Over a week ago, my tank did the amazing thing and actually finished it's cycling. (About 36 days of fishless cycling.)
These are the pics of my new fish, which I got on Saturday night. I drove out an hour to get them from a place with prestine specimens, very clean tanks, and no neon deaths.
I am requesting help!
I have been concerned about this look of my new dwarf gourami and front half of his body looking "dirty", not colored and not irridescant like the rest of him. I'm not sure, but it may be growing. To be honest, I've never looked real closely at any kind of gourami, and I can't tell if he's really got something, or if that's how he's supposed to look. Some of the pics below show something lighting up under the flash, like a turquoise color. Could it be Velvet?! He's not showing any other symptoms of illness that I can see... he eats and scavenges very well, spends a lot of time chasing his reflection, and he doesn't look like he's itchy or uncomfortable.
Also, any comments on the shape of his head? It looks awfully flat, boney, not round.
See the non-shiny greyish areas? (Like his belly?)
These are how the scales under his chin, with the same dirty greyish color look, under normal light, no flash.
This pic is blurry unfortunately, but it's his natural color without the flash, and you can really see that dark greyish patch on him, his belly, part of his cheek and head.
Here's a closeup with the flash. It lit up a bunch of specks... are they his natural coloring? ...or does he have Velvet, etc.
From the side:
Here's him doing what he usually does... all day long.. up, down, up down...
Here are some of the neons... they are all doing well, but one (I believe female?) came to us with a big red open sore area where her gill should be. She eats well, she's very smart and finds the food first, and doesn't get pecked more than she pecks back. But the thing has gotten larger, as she grows. It's not shrinking. I'm dosing the tank daily with just a slightly bit less than recommended dose. (1 tsp for my 12g when they recommend 1/10g.)
She is the one by the pot. You can see the sore is right behind her eye, the red area. None of the other neons have it. Instead they are usually that white area - her other cheek is also white, not red.
Thanks for any input, comments, and peace of mind! <3
These are the pics of my new fish, which I got on Saturday night. I drove out an hour to get them from a place with prestine specimens, very clean tanks, and no neon deaths.
I am requesting help!
I have been concerned about this look of my new dwarf gourami and front half of his body looking "dirty", not colored and not irridescant like the rest of him. I'm not sure, but it may be growing. To be honest, I've never looked real closely at any kind of gourami, and I can't tell if he's really got something, or if that's how he's supposed to look. Some of the pics below show something lighting up under the flash, like a turquoise color. Could it be Velvet?! He's not showing any other symptoms of illness that I can see... he eats and scavenges very well, spends a lot of time chasing his reflection, and he doesn't look like he's itchy or uncomfortable.
Also, any comments on the shape of his head? It looks awfully flat, boney, not round.
See the non-shiny greyish areas? (Like his belly?)
These are how the scales under his chin, with the same dirty greyish color look, under normal light, no flash.
This pic is blurry unfortunately, but it's his natural color without the flash, and you can really see that dark greyish patch on him, his belly, part of his cheek and head.
Here's a closeup with the flash. It lit up a bunch of specks... are they his natural coloring? ...or does he have Velvet, etc.
From the side:
Here's him doing what he usually does... all day long.. up, down, up down...
Here are some of the neons... they are all doing well, but one (I believe female?) came to us with a big red open sore area where her gill should be. She eats well, she's very smart and finds the food first, and doesn't get pecked more than she pecks back. But the thing has gotten larger, as she grows. It's not shrinking. I'm dosing the tank daily with just a slightly bit less than recommended dose. (1 tsp for my 12g when they recommend 1/10g.)
She is the one by the pot. You can see the sore is right behind her eye, the red area. None of the other neons have it. Instead they are usually that white area - her other cheek is also white, not red.
Thanks for any input, comments, and peace of mind! <3