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Brengun   Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007    | My dw gourami has this big long poop hanging this mornng. The red color is not unusual as I do feed them red fish flakes every morning. The fish does not seem to be ill or anything. Is he just to lazy to finish it off and drop the poop or is there something wrong with him?  |
 Posted 07-Apr-2008 00:50 |     |
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008   | I do not have gouramis, however other fish that I have had had had "long poop" I do not think that your fish is sick. |
| Posted 07-Apr-2008 04:07 |  |
keithgh      *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003  | I have the Opaline Gourami and I have never seen that. As you know mine get a wide and varied diet. Change it around a litle. Try some frozen blood worms and some food which has a roughage in it also the odd cooked green pea might also help. Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith  Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT?  VOTE NOW VOTE NOW |
| Posted 07-Apr-2008 07:06 | |
longhairedgit   Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005  | Is it just me or does his head look a little on the lumpy side, like theres tiny little oedemas under the scales, maybe hes caught a touch of something, bacterial or protozoan, they sometimes increase the output of cellulose making the poo tougher, longer and sometimes coated in mucous. |
| Posted 07-Apr-2008 10:43 |  |
| Brengun Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007 | Here's another shot from this morning on one of the rare occasions he was at the front of the tank. Most of the time he swims amongst the plants at the back of the tank.  |
| Posted 07-Apr-2008 14:13 | |
| Brengun Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007 | Hey, I looked closely today and that is a lump. He doesn't seem sick tho. Tell me its not a nest of parasites which will erupt like something from "Alien" and infect everything in the tank.  |
| Posted 08-Apr-2008 11:43 | |
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