Kissing Gourami's

[trout_pout]

Just bought some kissing gourami's and when i brought them home i noticed some white spots on their tails, about 3 - 6 spots on 2 out of 3 of them.
The store is shut and i have no medicine or anything for them, what shall i do? will the rest of the fish be ok till tomorrow morning??

 

[WILDER]

Do the spots look like sprinles oif salt, if so turn temp up and add some salt to the tank, if you have no scaless fish, and whitespot treatment if you have one.

 

[sylvia]

Turn the temp up to 83-4 deg F until you can get hold of some meds. but I hope you know the size kissers get to and have a large enough tank.

 

[trout_pout]

I have added some chems in, i think they are called meloflax deep blue, it turns the tanks water a drak blue colour, so much so i canno see the fish, itsays leave it like it for 7-14 days then insert the carbon filter and do a water change to get the normal colour back, that will kill any parasites within the tank.

 

[WILDER]

Good luck.

 

[trout_pout]

hmm, now my severen seems to have blue nostrils, i guess this could because of the colour of the water. Also it seems like he has sprinkles of exactly what was on the kissing gourami, it could very well be ich. someone was talking about a salt bath in an ice cream tub somewhere on this forum i think, would this be ok for my severen and if so how long

 

[WILDER]

If you have no scaless fish just add some salt to the tank instead, 1 tablespoon to 5 gallons.

 

[trout_pout]

dag nabbit i have cories and a pleco