on Betta fin

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    Well if he’s always had that lump, that makes me feel better about it. Maybe it’s just normal for him! And I’m glad he’s not having any other swimming issues.

    Anchor worm is probably possible but I don’t have any experience with it myself so I’m not sure. I do think Ich-X would work on a fungusy wound though, if it gets worse. In the meantime I’m glad it looks better and I’m glad I could help! Do keep us updated if you think of it. 🙂

    Feeding Bebe Fish

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    Two questions about feeding baby fish.

    First, is it possible to over feed them? I’m not talking about risks to water quality—I’m more asking if it’s possible for them to eat too much. Will they stuff themselves to the point of getting dropsy or constipation or any of the other things we worry about with adult fish?

    Second, how do you all handle weaning fry onto prepared foods? Just stop feeding them live foods and keep feeding them prepared food until they get hungry enough to eat it? I assume that’s the basic strategy, but if anyone has any tips or success stories I’d love to hear them!

    i'm at a loss and this is long

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    What a saga. I feel for you @Grapevine89. Hang in there!

    2 hours ago, Brandy said:

    The "nonharmful ammonia" is ammonium... Most water conditioners like ammo lock do this... It will still show on the test and bacteria can still use it, but it won't hurt fish in that format.

    This makes a lot of sense to me. I don’t think your test is wrong—I think you just have a lot of ammonia or ammonium in that water. I’m interested if you follow @Brandy’s idea of doing a 50% water change every other day and seeing if it goes down. It should. Just be aware that with that test result your ammonia could be a lot higher than 8ppm—8 is just the highest the test goes. So if you don’t see ammonia drop after a water change according to the test results, that could just be because it started a lot higher than 8.

    One question just to rule out another variable—are the rocks/gravel you’re using specifically for fish tanks? Depending on what they’re made of, rocks can dissolve and leach things into the water, and that can cause problems.

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    Ember tetra dieing

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    Hi Roko! Welcome!

    This actually sounds similar to this person’s problem: 

     I’m not sure it’s the same problem, but you can take a look at the pictures and videos and see if you think it sounds similar.

    Mysterious Consistent Deaths

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    That’s a beautiful tank! Is it possible the ich could be a secondary infection? Like Cory said, it will start affecting fish when they’re stressed. One cause of stress could be a bacterial infection or virus or something similar.

    When my fish have died of ich they’re covered in lots of obvious white spots. I don’t think ich is killing these fish (but if it’s all up in their gills or something it’s possible). 
     

    Merk manuals describes a few bacterial infections that sound plausible here. In particular it says this about gram positive bacteria: 

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    Infections are uncommon but can cause significant mortality (>50%) when they do occur. Chronic infections may continue for weeks, with only a few fish dying each day. ... A characteristic manifestation of Streptococcus infection is neurologic disease, often manifest by spinning or spiraling in the water column.

     They recommend treatment with erythromycin. Again, I’m no expert but it might be worth a try. Rooting for you and your fishes!!

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    http://www.merckvetmanual.com//favicon.ico Bacterial Diseases of Fish - Exotic and Laboratory Animals - Merck Veterinary Manual

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    Learn about the veterinary topic of Bacterial Diseases of Fish. Find specific details on this topic and related topics from the Merck Vet Manual.

     

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    White spot with hairs on Betta fin

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    Hey Catherine, welcome to the forum! Beautiful fish!

    I’m not an expert but my best guess about that spot is that it’s a bit of algae growing on a wound. I had a pigmy cory that had white algae growing all over one fin one day. I set up a quarantine tank for him but the next day when I went to move him, his fin was clear! So if you just noticed this spot, I’d wait a day or two and see if it gets worse or if it clears up. In the meantime it might be good to pick up some fungus meds just in case though. 
     

    Actually, based on the video I’m more worried about the fact that your betta is swimming kind of sideways and doesn’t seem to be able to stay upright. I’m also concerned about the lump on the back half of his body—I don’t know what it is but it doesn’t seem normal. Maybe someone else can chime in about that. Has it been there a long time?

    Also a question about your tank: what‘s the temperature?

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