Poor Health

[Bruce R.]

I have a 55 gallon tank, with two white skirts tetras, 3 powder blue
gouraumis, five golden barbs, and five tail light tetras. The tank has
been astablished for two years now, and no new fish have been added
within the last 6 months. Lately my gouramis look bad. They still
eat,, a little,, but,,, they swim with their tail low,, and have lost
almost all their color. They also have very little body mass left, and
are mostly skeletal. Is there anything that I can do.. Water
parameters are within proper levels, and are the same as they have
been for the last six months. Also, all the other fish look and act
fine. Just the gouramis are having trouble. Mostly I'm worried about
the fact that they are lossing body mass, and swim hover tail low. I
feed them Tetra Min flakes daily... Help !!

[Billy]

"Bruce R." > wrote in message
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... Water
| parameters are within proper levels,

So what *are* the parameters? These will go a long way to helping us
determine a problem.


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[Bruce R.]

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I guess what I meant by,, the parameters are normal, is,, that the
parameters are stable. But here they are,, as they have been for the
past year or so. Water Temp... 78..... pH... 7.8 ,,,, General
Hardness .. 11.. Ammonia and Nitrite are 0

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|| I guess what I meant by,, the parameters are normal, is,, that the
|| parameters are stable. But here they are,, as they have been for the
|| past year or so. Water Temp... 78..... pH... 7.8 ,,,, General
|| Hardness .. 11.. Ammonia and Nitrite are 0

You could just have some old gouramis...

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[Andy Hill]

(Bruce R.) wrote:
>"Billy" > wrote in message >...
>> "Bruce R." > wrote in message
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>> .. Water
>> | parameters are within proper levels,
>>
>> So what *are* the parameters? These will go a long way to helping us
>> determine a problem.
>>
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>I guess what I meant by,, the parameters are normal, is,, that the
>parameters are stable. But here they are,, as they have been for the
>past year or so. Water Temp... 78..... pH... 7.8 ,,,, General
>Hardness .. 11.. Ammonia and Nitrite are 0
>
And Nitrate is ???

And, not being a Gourami keeper, anybody know the usual lifespan of a Gourami?
Two years seem pretty short (assuming they where juveniles when purchased)
compared to *most* fish, but I'm just guessing there.

[Bruce R.]

Andy Hill > wrote in message >...
> (Bruce R.) wrote:
> >"Billy" > wrote in message >...
> >> "Bruce R." > wrote in message
> >> om...
> >> .. Water
> >> | parameters are within proper levels,
> >>
> >> So what *are* the parameters? These will go a long way to helping us
> >> determine a problem.
> >>
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> >I guess what I meant by,, the parameters are normal, is,, that the
> >parameters are stable. But here they are,, as they have been for the
> >past year or so. Water Temp... 78..... pH... 7.8 ,,,, General
> >Hardness .. 11.. Ammonia and Nitrite are 0
> >
> And Nitrate is ???
>
> And, not being a Gourami keeper, anybody know the usual lifespan of a Gourami?
> Two years seem pretty short (assuming they where juveniles when purchased)
> compared to *most* fish, but I'm just guessing there.

I've placed them in a separate tank,, and am now feeding them brine
shrimp and blood worms equally as often as the flake food,,, They
don't eat much,,, but,, still eat.... I'll ya'll posted on thier
progress

[Sue]

>> And, not being a Gourami keeper, anybody know the usual lifespan of a
>> Gourami?
>> Two years seem pretty short (assuming they where juveniles when
>> purchased)
>> compared to *most* fish, but I'm just guessing there.
I owned a Belontia signata - related anabantoid - for just over twenty
years. I've have pearl gouramis past eight.

[Happy'Cam'per]

"Sue" > wrote in message
...
>
> >> And, not being a Gourami keeper, anybody know the usual lifespan of a
> >> Gourami?
> >> Two years seem pretty short (assuming they where juveniles when
> >> purchased)
> >> compared to *most* fish, but I'm just guessing there.
> I owned a Belontia signata - related anabantoid - for just over twenty
> years. I've have pearl gouramis past eight.
>
>

I've had a pair of Moonlights for going on 4 years now, they wreak havoc on
a planted aquarium! Sometimes I wish they were'nt so hardy :o
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[Dick]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:40:08 +0200, "Happy'Cam'per" > wrote:

>"Sue" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> >> And, not being a Gourami keeper, anybody know the usual lifespan of a
>> >> Gourami?
>> >> Two years seem pretty short (assuming they where juveniles when
>> >> purchased)
>> >> compared to *most* fish, but I'm just guessing there.
>> I owned a Belontia signata - related anabantoid - for just over twenty
>> years. I've have pearl gouramis past eight.
>>
>>
>
>I've had a pair of Moonlights for going on 4 years now, they wreak havoc on
>a planted aquarium! Sometimes I wish they were'nt so hardy :o


Scarry. When I got my 75 gallon tank 2 years ago, I never considered
how long the fish would live. I don't know how long I will live. If
I had considered the fish would outlive me, I might have not been so
anxious to get them. Now I have 5 tanks with over 100 fish. I hope
to outlive my dogs, but now I have worry if I can outlive my fish too?

dick