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Good day all,
i have a dwarf gourami that is developing a green or tourquoise color behind it's eyes, on the gills and leading down to it's bottom fin. i've had the gourami for 3 days now, and i wonder if maybe he had something when i got him. does anyone know what this is?

TIA
dave


ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

Water Parameters
eh, i don't have the exact parameters, but 2 fish stores have said the water is in great condition after their strip tests.

Tank Information

Tank Size 28 gal. about 15x28x20
Stock List 2 male dwarf gouramis
Fish size for larger fish each about 2 inches, maybe a tad more.
Filtration top fin power filter 40

Welcome to FishProfiles! To me it sounds like your fish is doing well and is becoming healthier and is coloring up. I am not familiar with a disease that develops these colours.

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I agree. DGs have all sorts of crazy morphs now, and it doesn't surprise me any more if their body parts start randomly turning teal.

Welcome to FP.

gonna have to agree with shinigami and joe. fish's colors can brighten up considerbly after spending just a few days in a proper tank. and welcome to fp!

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are you serious? lol. well maybe i'll have to take some pics to show you. my old digital hit the fan, so i'm going to get another here soon. haha, i'm still a bit worried, but that's me.

Sound to me like new colors developing too, I have been in the hobby for over 18 years and have never heard of deseases with these kind of colors.

17 years experience with freshwater.

Once we got our tank straightened out, our Dwarf Gourami coloured up, and is now prettier than anything I have seen in our LFS!

55G -5x Bosemani, 3x Emerald Cory,3x Red Rainbow, 3x Turquoise Rainbow. 20G-Empty. 10G -4x Danio 3x Cory Fry 1 Gold Mystery Snail. 10G- 1x CAE, 2x Tetra 1x ADF

yea, they seem to be doing fine. the other one i have is coloring up too.

but one of them got injured somehow. It looks like he tried to squeeze through something and clipped part of the top fin off, and has a scrap about 3 mm below the top fin. I'm not sure what happened. i know the aggressive one would push the other one around a lot, so i don't know if he did something. i have since added 6 tiger barbs to the tank, and that has seemed to help out, as there is no longer just one fish to bully around.

do fins grow back, and scraps heal?

Fins do grow back and scrapes do heal - that's a good thing about fish, they are pretty good at regenerating lost tissue. Just watch it to make sure it doesn't develop a bacterial or fungal infection. Adding Melafix will help prevent infection.

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the scrape is healing, and i believe the fin is growing back. it's hard to tell exactly, unless he's spreading it open. whew.

thanks guys (and gals?)