Bloated gourami

[Revoltgua]

Hello, super new to the group and first time gourami keeper .
We woke up today to one of our females (Our gourami’s sexes are just an assumption) looking quite large . Don’t get me wrong, Perla has always been thicker but she’s uncomfortably bloated looking today . She isn’t lethargic at all! In fact, she’s swimming the most we’ve seen her in the last few months . She actually did have a scare not to long ago where she seemed to not be eating but that has come and gone and literally forgotten.. until this, worked as a reminder . She is has been housed for the last two years in a 55gl with a pleco, another “female“ rainbow gourami, a “male“ silver dollar, a “female” opaline, a “male” blue 2 spot, and a “male” and ”female” gold, a bala shark, a germanram, and a few snails. I appreciate and thank you for your time/advice.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Hello and Welcome to the forum. Try fasting her for a day and then offer her a boiled, deshelled pea. You can also give her an epsom salt bath. Fill a gallon bowl with dechlorinated water the same temperature as her tank water. Add 1 teaspoon of epsom salt per gallon of water. Let her bathe in it for 15 minutes then place her back in tank. You can do this 3 times a day. The epsom salt works as a laxative. I just copy @Deanasue post from another thread.

 

[FishFinatic77]

When you look at her from above, do her scales stick out like a pine cone? If so, then she has dropsy which is very rarely curable. You can try what @Barry Tetra recommended, but if she has dropsy, it most likely will do nothing to save her. It's always worth a try though!

 

[Revoltgua]

When you look at her from above, do her scales stick out like a pine cone? If so, then she has dropsy which is very rarely curable. You can try what @Barry Tetra recommended, but if she has dropsy, it most likely will do nothing to save her. It's always worth a try though!

I was afraid that may be it. However, when looking at her.. she almost looks like she swallowed a golf ball and has a rivet like texture look to her.

 

[Revoltgua]

Hello and Welcome to the forum. Try fasting her for a day and then offer her a boiled, deshelled pea. You can also give her an epsom salt bath. Fill a gallon bowl with dechlorinated water the same temperature as her tank water. Add 1 teaspoon of epsom salt per gallon of water. Let her bathe in it for 15 minutes then place her back in tank. You can do this 3 times a day. The epsom salt works as a laxative. I just copy @Deanasue post from another thread.

Thank you! I will definitely have to try all of this !