So, I have Dwarf Gourami that I've owned for a few months now, and as the title says, is acting strange. He sometimes lays on the bottom of the tank, but when I walk over to check on him, he'll get up like nothing is wrong. Also, he won't eat, and he has a white splotch on top of his head above his eyes. I tried doing some research, but I couldn't really find anything. I assume it's bloating, but I wanted to see for sure.
As I have been on this site before, usually people with fish problems give out their water parameters. Unfortunately, I do not know my nitrite and nitrate measurements, so sorry about that. But, my ammonia is at 0 ppm, and my pH is on the acidic side, at 6.2.
The tank I have is a 6 gal. with a gold mystery snail, four fake plants, a large Petoskey stone, and a Marimo moss ball. It uses a bio-wheel to help the filtration. It is currently 72°F (22.2°C). I feed my dwarf gourami Omega One® Super Color Flakes and Omega One® Freeze-Dried Bloodworms, and I fast him every Sunday. I also add a little bit of pulverized cuttlebone to help the mystery snail's shell every Sunday as well. The substrate is black gravel pebbles, and I do a 25% water change every month.
I previously had a large brown goldfish and a plecostomus in the tank with the gourami, but I got rid of them because they were getting too big for the tank, and also because the goldfish was nipping at the gourami's ventricles (which are fine now!) After I got rid of the two fish, I added the snail and moss ball.
Since I'm new on making threads, I believe the way of adding photos is to attach a photo via the 'Upload a file' button. If this is wrong, I apologize.
I you know what's wrong with him, please feel free to post an answer in the comments. I really appreciate it!
As I have been on this site before, usually people with fish problems give out their water parameters. Unfortunately, I do not know my nitrite and nitrate measurements, so sorry about that. But, my ammonia is at 0 ppm, and my pH is on the acidic side, at 6.2.
The tank I have is a 6 gal. with a gold mystery snail, four fake plants, a large Petoskey stone, and a Marimo moss ball. It uses a bio-wheel to help the filtration. It is currently 72°F (22.2°C). I feed my dwarf gourami Omega One® Super Color Flakes and Omega One® Freeze-Dried Bloodworms, and I fast him every Sunday. I also add a little bit of pulverized cuttlebone to help the mystery snail's shell every Sunday as well. The substrate is black gravel pebbles, and I do a 25% water change every month.
I previously had a large brown goldfish and a plecostomus in the tank with the gourami, but I got rid of them because they were getting too big for the tank, and also because the goldfish was nipping at the gourami's ventricles (which are fine now!) After I got rid of the two fish, I added the snail and moss ball.
Since I'm new on making threads, I believe the way of adding photos is to attach a photo via the 'Upload a file' button. If this is wrong, I apologize.
I you know what's wrong with him, please feel free to post an answer in the comments. I really appreciate it!