I have had this gourami for a couple of weeks now and it has been doing great. The last couple of days he has been acting a more sluggish than normal but today when I came home today it looks like one of his gills are missing. You can see flesh. The only thing in the tank w/ him is neon and rummy nose tetras and they don't go near him. Now he can't even stay up or swim. He just lays there and he looks close to death. I took him out and and tried to take a picture but they won't come out. Any ideas. It like his gill fell off overnight. It sucks. Please help. I don't all my other fish to die as well.
I think my new Gourami is on its death bed Help!
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Im sorry your gourami isn't doing well
Can you help us help you by adding some more information here? We need to know what your water conditions are, so the results of ammonia, nitrite, nitrate tests... As well as how long the tank has been set up, how big of a tank it is, when the last time was you did a water change and anything else you can tell us.
Can you help us help you by adding some more information here? We need to know what your water conditions are, so the results of ammonia, nitrite, nitrate tests... As well as how long the tank has been set up, how big of a tank it is, when the last time was you did a water change and anything else you can tell us.
I don't know if I'm colder than most, but I'd say cut your losses and flush him... They're cheap enough, and I'm not one who thinks that fish recover from traumatic circumstances.. You'll likely just be prolonging the unavoidable..
On top of that, I know that my water treatment plant empties out into a local river, and I'm sure my fish would be happier there than in my tanks...
On top of that, I know that my water treatment plant empties out into a local river, and I'm sure my fish would be happier there than in my tanks...
I had the same thing happen to one of my Gouramis. I had from for about a month and a half and he was perfectly fine. Then one day I noticed is was skinnier the normal and was acting very sluggish. After about a week he could barely move from the bottom. All my other fish were fine. I eventually just took him out and put in my a small tank buy himself in till he finally passed.
Thanks for the replies....
He died about an hour after my post. It's not a matter of it being a trematic lost or anything like that and yes he was cheap. I am more concerned w/ what he may have had and how that is going to affect my tank and the other fish. As I stated in my earlier post my neons and rummy noses are doing fine. Acting as normal. My water quality is good. Ammonia,nitrites =0 and my nitrates are .5 ppm. They are consistent as I stay on top of my frequent water changes. It was just weird how it was out of the blue. In the span of one day his gill was gone. It looked as though something took a chunk of it or something to that sort...just flesh. I asked the guy at the LFS and he said he had never heard of that especially since the only other fish I have are the neons and Rummynoses. Anyhow...I am lost as to what it was. I am going to do a water change tonight and another in a few days to try and get all that water out of there. Any suggestions or opinions are certainly welcomed! Thanks.
He died about an hour after my post. It's not a matter of it being a trematic lost or anything like that and yes he was cheap. I am more concerned w/ what he may have had and how that is going to affect my tank and the other fish. As I stated in my earlier post my neons and rummy noses are doing fine. Acting as normal. My water quality is good. Ammonia,nitrites =0 and my nitrates are .5 ppm. They are consistent as I stay on top of my frequent water changes. It was just weird how it was out of the blue. In the span of one day his gill was gone. It looked as though something took a chunk of it or something to that sort...just flesh. I asked the guy at the LFS and he said he had never heard of that especially since the only other fish I have are the neons and Rummynoses. Anyhow...I am lost as to what it was. I am going to do a water change tonight and another in a few days to try and get all that water out of there. Any suggestions or opinions are certainly welcomed! Thanks.
Well, breeders are breeding the heck out of fish and putting more and more strain on the healthy ones.. Every now and then you get a dud, and there's nothing you can do about it.. Luckily, pet stores like PetCo have a guarantee, and if you freeze the fish until you go again with your receipt they'll replace it.. Oh, and you need a water sample with you, too, so they can ensure that it's not your bad fish keeping that killed the fish..
