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All my Sewellia look the same, now i think, their all females, can anyone tell the sex from this picture?



The nubs on the Pectoral fins look like the fences mentioned on the species page but the head shape seems to be female?

What type of loach, size of tank, how many other fish, what are your water stats?

Also read the ich sticky above which holds almost everything you need to know about whitespot.

Thought i'd add some pictures of my fish.. i mean they look fine to me?

Are they rubbing off objects in the tank at all? I have wcmm and glowlight danios which have been "itchy" since i got them. Diana suggested velvet could be the cause but my fish seem healthy?

If it's low level velvet which isn't causing too much of an issue, would a UV steriliser be a good thing rather than medicating?

Ok, just wanted to make sure as i didn't know how big your tank was.

Don't giant gourami get HUGE... IE you need at least 500Gal if i remember correctly?

Surely velvet would of had more of an impact by now? I haven't medicated in months.

Which species? I'm not sure of any Rhino's which get over about 4 inches?

If you have moved items and kicked up some sediment then it could be an ammonia spike, do an ammonia test and as above some water changes. If it is, antibiotics are the last thing you want...

Thought i'd put an update, my WCMM's are still doing it, I have fairly soft water could this cause the issue? The fish seem happy in every other way and are breeding too.

Sorry to drag up an old thread (very old!) i had a question but this answered one and i wasn't sure if i should make a new thread or just bring back this Zombie...

But Gastromyzon... Would that be Gass-tro-my-zon or Gass-trom-uzon?

Hmm, well its a new AC50 which is using the default black adapter cut to fit the 22mm tubing. I'm using the sucker glass attachment but it’s just a constant low frequency hum.

I've tried moving things a bit and re sticking it but no difference.

Would the vibration bother the fish?

I'm looking to get some for my hillstream tank, so i think they should be fine in a decent flow.

I've used NOVO tabs with my Sewellia and they will fend off my minnows and feed from them.