Gold Gourami Fish Care – Tank Mates & Size
Aquarium gold Gourami Fish Care can be difficult at times. These fish can get pretty aggressive. Make sure they are fed well with a quality food.
Plus some more fish topics:
Hey guys, so we’ve been treating my brothers fish for fin rot. It’s not getting any better and not really getting worse..I’m starting to wonder if it’s something other than fin rot because it’s only the one fin affected. He’s fine other than that.
It looks like a tumor to me, I’ve never had to deal with one so I can’t give you any other advice but to keep doing what you are doing. some guy tried to tell me that bettas look lost in 10 gallon tanks and that cluttering them up to make them feel secure is pointless and you should just put them in a smaller tank. show me your 10+ gallons to prove otherwise!
Mine sat in car for the better of 9 hours in their cups that they came in. I had them in a styrofoam cooler with a blanket and those heat pack hand warmers. I have to move to vegas next march and I’m wondering what I can do to transport all my fishes + Andy ( my betta). I just drove 12 hours,
What I did was I packed my boys into transport bags (leave air at the top!) , put those little hand warmer things you can get for mitts between them( wrapped in a face cloth so they wouldn’t burn. ) then put them in a large Tupperware so they wouldn’t roll around while driving and covered it with a towel to insulate as well as keep it dark and quiet for them so they wouldn’t stress too much.
I got cups from petsmart and mine made it from my apartment to my moms house in a three hr thirty min car ride (s/o to bad weather and traffic as it is only a 1hr 40 min drive usually). I have sand in 4/5 of my current tanks.
For me personally sand it the way to go, depending on the color it looks cleaner and more ‘orderly’ I guess. I never have a problem with cleaning my sand tanks, because all of the crud usually just sits on top.
If you buy sand from a petstore a quick rinse should suffice and shouldn’t cloud up your tank really at all. Almost aquascapes usher sand as their top layer over soil because it does a great job as a barrier for the soil. only live plants. Java fern and java moss. Nothing added to my water. This pic here is from when i put them in the tank in june. As u can see in the other pic all the growth. I have a led light that came with the tank. And right now i have 6 new growths.
cool! So do you just leave them out of the sand? I have gravel and I add a little plant food stuff to the water but tbh the ones I have aren’t great. They are growing though but really tall and skinny and not really growing out at all. Tbh I’m not even sure what they are so I may get rid and start again with partly established plants from a pet shop or garden centre in the new year.
I think I am definitely going to have a play around after Christmas and maybe try something new. I didn’t used to like planted tanks but the more I see them the more I am falling in love with them. Heard that it is not suitble for live plants. I have one tank with sand and mostly anubias in it (tied to driftwoods). Some of roots get in the sand and seem to rot… That is why I do planted tanks with soil and fine gravel.
I clean it was same as I would gravel… stir it around, let it get sucked into the “vacuum” part of my Python but not the tubing. It doesn’t really get sucked all the way up or anything. Play sand is kind of the worst kind to use because it’s so light that it get disturbed easily (gets stuck in filter, looks cloudy, etc after water changes). Also the particles are so small that it’s not as good for plants as pool sand. Just for future reference.
Many, many, many reasons. Ranging from not liking sand to having a fish that would eat that sand and become sick. Sand isn’t the only substrate you can use.
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