I have a dwarf powder blue gourami who was unfortunately housed with a bunch of fish who were dumped on me.
I was unable to rehome the unwanted fish for about 2-3 weeks so the gourami had to live with them. I monitored it very closely though and he seemed okay until the DAY before I removed the unwanted dumped fishies.
He has almost a little scratch by his nose (healing now), but everything else looked okay. I came home today and he is missing part of his ventral fin (I hope this is the right name, I looked it up and thats what I found out it was called lol, the little "feeler" things on either side). Anyhow, part of one is gone. I have no idea if this is because of the other fish that are now gone? Or if any of the fish who are left could have done this?
The tank is basically empty at this point. All plants have been pulled until this weekend when I can spend time redoing the tank. The only thing in there is a large piece of driftwood.
The gourami's tank mates right now are 9 neon tetras, 3 red eye tetras, and 1 baby balloon molly. It's been with ALL of these fish since it was introduced to my tank months ago. The only newbies are the red eye tetras (who were part of the fish that were dumped on me, but I decided to keep them bc I read they would be okay in my tank).
Sooo, A) what can I do for my gourami? Should I treat the tank? Should I let him be? Will he die because of this? I know they are extremely sensitive...
B) Are any of the fish in there right now NOT a good combo? I figured I'd be okay but maybe the red eye's did something. I know the molly should technically be in brackish but I've had him since he was born and I really love that fish.
Thank as always for your WONNNNDERFUL advice!
<3
I was unable to rehome the unwanted fish for about 2-3 weeks so the gourami had to live with them. I monitored it very closely though and he seemed okay until the DAY before I removed the unwanted dumped fishies.
He has almost a little scratch by his nose (healing now), but everything else looked okay. I came home today and he is missing part of his ventral fin (I hope this is the right name, I looked it up and thats what I found out it was called lol, the little "feeler" things on either side). Anyhow, part of one is gone. I have no idea if this is because of the other fish that are now gone? Or if any of the fish who are left could have done this?
The tank is basically empty at this point. All plants have been pulled until this weekend when I can spend time redoing the tank. The only thing in there is a large piece of driftwood.
The gourami's tank mates right now are 9 neon tetras, 3 red eye tetras, and 1 baby balloon molly. It's been with ALL of these fish since it was introduced to my tank months ago. The only newbies are the red eye tetras (who were part of the fish that were dumped on me, but I decided to keep them bc I read they would be okay in my tank).
Sooo, A) what can I do for my gourami? Should I treat the tank? Should I let him be? Will he die because of this? I know they are extremely sensitive...
B) Are any of the fish in there right now NOT a good combo? I figured I'd be okay but maybe the red eye's did something. I know the molly should technically be in brackish but I've had him since he was born and I really love that fish.
Thank as always for your WONNNNDERFUL advice!
<3
