White spot disease is caused by a parasite called Ichthyophthirius multifilis. This disease is also called Ick or occasionally Ich or Ichy. This disease is easily curable if it is caught early. If is is not treated, it can kill all the fish in your aquarium.

The Black Kuhli Loach, Pangio oblonga, is a close relative of the Kuhi loach. It is believed that in the wild this fish breeds in flooded forests. The forest floor may well have much organic debris from the trees and the baby loaches probably grow amongst these; feeding on the rich animal and vegetable food which would grows in this environment. This fish has been bred in an aquarium.

Sexing The male Dwarf Gouramis of all the colour variations are brightly coloured, while the females of most colour variations are relatively drab in appearance. However, the Coral Blue Dwarf Gourami is an exception to this in that the Female is also a beautiful Coral Blue colour and is scarcely inferior in colour to the male. The one thing common to all the colour variations is that the males all have some red on them while the females have almost no red.

Dwarf Gourami Iridovirus kills the Dwarf Gouramis slowly, sometimes taking as long as a year to kill them. The symptoms include wasting of the fish and there is little doubt that before this disease was identified, fish tuberculosis was blamed for some of the deaths from this virus. This virus may have become a problem because of the extensive inbreeding of this fish in Singapore.

I make sure that my fish have a good variety of different food. I certainly give them flakes, but also make a point of giving them food in other forms. One of the many forms that fish food is available is Algae wafers.