Fish Swimming Sideways Kissing

May 21, 2012 - I've got a 29 gallon freshwater tank. In it, I have two kissing gouramis, three platys, and two guppies. I've had the gouramis for about five days now... one of them is significantly larger and more plump than the other, and seems to be the dominant fish between the two. For the past two days, the smaller one has been floating at the surface of the water. I know it isn't because it sometimes snaps out of it and then swims for a few seconds but then returns to its floating position at...

May 10, 2012 - Hello, my kissing gourami is very sick. I noticed he had Ich today and i moved him to another tank, however, hes been behaving strangely. Hes lost alot of color, his skin is so transperant near his head area that i can see his insides, hes sleeping sideways (normally sleeps upright) and hes "gasping" a lot. He is sleeping way too much. (i call it sleeping cuz its what he does when he normally sleeps, goes to bottom of tank and blanks out till lights come on in morning. When he wakes up after...

May 19, 2012 - Best Answer: It could be the nitrate and all that other stuff in the water. Or the temp of the water. Your fish isn't doing well and it might , you...