blue gourami lost black spots

I think in the last week all my fish have went crazy
my blue gourami who has two black spots normally now lost them, where? I
don't know but they are sure not on him, inplace are white faded spots, now
I been busy the last couple days but think I would notice my fish losing his
spots. He is the same fish the kissing gourami was bothering but he has been
gone a couple days now out of the tank.
any suggestions.
Nik

Nikki wrote,
my blue gourami who has two black spots normally now lost them.....

Might be an age or genetic thing - I have seen blue three-spot gouramis
out grow their spots - quite common.

inplace are white faded spots........

Something to keep an eye on for a few days - fish darken with illness,
lighten with stress. If it's stress, you don't want it to go on for a
long time. Stressed fish include the secretion of stress hormones -
secreted in large amounts, or over a long period of time, can/will also
stress the other fish within the tank. These stress hormones are called
Pheromones (hormones that affect the behavior of other
fish)............ Frank

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Nikki wrote,
my blue gourami who has two black spots normally now lost them.....

Might be an age or genetic thing - I have seen blue three-spot gouramis
out grow their spots - quite common.

inplace are white faded spots........

Something to keep an eye on for a few days - fish darken with illness,
lighten with stress. If it's stress, you don't want it to go on for a
long time. Stressed fish include the secretion of stress hormones -
secreted in large amounts, or over a long period of time, can/will also
stress the other fish within the tank. These stress hormones are called
Pheromones (hormones that affect the behavior of other
fish)............ Frank


I just had to erase what i was writing because after reading your post i
went and looked to see if the rest of his color changed at all other then
his spots and i seen his black spots started to show....this is strange. he
does seem a lot happier with kissing fish gone........they are not as dark
as normal but they are coming back...sorry i dont know whats going on with
these fish
Nik

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I just had to erase what i was writing because after reading your post i
went and looked to see if the rest of his color changed at all other then
his spots and i seen his black spots started to show....this is strange.
he does seem a lot happier with kissing fish gone........they are not as
dark as normal but they are coming back...sorry i dont know whats going on
with these fish
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Whenever you have one fish harassing another it is always better to remove
one of them. I think boredom and overcrowding cause some fish to constantly
pick on others, or on a target victim. In nature you would never have so
many fish together as we keep in the small space inside our tanks. In
nature the fish getting picked on, should there be one, would simply swim
away......
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"Nikki" wrote in message
...
I just had to erase what i was writing because after reading your post i
went and looked to see if the rest of his color changed at all other then
his spots and i seen his black spots started to show....this is strange.
he does seem a lot happier with kissing fish gone........they are not as
dark as normal but they are coming back...sorry i dont know whats going
on with these fish
====================
*Note: There are TWO "Koi-Lo's" on this NG*

Whenever you have one fish harassing another it is always better to
remove one of them. I think boredom and overcrowding cause some fish to
constantly pick on others, or on a target victim. In nature you would
never have so many fish together as we keep in the small space inside our
tanks. In nature the fish getting picked on, should there be one, would
simply swim away......
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Reading Headers:
http://tinyurl.com/amm9s
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o


the kissing gourami had been out of the tank a couple days when he went
spotless, but he has them back now and seems to be doing fine, he ate a lot
after the kissing fish was gone so i am thinking he may not been getting a
lot of food either. But all is well in that tank, he is back to protecting
the baby blue's (from what who knows) but he really seems to like them
little guys i guess because they look like him, unlike the mean kissing fish
Nik

Nikki wrote,
he has them back now and seems to be doing fine, he ate a lot
after the kissing fish was gone so i am thinking he may not been getting a
lot of food either....

Glad to hear he's doing fine again. I figured it was due to stress when
I first read your post, but wasn't going to reply because you had
already fixed the trouble by moving the kissing gourami... Keep an eye
on your three spot, for him to regain his slime coat, it may take up to
a week. Untill then, he's wide open to parasites......... Frank

Nikki wrote,
and i seen his black spots started to show....this is strange...

Stressed out a bit, thats all..............Frank

Nikki wrote,
and i seen his black spots started to show....this is strange...

Stressed out a bit, thats all..............Frank

"Frank" wrote in message
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Nikki wrote,
my blue gourami who has two black spots normally now lost them.....

Might be an age or genetic thing - I have seen blue three-spot gouramis
out grow their spots - quite common.

inplace are white faded spots........

Something to keep an eye on for a few days - fish darken with illness,
lighten with stress. If it's stress, you don't want it to go on for a
long time. Stressed fish include the secretion of stress hormones -
secreted in large amounts, or over a long period of time, can/will also
stress the other fish within the tank. These stress hormones are called
Pheromones (hormones that affect the behavior of other
fish)............ Frank

ah.."The Color of Illness"...you could make a mint selling that title
!=) -ED