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Telling us ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels would help. Could be shock, as said (probably due to water conditions) or possibly an internal infection perhaps. I am not too knowledgeable on fish diseases having rarely had to deal with any (touch wood)

Here is one of her sick fish..

A deformed head? Is this the same one that is pale and spiralling? Email the pic to me and I will put it up for you if you like. Pics always help. If it is only one fish with symptoms I would set it up in another tank.

Still not right fishtv

What sort of filter and what sort of noise? Most noise comes from an airlock or problems with the impeller.

Just started printing the May issue so hopefully it will be posted next Monday (assuming I can get the stapler to work). Anyone know where to buy good quality, heavy duty, long arm staplers?

Well done James! Good luck with getting the Palmerston North club up and running again.

Welcome and thanks for the discount 8)

If she has no filter it won't matter if she changes all the water as it is all new anyway.

You must be permanently buzzed then billaney :lol:

Welcome mr pleco

I wonder if she was egg bound.

I have only ever just scrubbed the rocks before adding them to the tank

I always get mine from road sides, beaches, river banks, hillsides etc

Not usually. They all like their own space. Are you sure nothing special has been going on?

Colour has nothing to do with it. If you have 2 dwarf gouramis of opposite sex they will breed no matter what colour.

Congratulations Janelle, they definitely sound like wcmm fry. The parents don't eat the fry very often but are there other fish in the tank? If so they will certainly chomp their way through them.

Do remember that bloat can cause the scales to stick out too but only around the bloated bit. If it is bloat, try feeding it a shelled, cooked pea or using Epsom salts

Show-off :lol: Gorgeous fish. Good to be in the right place at the right time isn't it? 8)

Very hard to tell from those pics but I would think that fish has jammed itself somewhere sharp and damaged both sides of its head. If this is so, watch out for secondary fungal infections on the wounds. In the meantime, keep the water as clean as possible and make sure the other fish do not start harassing it. If they do, separate it until it heals and if fungus starts, treat with an anti fungal med from your lfs.

Yeah that is all algae wilson. You can actually buy brushes with long wires on the end to clean the inside of hoses but I have only used mine once (and that was just to see if it worked - it did).

To sterilise something, you must clean EVERYTHING otherwise it will not be sterilised There is a big difference between cleaning and sterilising. You could replace the cartridges, yes. After sterilising the filter and replacing the cartridges you could run it a couple of weeks on your disease free tank before stripping the other tank and it will help the cycle.

If the female is still stressed put her in a separate tank for a while.

White spot breaks out usually as a result of poor water quality or stress. It is like the herpes (cold sore) virus in humans - the fish have it dormant in the body but it will break out in the above conditions. Clown loaches are particularly susceptible to white spot. Filters get cleaned when the water flow has reduced. Wash gently in used tank water. If you alternate cleaning the sponges (only do one each time) you will save a lot of the good bacteria. Just give the other media a quick rinse when required. The male krib probably wants to spawn. Has the female got enough hiding places to get away from him?

They won't care if it has two entrances. If they breed they will get rid of the sword if it is bothering them.