NofishB4

Thank you!! It took me a long time to dial in the stocking of this tank. Discovered that I really do prefer the large schools of a few species vs several small schools of different fish. I’m very pleased with how it turned out.

I have 5 honeys (1 m and 4 f) in with a female dumbo betta. It has been set up for over a year with these fish. Heavily planted 40G That being said I did have to swap out my female betta for another in the first couple months when the tank was being stocked. So it does depend on the fish as much as the set up With only a single betta and a single gourami you might see more aggression as the betta (most likely aggressor) will have a specific fish to focus on.

I have 5 honeys (1 m and 4 f) in with a female dumbo betta. It has been set up for over a year with these fish. Heavily planted 40G That being said I did have to swap out my female betta for another in the first couple months when the tank was being stocked. So it does depend on the fish as much as the set up With only a single betta and a single gourami you might see more aggression as the betta (most likely aggressor) will have a specific fish to focus on.

I noticed a couple of my fish had some stringy poop and was watching them. I’m located in Canada so meds are not readily available to me. I have 1 box of API general cure (10packs). Yesterday my female peacock gudgeon started flashing periodically and I did a 50% water change. Today she is still flashing and also has stringy poop. So I decide to dose the whole display tank. Bear in mind that none of my fish have been medicated (to my knowledge) before...although they went through quarantine at my LFS and at my house. So I notice one of my honey gouramis swimming erratically and belatedly test my tank water (which I changed yesterday). My ammonia is 0.5! Not sure where it is coming from (tank is cycled and running for a year). The only thing I can think of is that my male peacock gudgeon might have passed away (he disappears all the time to nest and I’ve never found where) and is causing the spike. I’ve moved all my decor and can’t find him and everyone else is accounted for. So my question is should I do a 50% water change (tap water has 0 ammonia...I checked) and not give the full dose of meds (tank is 38G) or should I wait the 48hrs, double dosing with prime and then do a 75% water change and continue the med schedule? So far I have not seen my female flash again (lights are off) and my honey is resting on his betta leaf. My other fish seem unaffected.