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Pearl Gourami discolored Help!
Hi, So I got 2 Pearl Gourami about a week or so ago. Really pretty fish. I have a few questions. They are spending most of their time at the bottom of the tank. They do go up for air as the should but go strait back to the very bottom.... Is that a problem? I thought they were top dwellers....
Second issue. About 2 days ago I got a small school of Neon tetra from a "big" name pet store....I usually try to avoid them as they have so many dead fish floating in the tanks.....really I should know better. Anyways I got them from there and a day later I noticed a white cotton like patch on one of the Neons side. I know this to be a type of fungus. So yesterday I started treating my tank with pimafix and melafix... Today when I got home I noticed that Darren, the larger of the two Pearl G's looks discolored(yes I am one of Those people that name their fish).
He looks darker and much less iridescent than he did a day or two ago. He looks very brown. Could this be due to the pimafix/melafix treatment or is there something wrong with him... I don't know that the fungus treatment and the discoloration have anything to do with one another, it is just a thought...
So to recap.. Is there a problem with the Pearls hanging out at the bottom of the tank?
Any ideas on why one of the Pearls is so dark/ dingy brown today?
Could it be the Pimafix or Melafix?
Thanks
Hi, So I got 2 Pearl Gourami about a week or so ago. Really pretty fish. I have a few questions. They are spending most of their time at the bottom of the tank. They do go up for air as the should but go strait back to the very bottom.... Is that a problem? I thought they were top dwellers....
Second issue. About 2 days ago I got a small school of Neon tetra from a "big" name pet store....I usually try to avoid them as they have so many dead fish floating in the tanks.....really I should know better. Anyways I got them from there and a day later I noticed a white cotton like patch on one of the Neons side. I know this to be a type of fungus. So yesterday I started treating my tank with pimafix and melafix... Today when I got home I noticed that Darren, the larger of the two Pearl G's looks discolored(yes I am one of Those people that name their fish).
He looks darker and much less iridescent than he did a day or two ago. He looks very brown. Could this be due to the pimafix/melafix treatment or is there something wrong with him... I don't know that the fungus treatment and the discoloration have anything to do with one another, it is just a thought...
So to recap.. Is there a problem with the Pearls hanging out at the bottom of the tank?
Any ideas on why one of the Pearls is so dark/ dingy brown today?
Could it be the Pimafix or Melafix?
Thanks