On a more serious note

Sorry about the volume of posts I've been making if anyone has noticed, but this is a more serious one.

I've noticed one of my honey gourami has strange discoloration on her tail fin and partially on her analfin. They look like large white circles (not ich). It also looks she's losing color from tail to halfway up her body. Other then that she's eating and acting normal and no other fish are affected by whatever she has. Parameters are good.

She houses with 1 dwarf ACF, 2 platys, 2 corys, 1 other gourami and a betta.

 

Hi, no need to apologize. What are the exact parameters and what test kit are you using? Welcome to fishlore!

 

API master test kit.
ph=7.1 nitrite=0 nitrate 22ppm ammonia=0

 

What size tank? And when did you notice this?

 

15 gallon. Noticed it last weekend.

 

Are those eggspots?

 

I don't think so. Here are close ups

 

I would say this is completely natural.
Many fish can change their couloration slightly as they mature.

 

HI Cat
Could be normal but please be vigilant and don't discount stress.
While a fish my seem to act ok there are are chemical changes that occur within the fish that we cannot see with our eyes.

Stress factors in your case may be incompatibly tank mates.
Example, possibly the betta, other gourami and the frog.

To my knowledge there is no such thing as a Dwarf African Clawed Frog.
There are African Dwarf Frogs.
Webbing between toes on all four flippers. They stay small

African Clawed Frogs can get rather large. There is webbing between the toes of the hind flippers only. The front flippers will not have webbing.

Both are carnivores but your Honey would have nothing to fear from an an ADF.
However as an ACF grows older it's likely he will want to try eat your fish.
Don't know if an ACF could actually fit a Honey in t's mouth but I'd be worried if something was eyeing me as a tasty morsel.

Since both are sold as babies in the stores it's often hard to tell the difference.

Anyway, as I say all that, like ThaI Aquarium owner said, it may be nothing but since there are some concerns please keep a close eye on them.

 

Agreed, probably stress. Bettas and gouramis often fight with each other, but honey gouramis are more timid than other gouramis and more easily stressed.

 

I think my gouramis are a pair because I got together and they never leave each others side. I'll put the pair in a tank and keep an eye on the "stressed" one and see if there are any changes.

 

I think my gouramis are a pair because I got together and they never leave each others side. I'll put the pair in a tank and keep an eye on the "stressed" one and see if there are any changes.

In a separate tank? What species is the other one?

 

They're both honey gourami.