Holy Hell

crabcake · 01-07-2004, 09:37 PM

What the heck is wrong with my gourami? It's bloated to all get out ... (about triple it's normal width) ... it used to be an orange-ish color, and now it's pink.

There aren't any other gourami's in the tank any more, so I don't think it's knocked up. Any clues?

Pics attached.

crabcake · 01-07-2004, 09:38 PM

*mainman* ^(Premo) · 01-07-2004, 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by crabcake
What the heck is wrong with my gourami? It's bloated to all get out ... (about triple it's normal width) ... it used to be an orange-ish color, and now it's pink. There aren't any other gourami's in the tank any more, so I don't think it's knocked up. Any clues?

Pics attached.

Very important question!!!

Has tater been alone with this fish at all lately?

crabcake · 01-07-2004, 09:41 PM

crabcake · 01-07-2004, 09:43 PM

i didn't get a good focus on these pics (on the fish) but you can see well enough to know that this ain't right ... I went

when I saw it. A gourami is usually about as "thick" as an small-mid-sized angel fish (at least mine were).

huntr1 · 01-07-2004, 09:44 PM

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Originally posted by mainman
Very important question!!!

Has tater been alone with this fish at all lately?

*cattitude* ^(Premo) · 01-07-2004, 09:47 PM

looky here - helpful ??

tater · 01-07-2004, 09:55 PM

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Originally posted by mainman
Very important question!!!

Has tater been alone with this fish at all lately?

Nah, i woulda hit the pleco a lick instead anyway. Gourami is still wayyy too small

I did put some deer jerky in the tank last night though. Wonder if that's his problem

*cattitude* ^(Premo) · 01-07-2004, 09:56 PM

The link I posted talked specifically about a swollen abdomen and a pinkish color....it didn't sound good....did you read it?

crabcake · 01-07-2004, 10:17 PM

I read the article (and bookmarked it for future reference) ... the fish has that raised scales thing going on they mentioned too. As horrible as this sounds, I'm not going to be terribly upset if he goes ... I want to get rid of these fish (tetras, angel fish, etc.) to move my cichlids to this tank. But it freaked me out when I saw it ... at first, I didn't even know that it was the gourami.

It looks like, if you just tapped it, he'd explode!

01-07-2004, 09:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
cattitude ^(Premo) My Sweetest Boy Member Since: Mar 2002 Posts: 33,585	looky here - helpful ?? __________________ The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. - Emile Zola Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden
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01-07-2004, 09:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
cattitude ^(Premo) My Sweetest Boy Member Since: Mar 2002 Posts: 33,585	The link I posted talked specifically about a swollen abdomen and a pinkish color....it didn't sound good....did you read it? __________________ The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. - Emile Zola Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden
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01-07-2004, 10:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
crabcake ~~~~~~~~~~~ Member Since: Aug 2003 Location: Gettin' my biatch on Posts: 36,676	thx catt I read the article (and bookmarked it for future reference) ... the fish has that raised scales thing going on they mentioned too. As horrible as this sounds, I'm not going to be terribly upset if he goes ... I want to get rid of these fish (tetras, angel fish, etc.) to move my cichlids to this tank. But it freaked me out when I saw it ... at first, I didn't even know that it was the gourami. It looks like, if you just tapped it, he'd explode! __________________ If you can't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.
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