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    Repeated Dwarf Gourami Deaths

    Yeah the fungusy place on the DG head, sounds like hole-in-the-head disease... or at least that is what they called it in the South US ten years ago... but if I recall correctly it was pretty much a death sentence back then. Odd though, to hear that DG populations are having higher than average...
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    Repeated Dwarf Gourami Deaths

    Hah! You know, I went searching for the site where I read that they needed 5g/piece or so for teritory and now I can't find it. So I don't know if I misremembered or if someone else got it wrong. after reading several sites and trying to remember it carefully, I think the statment was someone's...
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    The most common mistake beginners make is....

    Heavy Planting, Fast Growth, & Nitrates? Oooh Oooh... I did this! At least I got something right :() Of course it was by accident and out of impatiance to have the tank look the way I wanted right away ;) Also, Someone earlier mentioned that like the inch/gallon rule, you have to make sure...
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    Repeated Dwarf Gourami Deaths

    Okay that one is a new rule to me... and I am not sure I know exactly what you mean. Gph, is gallons per hour right?... but what is 6x up to 10x? Is it having 6-10 times your tank size in how much water your filter can move?... or something like that? You know I was looking at the neons...
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    Repeated Dwarf Gourami Deaths

    My too, actually. I was ordained in the FOI with credentials through the ULC in 1991, but now I am more or less an atheist (you can be an atheist and be affiliated with the ULC, but not so much FOI ;) Anyway, I didn't not say don't tell me it's over crowed in terms of swimming space. I...
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    Repeated Dwarf Gourami Deaths

    First Question... Yes it was the same store, same tank, and most likely the same shipment of fish both times (They don't have a huge fish turn over. They are my small locally owned LFS, and the one I prefer to use. Sad if I have to go to the big corepret FS). Already sick fich was my first guess...
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    Repeated Dwarf Gourami Deaths

    Okay so my levels are fine (Ammo 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 40ppm ie on the high side of normal) and the other water parameters were well within the gourami's range (Ph 7, GH 75/soft, KH 90-120ppm, 76o f). So before I got the Zebra Loach and the Dwarf Puffer (who are temporary additions to clean...
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