Discoloured dwarf gourami

[Fishkeepa]

Heya Everyone

Lately my male dwarf gouramis have lost their colour and are the same colour as the females. Theyre in a 100L with a few harlequins, a golden algae eater some glass cats and kuhli loaches. I do regular weekly water changes

I fed a lot of frozen bloodworms over the last week and one male has got his colour back but the other is rather lathargic and hangs around at the surface or under a plant. He still comes out to feed and is getting a fair share.

I thought it might be something to do with ph or something so i got my ph measured and its 7.4 . I read though that they like 6.5 - 7.5. so should his be a problem? I have some peat which i can add to the filter if need be.

All help is appreciated

Thanks in Advance

[evilknieval69]

pH of 7.4 should be sweet, as long as its stable Thats the most important part. How long have they been off colour? may be just a phase they are going through, otherwise could have some sort of disease. Cant realy treat until you know what it is though. Got a quarantine tank? Added any new fish lately? water parameters sweet? How old are they? dwarf g's quite often dont have the strongest genes so could be a bit weak?? HTH

[Fishkeepa]

thanks Evil

the Ph has always been 7.4 i dont monitor it that regularily ussually every two weeks.

They've been off colour for a week. All the other fish are fine. No new fish. waters all sweet. Hopefully will come right.

[sharn]

perhaps the alpha is the brightest and the less dominant ones are fading? id do a couple extra water changes to see if that has any effect