Chris3621
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1. Water parameters. (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, PH, temp', Hardness etc)
PH 6.8 -7; ammonia 0; nitrate 0ppm; nitrite 0ppm; temperature 80
2. A full description of the fishes symptoms.
Tank and community is 8 months old. All have been healthy and friendly. Last month I went away for a week and had someone come in to feed my fish. When I got home one gourami looked completly starved (skinny, not moving, laid on the bottom of tank - I kept thinking he was dead) and the other looked bigger - but not bloated. After about 7 days of being in a salted hospital tank, the skinny guy came back to life, started eating, swimming again. I put him back in the tank after another 7 days. He was active, eating and interacted with other gourami. Meanwhile, the big goruami seemed to be getting bigger.
About a week later, I found the carcass of the skinny guy (looks like he was eaten). By now, my other gourami was really getting big. But she was still eating, swimming and seemed fine. I thought she was pregnant or just bloated maybe based on pictures. I tried giving peas but she will not eat. BUT today I woke up and she is huge and now just laying on her side at the top of the tank. I have put her in a hospital tank with episome salt. The anus is red and maybe bleeding and there looks like there is something coming out of it (red/black). There is no pine coneing. Very smooth body still. So from start to finish it has been about 3 weeks since all this started
I am in Canada so can not get antibodics
I think it might be too late for my second gourami. She is floating at top most of the time on her side. But I wanted to check. Is there something else I can try? If not, is there a humane way to euthanize her?
Any thought on what just killed both of my gouramis with two very different symptoms?
3. How often you do water changes and how much. 20% weekly
4. Any chemicals and treatments you add to the water. just conditioner
5. What tank mates are in the tank. 2 honey gouramis, 5 cardinal tetras, 3 juli corys
6. Tank size. 20g
7. Finally Have you recently added any new fish? no
PH 6.8 -7; ammonia 0; nitrate 0ppm; nitrite 0ppm; temperature 80
2. A full description of the fishes symptoms.
Tank and community is 8 months old. All have been healthy and friendly. Last month I went away for a week and had someone come in to feed my fish. When I got home one gourami looked completly starved (skinny, not moving, laid on the bottom of tank - I kept thinking he was dead) and the other looked bigger - but not bloated. After about 7 days of being in a salted hospital tank, the skinny guy came back to life, started eating, swimming again. I put him back in the tank after another 7 days. He was active, eating and interacted with other gourami. Meanwhile, the big goruami seemed to be getting bigger.
About a week later, I found the carcass of the skinny guy (looks like he was eaten). By now, my other gourami was really getting big. But she was still eating, swimming and seemed fine. I thought she was pregnant or just bloated maybe based on pictures. I tried giving peas but she will not eat. BUT today I woke up and she is huge and now just laying on her side at the top of the tank. I have put her in a hospital tank with episome salt. The anus is red and maybe bleeding and there looks like there is something coming out of it (red/black). There is no pine coneing. Very smooth body still. So from start to finish it has been about 3 weeks since all this started
I am in Canada so can not get antibodics
I think it might be too late for my second gourami. She is floating at top most of the time on her side. But I wanted to check. Is there something else I can try? If not, is there a humane way to euthanize her?
Any thought on what just killed both of my gouramis with two very different symptoms?
3. How often you do water changes and how much. 20% weekly
4. Any chemicals and treatments you add to the water. just conditioner
5. What tank mates are in the tank. 2 honey gouramis, 5 cardinal tetras, 3 juli corys
6. Tank size. 20g
7. Finally Have you recently added any new fish? no