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Yet, would you believe my male Gourami had actually built a bubble nest and spawned with the female in that filthy tank? How did they not get sick?

April 26, 2017actually believe BUBBLE built female filthy gourami Male nest spawned

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Yet, would you believe my male Gourami had actually built a bubble nest and spawned with the female in that filthy tank? How did they not get sick?

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<> Anyway, I did some aggressive water changes immediately (50-60% the first day) and over the next 4 or 5 days I continued with 50% changes. After I got the ammonia level down to 1 and Nitrites were at 0 (in addition: Nitrates 5, pH 6.4) the LFS suggested that I needed to establish a new cycle in this tank. Therefore, I was told to hold on the water changes for now and to just wait this cycle out. They told me watch my ammonia levels and to watch my fish’s behavior for any changes and do water changes if necessary. <> My fish have seemed fine, including the catfish. The ammonia had been holding at 1 since Sunday the 17th. I still didn’t like this. (OH…I’ve hardly fed my fish at all during this period. The gouramis got a whopping 1 fish flake each over 4 days–I’m weak.) <>