rhapsody32
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Hi everyone,
I have a honey gourami in a 10 gallon with 6 galaxy rasboras. I noticed a week or two ago that he had a bit of a swollen swim bladder, but thought it was normal and I had just not noticed that it looked like that before. He was acting normal, eating and being very responsive when I approached the tank. He started sitting on the ground a few days ago, but was still active as well and ate when I fed him. I moved him into a different tank two days ago so there was less competition for food.
He was eating yesterday as well. Unfortunately, I was barely at home due to work and only saw him in the evenings. Today, he has very obvious troubles swimming. I moved him into a small container that floats inside the tank, added aquarium salt and increased the temperature to 26 degrees (from 24). Inside the tank he was still upright and sitting inbetween the plants for support, now he is in the little container on his side and not moving at all. This makes me think that it is already too late, but I still want to try help him.
Occassionally, I have seen some stringy poo on both honey gouramis (a male and female, but they usually live in separate tanks), so maybe it is an internal parasite? I wanted to head to my LFS now and see if they have a medication. Any recommendations what I should focus on getting to help him?
I also have a sick-ish galaxy rasbora in the tank. He developed a bulge on his side which popped open a few weeks ago and left a bit of a hole (https://www.fishforums.net/threads/bump-or-pimple-on-cpd.459251/#post-3895454) . No idea what that is either, but he is acting fine and even sparrs with the domiant galaxy, but maybe it is related to the swim bladder problems of my honey?
Thanks everyone in advance!
I have a honey gourami in a 10 gallon with 6 galaxy rasboras. I noticed a week or two ago that he had a bit of a swollen swim bladder, but thought it was normal and I had just not noticed that it looked like that before. He was acting normal, eating and being very responsive when I approached the tank. He started sitting on the ground a few days ago, but was still active as well and ate when I fed him. I moved him into a different tank two days ago so there was less competition for food.
He was eating yesterday as well. Unfortunately, I was barely at home due to work and only saw him in the evenings. Today, he has very obvious troubles swimming. I moved him into a small container that floats inside the tank, added aquarium salt and increased the temperature to 26 degrees (from 24). Inside the tank he was still upright and sitting inbetween the plants for support, now he is in the little container on his side and not moving at all. This makes me think that it is already too late, but I still want to try help him.
Occassionally, I have seen some stringy poo on both honey gouramis (a male and female, but they usually live in separate tanks), so maybe it is an internal parasite? I wanted to head to my LFS now and see if they have a medication. Any recommendations what I should focus on getting to help him?
I also have a sick-ish galaxy rasbora in the tank. He developed a bulge on his side which popped open a few weeks ago and left a bit of a hole (https://www.fishforums.net/threads/bump-or-pimple-on-cpd.459251/#post-3895454) . No idea what that is either, but he is acting fine and even sparrs with the domiant galaxy, but maybe it is related to the swim bladder problems of my honey?
Thanks everyone in advance!