Bloated gourami fish

[a1wonder]

Both the pearl gourami and the 2 cosby appear quite bloated by the pectoral fin, and all appear very agressive at the moment towards each and other fish, they shared a tank together a week back while by 30was cycling. ammonia .2 ph 7.4 nitrite is at 10 I belive. The only chemical I use is stress coat and the water in both tanks usually is changes 10% every two days. All other fish appear fine

 

[a1wonder]

Just replaced 20%of the water to counter act that high bit of ammonia and turned off a buble wall which might have been givening them a bit of stress in both tanks.

 

[a1wonder]

Is there any medication I should be trying on the fish I'm really stumped...

 

[Bradder]

Hope somone else can provide some information to you, but in the meantime: What size is this tank, what were the readings after your water change (including nitrAtes), and what is the temperature?

If your nitrItes are 10ppm (ml/L) that seems very high; while any amonia is never good for fish, my recollection is that a reading of <.25 with a ph of 7.4 wouldn't necessarily be that critical. A nitrIte of 10 would be critical as would a super-high nitrAte. Could your tank be going through a mini-cycling?

If after the water change the numbers didn't drop to safer levels (in my mind <60 nitrAtes and <2 nitrItes), I would probably do another large water change to get the numbers down. I have also been told, numerous times, that additional areation can help fish handle higher nitrIte levels (as well as higher temperatures). Not sure if it is true but I usually follow the advice and keep the airstones running. If I thought it might be stressing the fish I would probably try to turn it sown to a minimum airflow rate before I would shut it off.

Good luck - and hope this helps until someone can give you better information.