Dwarf Gourami Help

[waynehandley]

Hi All

I have 3 Royal red Dwarf Gouramis. But recntly one of them seemed to lose its colour and lose all its weight. I was concerned that he was not getting any food ( though i have never known a Gouromi not get enough food) anyway i decided to get a quarantine trap and feed him on his own. Unfortunately by the time i got home from the shop he had died. My concern is that my other gouramis might start to show the same symptoms. They are fine at the moment but i don't want to lose any more. Any advice would be appreciated

[LyndaB]

What size tank?

Is the tank cycled?

What are your water parameters?

What else is in the tank?

How long have you had these 3 fish?

[ryana]

Just lost blue dwarf gourami this morning - found him hanging in tank, slightly swollen stomach. Moved to quarantine and he was gone in 2 hrs. Just like that. Was happy for over a year in 20 US gall high tank with 4 black widow tetras, 6 neons, pleco and 2 cories. Acknowledge slightly overcrowded but some were unavoidable relocations. All got on well together. Only differences in environment in last few days - high humidity alternating with cool (NSW flooding again) and question: I trimmed the ribbon weed at last water change. Will that do anything to the water?
Are your fish new? Some of my early fish lost colour and died if I had water problems.

[aquanoob82]

Originally Posted by waynehandley

Hi All

I have 3 Royal red Dwarf Gouramis. But recntly one of them seemed to lose its colour and lose all its weight. I was concerned that he was not getting any food ( though i have never known a Gouromi not get enough food) anyway i decided to get a quarantine trap and feed him on his own. Unfortunately by the time i got home from the shop he had died. My concern is that my other gouramis might start to show the same symptoms. They are fine at the moment but i don't want to lose any more. Any advice would be appreciated

yer...had a red n blue dwarf gourami aswell...in a 3ft tank..my red one died along with my angel fish..because i cleaned the filter out with different water n a week later fishes started to die...my blue one died 2 months later...i have a habbit of over feeding. but change my water weekly but have a crappy small filter converting to sumps now much better filters... i recond dwarf gouramis are cool but there abit fragile...i now leaning towards catfish n loaches ..there more hardier