Adrienne
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I have also had mass males (around 300) together until about 4 mths old. The majority of the time they were fine but some days I came home to just a body part in the tank. As Billaney says if you keep them together they are better and I image that if there is adequate hidey places in a tank a couple wouldn't be too bad until ...
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Fighters and gourami - it depends on the nature of the fish involved. Both being from the anabantoid family a male from each sometimes can cause problems, but if you are talking two female fighters there won't be an issue. A male and female fighter will not most likely successfully spawn in a community tank anyway.
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I would do the following: Take the filter out, stick it in a bucket with tank water in it and take it to someone elses house and plug it in there. Cover the tank with a blanket. I wouldn't feed the fish during this time. Water change after.
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Is that the one you have posted the pics of? If it is and it has bracing on the inside it should be okay as long as you don't whack it again.
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That pic of the fighters cool. It looks like its got horns!
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He's not likely to flare unless there is a mirror by the tank, either stick one to the outside of the tank or hold one where he can see his reflection in it, or, get another male and put a divider between them and they'll flare at each other.
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Shouldn't be lack of oxygen in the water seeing as fighters are air breathers anyway. How old, what else is in with it. May just be that it used to be more active with having to swim again the current of the internal filter and now it doesn't have to its just getting the chance to hang in the corner. Mine do it quite a lot, particularly the ones with no other males around.
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ooooohhhh! that looks so wrong!!
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This is probably a silly question but did you prime it. I know my 2213 takes a bit of work to get going again if I get an airlock in it.
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Name: Adrienne Age: 47 Marital Status: Married Family: Three children aged 19, 16 & 14 (1 boy, 2 girls) Occupation: Administration at a Primary School Books: Don't have time Hobbies: Motorcycling, Tennis, Sailing, Equestrian Pets: Dog -Golden Retriever, Guinea Pig and Fish Location: Dilworth School, Auckland
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use a magnifying glass - I think it will have been too shorter a time for them to have spawned yet
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excellent - keep us posted and I love pics
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You get great help from this forum and plenty of ideas to work on - I've learnt heaps in the last year and have only lost 1 fish out of hundreds and hundreds in this time so I've certainly improved my fish keeping skills.
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nice fish - makes me want discus even more and clever the way they swim :lol:
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I'm nosey :oops: What are the 'you know whats' Tell all!
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if rearranging every thing doesn't work just float him in something for a week or two and then let him back in the tank - he will be the new boy then and things may be peaceful
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sorry to hear
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I find patience works well (for photos that is)
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Hi, lovely looking fish no matter what they are. I'd be interested in some for a single species tank - not for selling - just not sure what size tank I would need for these guys.
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I have banded gourami which I acquired from Billaney and they are fantastic fish - no problems, except for the occasional fight. Beautiful fish - try some of these if you have the space.
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This is more a reply to David IW (sorry about it being your thread) - if the gourami looks like a pinecone looking down on it i.e. bloated and scales sticking out at angles like a pine cone its probably dropsy which it will not recover from. Remove the fish and euthanaise it. It seems that dwarf gourami have a bad history of survival here in NZ.
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Yes, I'd also give Phil a call. Its probably just a case of waiting - the one thing I've learnt is that if fish don't want to breed you sure can't make them!! and then when you least expect it or are going on holiday it will happen!!
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Is this fish eating - is he/she always this fat? You can see I don't know goldfish.
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What sized ponds are they? You could try stringing a couple of lines crossed over using fishing line (which you wouldn't see) and see if that deters them. Or like we used to do with our cherry tree down south - hang a dead bird over the pond (even less pleasing to look at) but sure works.
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Ryan I had a look at the video but don't know anything about goldfish. Mostly drifting as the current moves it with a few feeble wiggles to try to stop it hitting things and at the top of the tank just hanging there head down and bobbing with the current as well. If it stops wiggling at the bottom it just bobs to the top of the tank. The other fish are taking a poke at it too. Could it be swim bladder?