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Hi everyone, Just a quick update to let you know that Tommy passed to better life. The antibiotic did the trick initially, Tommy had stopped eating but after 3 doses he started again, but in the last couple of days he got worse again and the died. I had him for over 1 year and we fought a few...

Hi guys, Well things were OK a couple of weeks back but last week Tommy started to get worse again, and the female boesemans also show some sort of lump under the scales, so I've started Metronidazole again (both in food and directly in the water) 4 days back. Last time I added metro to the...

I think it is the same algae. It is on virtually everything, in particular live plants, rocks (I think that is artificial) and gravel. It is all the same type, the 2 pictures look different just because of the light, the first is on the rock, the second on the plant and the last one on the...

Wow Sherryazure!! I've almost gone on information overload (lol). Jokes apart thanks a lot for all these useful links, I'll have a better look at those tonight. Meanwhile to answer Cerianthus and Mel questions: No I'm not mixing meds, just metronidazole, that I've now stopped on the 8th...

I'm very perplex... Tommy is much better today but my second thick lipped gourami just departed... yesterday it didn't look in great shape, now in about 30 minutes it started to slow down the breathing frequency, started to lie on the bottom of the tank and being unable to go up for a gulp of...

OK let me give you a quick update. I've been giving metronidazole to all fish in the tank for 6 consecutive days, last day was yesterday. I've also added the antibiotic in the tank every second day 250mg the first day, 400 the second and 500 the third (400mg would be the dose for a 80lt of...

Well I can just confirm that Mel helped me too in the past :) And anyway Cerianthus I appreciate that direct experience is the best, but one doesn't necessarily need to experiment everything in person, I wouldn't stick my fingers in the power socket to check if it really hurts. Anyway you...

Mel, Cerianthus, thanks a lot again for your suggestions, and please don't fight for me ;-) Actually great drawing Cerianthus! To answer your question: The last fish that died because of the lumps was the female precox that I had to euthanase on July the 27th before leaving on holiday (at that...

Cerianthus, can you explain me what makes you think it is not microsporidia protozoan infestation? One thing is sure, 3 fish died with the same lumps, must be something infectious. I had the gourami for 10 months now and the PH has been stable at 7.9, all other parameters have been fine since...

Hi Mel, The poo looks as usual. I'll add the metro in the water later today. And I'll keep the water pristine to avoid the spores spread. It is a 95 lt. (~25 gallons) tank and excluding Tommy I now have 1 thick lipped gourami, 5 silver tipped tetra, 2 cherry barb, 2 boeseman's rainbow. There...

Hi Ceriantus, First of all I'll answer your questions: 1: No drop of PH, stable at the usual 7.9 2: Ammonia and Nitrites read 0, I haven't checked nitrates 3: No, but I had changed the Filter, I lost the media in the old one but didn't hover the gravel to leave plenty of bacteria, anyway...

And finally the pictures:

I've finally received my luggage today, so got the metronidazole (flagyl), estimated the weight of my dwarf gourami to be between 7 and 10 grams (couldn't find useful info in internet on how to do this, do you know any web site? I've estimated the volume of the fish), but then decided that I'll...

Hi guys, Unfortunately I fear I will be soon able to take those autopsy pictures :( Sorry for not touching base for so long, it has been a quite hectic time and I'm also just back from a 1 month long holiday :) Just before going on holiday at the end of July I had to euthanase my last dwarf...

Thanks Mel! Quick update from me. No news about the metro I've ordered 5 days ago :( The precox is still in main tank (and the wife complains about the empty QT running for the sake of it). The lumps are more or less of the same size, the coloration looks to me slightly duller.. but it may be...

Hi guys, thanks a lot again for your recommendation :) As you know I've just started fish keeping (almost 8 months now) and I have a lot to learn, I know there are a lot of very knowledgeable people in this forum very helpful and friendly, this is why I dear to ask for your help. I'm doing some...

Glad to hear it is planaria, I've just check it out on the web and I see it is quite normal and doesn't harm the fish, however it could mean I do overfeed... I'm feeding twice a day, usually frozen food in the morning and some flakes in the evening, my fish finish everything in a couple of...

Actually I just spotted 4 of these in my tank (and managed to remove 2), this one in the photo was about 1 cm. long (1/3"), I'm wondering if there is a relation with the lumps.... I'm going to check all types of parasites later today and what I need to do to get rid of those.

No major progress so far, still waiting for metro to come through (as I was at it I also ordered Erythromycin, that should maracyn active ingredient, but couldn't get monocycline, maracyn II, for that one I really needed prescription), as I mentioned as a precautionary measure for the other fish...

Thanks Mel :) I found this in an UK online pharmacy: http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/metronidazole-tablet-500mg_4_15350.html I'm suppose to have a prescription for it but I seem to be able to get to the payment step... I'm going to give it a shot, I hope I will not be jailed for this :) I also...