February 24, 200422 yr comment_14576 just a question regaring whether a dwarf gorami is a sensitive fish. Last nite i did our first water change after introducing this fish and he was darting about the tank then once the change was complete and ph levels etc tested, he began to list over to one side, almost laying on his side on the bottom of the tank, then would dart across the tank and anytime a fish came within a few centimetres he would bolt across the tank away from them , i thought he was going to die so turned the lights off and covered the tank hoping that he would not die, and this morning he was fine!! Are goramis prone to stress from water changes or is there another explanation to this weird behaviour. We have a pearl gorami, some harlequins, a butterfly ram and a pleco in the tank and none of them have had disputes Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14590 I have always found them sensitive but others have had no problems with them. Does that make them SNAGs? Sensitive New Age Gouramis? :lol: Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14596 hevalump, Just about everyone I know who bought a pair of Dwarf Gouramis has lost one or the other within a day or two of purchase. Once they've settled in they seem pretty hardy. Andrew. Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14597 ive got a male and female dwf gourami....and ive just done my first water change for since ive had the tank set up (mid january) and both seem fine...infact all my fish seem fine... i got my pair of dwarfs only two weeks after the tank was set up...i only had a small problem with the male...he was really vicous at first...attacking the female and zebra danios...but he calmed down a lot lately...he just swims around showing of his bright colours...he really is an amazing fish...but my female is also very pretty...silver....with irregular patterns of shiny blue scales say do you have anymore gouramis??? sumo Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14602 ive got a male and female dwf gourami....and ive just done my first water change for since ive had the tank set up (mid january) and both seem fine...infact all my fish seem fine... i got my pair of dwarfs only two weeks after the tank was set up...i only had a small problem with the male...he was really vicous at first...attacking the female and zebra danios...but he calmed down a lot lately...he just swims around showing of his bright colours...he really is an amazing fish...but my female is also very pretty...silver....with irregular patterns of shiny blue scales say do you have anymore gouramis??? sumo wow, you mean you have never done a water change since mid-january? Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14607 well...most people told me to not do a water change for about 1-2 months...as i was setting it up...so i left ir for about 1 month and a half was that too long or something???? sumo Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14611 Yeah, that's about 1.5 months too long, especially during cycling. Report
February 25, 200422 yr Author comment_14624 yeah im keen on gorami, they are really little characters. I reacon the water change stressed my fish.... so would it be a good idea in future to remove him from the tank while changing water... my other pearl gorami wasnt at all phased by the change, so it just might be this little bloke. Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14630 It can be a good idea not to change too much during cycling, but nothing for 1.5 months is a bit excessive! Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14635 removing your gourami while you do a water change would probably cause it more stress. Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14637 I agree with Caryl. Do you vacuum the gravel when you did the water change? If you do just take it easy. Some of my fish tend to get in the way when i vacuum gravel trying to get at the debris as its sucked up the tube :evil: Some fish seem to take longer than others to get used to strange non aquatic organisms rummaging around in their environment. Report
February 25, 200422 yr Author comment_14639 yeah it could possibly be the vacume that "offended" the Gorami, it a rather wide tubular vacume and i have seen ones that resemble a normal "floor" vacumes shape, wide but flatter.... and being a bit of a novice i aint exactly fluent in the water changing process......... anyway, ill try to take it easy and get a new vacume maybe. Report
February 25, 200422 yr comment_14640 I wouldn't worry about what the end of the vacuum is like, sometimes I find its a bit easier to manoeuvre the narrower ones though. I'm sure you can find better things to spend money on! Report
February 26, 200422 yr Author comment_14644 Like fish!! heh heh, no im looking at another tank to poss do cichlids. Small cichlids like my butterfly ram the south american ones......... so there goes more dollars. Report
February 26, 200422 yr comment_14647 heva how much water did you change,%. To much new water would stress them out. & during cycling should do weekly changes of small amounts, not do none 1- 2 months. Bad information given there. Frenchy Report
February 26, 200422 yr comment_14648 I'm of the opinion that you should do a lot of water changes while cycling, better to keep ammonia and nitrite levels low and just live with a slightly longer cycle than have a short cycle that kills fish. That being said, I haven't even bothered with checking for ammonia when setting up new tanks in ages. Just transfer some gravel or media from another tank and call it good. Report
February 26, 200422 yr Author comment_14650 i would of done no more than 1/3........... yeah i do intend to change it frequently.... like once a week maybe...... or once every 10 days depending Report
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