<snip>I noticed the problem in pandurinis that were wild-caught. Was the problem you noticed dropsy, or was it the death-without-physical-aberation problem I discussed yesterday. Tubifex/blackworms are routinely discussed as bad for many fish - I do not feed them to anything but corydoras and occasionally, killifish (without incident). <snip> I am growing a small quantity of pandurini babies and am waiting to see if this mysterious disease will catch up with them. How big are the babies right now? Let us know if you have problems later - I saw my problem when they reached 3/4 - 1" and were just beginning to clearly sex out. Tom