Recent content by 8_v_s_1

Wow. That is scary to hear. Really interesting info though. Thanks for posting that. I understand that there's a market for these beautiful fish, but it's a bit sickening to consider that they are being "created" only to oftentimes suffer.

Nothing wrong with that :)

I've heard that something like 22% of all dwarf gouramis in Asia have the iridovirus... NOT a good percentage! Apparently, breeders over there are injecting the fish with something that keeps the virus symptoms at bay for a couple months, so they look nice and pretty in the store, while the...

I used the API Master Test Kit. Water changes were about every 10-14 days (25 or 30%). I'll stay away from those strips. Thanks!

Well, to be honest, I'm not sure how to tell when the cycling is complete. From what I gathered, I was just under the impression that it took a couple months or so. The bacteria that I added was that bacteria starter stuff that supposedly gets the cycling process going with the immediate...

hensleyjk- There did seem to be very slight lightening of colors in 2 of the fish... But it was pretty subtle, I found myself looking at those 2 over and over again trying to determine if there was color loss or not. As far as the nitrate, I had been doing water changes every 10 days-2...

45 gal. Thanks for asking.

Hello! This is my first post. I apologize in advance for the length of it! Just looking to try to determine what happened... About 4 months ago (Jan/2015), I set up a tank w/ 3 dwarf gouramis. By mid-May, all 3 had taken ill and died within a week of each other. Fish may have had slight...

Hello everyone. I've been to a lot of aquarium sites for advice/info, but until now, I've not been a member of any of them... But I always seem to have the best results when searching here. So, here I am. I'll have a dwarf gourami question here to post within the coming days. Regards.