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  1. Hi All, my Dwarf Gourami had what appeared to be a tiny bubble in one of his eyes. It started a couple of weeks ago and has since got worse. I am wondering if there is anything as all that can be done about it? When it started his eye was still clear, but now it's turned opaque.

    Here is a pic of both his eyes, so you can see the difference

    Good eye

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    Bad eye

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    Cheers

  2. I'm planning on spending a fair bit of time down here, which is why I wanted the tank at eye level while sitting, here's the view from the couch.

    And this is the view your fish will have. :bggrn:

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    Awesome tank dude. Perfect room for it too. :gpo2:

  3. Anything more and you pretty much have to download the information and images off the internet, bag the affected fish, go to a vet and tell them what you think is wrong and this ..... (showing the pieces of paper) is the recommended medication.

    I'm pretty sure when I was a wee lad, our vet made a house call to put our sick old cat down. We thought the trip to the vet would be too stressful so he came to us instead. Don't vets make house calls anymore?

  4. Hi Guys, here's a short photo essay of how my small tank has changed over the past few weeks....

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    In the beginning.... there was plastic. Easy to keep clean, but rather boring too.

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    Then came the fancy background. I stuck it on with some of that 'Sea View background gue'. Seems to work quite well actually.

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    Getting serious now.... swapped out the boring grey gravel with some of that fancy black flourite stuff and at the same time removed all the silk plants and replaced with some off cuts from my other tank.

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    Time for some new additions... Galaxy Rosbora (small platy were already there)

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    The transformation is more or less complete now.

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    6 weeks on and with a bit more growth. Will need to deal to that Indian fern soon.

    Didn't like the stargrass either. Grows way too quick. Replaced with Dwarf Sag with the hope it will one day carpet most of the foreground. Maybe a long wait though.

    Couldn't quite get it right trying to tie down the Java Fern with cotton so ended up pinning it. I think I'm onto something there. Much easier.

    Currently dosing with 1.0ml Excel and 0.5ml Comprehensive daily. Also one root tab each for the Amazon Sword and the tiger lotus. Probably overkill but I had some spare.

    The stock light the tank came with is on twice a day. 8:00am - 12:00pm and then again 5:00pm - 9:00pm. 8 hours total.

    Current stock, 8 Ember Tetra, 8 Galaxy Rosboras, 2 Oto and 1 small gourami currently getting a bit of R+R from her sister for a few days. The platys and the fighter are elsewhere now.

    More pictures of the little minifishes....

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  5. what fish do you have?

    Currently there are 8x Ember Tetra's and 8x Galaxy Rosbora's and 2x Otto. Previously there were numerous baby platy and a fighter. But I do quite frequent water changes. About 25% 2-3 times per week. I've never had an amonia reading. Even when it was new. Had a little nitrite once though when it was a couple of weeks old. It was supposed to be my hospital tank but is now fully planted etc.. etc... you know how it goes. :slfg:

  6. He's gorgeous :thup: Looks alot like my Elton....he's the only survivor too. I know they are supposed to be in "pairs" but like your's he's quite happy with the others. Although my ram chases him sometimes.... Have you ever seen a grown woman growl a fish before :slfg:

    I think he's a she. :wink: I had 4. 2 boys and 2 girls. The girls have a faint black stripe down their side (just like the one pictured here) that comes and goes. The males are smaller and go bright orange around their tail area and their throat area goes a really dark navy colour when they get 'in the mood'. The girls also go orange around their tail region but not to the same extent as the males. They are one of the most beautiful fish in my community. I also have a very aggressive neon blue dwarf gourami that pretty much leaves them alone. Unfortunately one of the boys did get some kind of skin disorder so I euthanised him as I was worried it would spread. The remaining male is constantly building bubble nests and I occasionally see the girls releasing their eggs with him, which the Emerald Eyes Rosbora's immediately scoff down.

    In other words, great and very entertaining fish. If you get some you won't be disappointed.

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