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my female powderblue gouramis scales seem to be coming off in one spot. there are no fish that are aggressive enough in the tank to create a wound. there was one male PB one male standard dwarf and one male pearl. now i moved the male dwarf to another tank.

is this a disease or wound that will heal?

judz,

I think that what I predicted in your [link=Other Thread]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/General%20Freshwater/63382.html?200508240635" style="COLOR: #ff6633[/link] has happened. To quote the essential message:

“I was reading this morning that Gouramies (all of them) actually are very territorial and can get into nasty fights with each other when they feel their space is in danger. I don’t know if that is true, I only had one. You might want to keep an eye on that as well. It might not have happened yet because the situation is still so new for the fish.”

I think your fish have settled and the territory fight started. Now, this doesn’t mean that one fish must have actually bitten of the scales; it could have happed when the fish “ran away” and he hit something in the tank with full force.

I think you should treat the fish with an anti-fungal medicine to avoid secondary infections.

Can I be sure of this prediction: No - so keep an eye on all other fish (also their behavior) and make sure they don’t loose scales as well.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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will it heal.
and i thought gouramis arent territorial towards the females. and will the pearl be territorial towards both the male and female PwdBlue