Bloat?

Stingraey

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Honey Guorami is sick. Still swimming and acting fine but his tummy is bloated. One side more than the other.
Please help me identify what is wrong with him. Is it Bloat?
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Size of tank in gallons or litres?
How many fish and which type?
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph?
What do you feed your fish?

Poor thing.
You will have to feel the swollen area on the fish, to see if you can feel any lumps beneath the skin. Check if the swollen area feels hard and solid, or soft.
What does the fish waste look like when the fish goes to the toilet?
Are the scales lifting in the swollen area?
Any red streaking on body or fins?
Check the anus of the fish to see if it's enlarged, or red and inflamed?
 
Size of tank in gallons or litres? 26L
How many fish and which type? 1 dwarf gourami. 1 dwarf coral blue gourami. 1 honey gourami. 1 kissing gourami. 4 guppies. 2 balloon mollies. 1 juli cat fish
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph?no idea at the moment. no kits present
What do you feed your fish? flake & blood worms. lately they ate molly fry

You will have to feel the swollen area on the fish, to see if you can feel any lumps beneath the skin. Check if the swollen area feels hard and solid, or soft.
- its between hard and soft. i can squeeze it and it goes in a bit but feels like there might be fluid in the or something. the scales felt rough when i was touching him. :/
What does the fish waste look like when the fish goes to the toilet? its red
Are the scales lifting in the swollen area? doesnt look like it
Any red streaking on body or fins? no not at all
Check the anus of the fish to see if it's enlarged, or red and inflamed? not red or inflamed
 
Your tanks overstocked i'm afraid.

Gouramis need to be kept in at least a 25 gallon tank. Some types of gouramis need even larger tanks.

Also cory need to be kept in groups of 3. Need to be in a least a 10 gallon tank.
Guppys, and mollies also need to be 10 gallon tanks due to being active fish.

Take a sample of your water to the LFS for testing. Ask them to write the readings down for you.
Also I would recommend investing in some liquid test kits of your own.

Immediate water change.
Also I would advise reducing your fish stock.
I would keep the mollies, guppys. Think about rehoming the rest.

The sick fish.
Epson salt baths to reduce the swelling.
Internal bacteria med.
Feed some shelled peas.

Improve the fish diet with frozen foods like brime shrimp, daphnia.
Veg like, broc, spinach, green cabbage, sprouts, peas.

Don't over feed bloodworms as they can cause bloating.
 

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