Fin Rot or Fungus?

Just as we thought the peacefulness over the past few months would have continued, one of our male guppies Golden started to have part of its tail rotting away, leaving reddish marks on those broken parts. It was unlike anything that we have seen before as fin rot usually leaves the tail split open.
Anyway, for [...]

White spots?

Just when we were glad that our two gouramis are happily together as a pair, we noticed that there were some white spots on the new gourami. To prevent him from passing the virus to the other fishes (especially Nemo since they are of the same species), I quickly set up the hospital tank and [...]

Gouramis’ Turn Now…

Just as we are recovering over our loss of the Albino Corydoras (see Another Rested in Peace…), we observed our two Gouramis — Fiesty and Nemo, behaving weirdly too.
I have noticed that Fiesty stopped building his bubblenest (and thus no mating between them), and both are having a bloated stomach. Nemo continued to feast on the [...]

Cory’s Update

Here is the latest photo of the sick Albino Corydoras:

He looks a lot paler and has more blood streaks on his body, especially at his facial area.
Cat has dropped a food pellet for him but he did not seem interested and have been in the ’stoned’ state since then…

Recurring Diseases…

Just when we thought our Albino Corydoras are happily re-united (see Reunions) after one of them contracted Epistylus (see Epistylus and Sick Cory…), the same Cory started showing weird symptoms again.
I have noticed a slightly bloated stomach, popping eyes (not sure) and his pectoral fins and whiskers having some red streaks. When I first saw it on Tuesday [...]