Dwarf Gourami Ill?

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I noticed this morning that my honey red dwarf gourami has marks on both sides of her body. She is swimming about ok and is still eating.
She is kept in a 42g tank with a male honey red, 3 pearl gouramis, 2 thick lips and 6 paradise fish. Has anyone any idea what this could be?
Any help much appreciated.
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Thats not good....

if you not quick you'll get a fungal infection set in.

If you have any formailin and malicate based medication, protozin or something like that is best.
You have to be quick, fungal infestion can set in very quickly.
 
Thanks helterskelter.
My partner is going to pick some medication up today. Would I have to seperate her to do the treatment as I also have catfish and plecs in the tank?
Also, any idea what could have caused this? I have noticed that the pearl gouramis chase her around. :)
 
If that's an injury, it's not the pearls you should be blaming (the paradisefish are more likely and they often do this kind of thing overnight).

On the upside, if it's an injury, a clean, CYCLED hospital tank would be enough to ward off secondary infections. Also, BTW, it's not so much fungal infections you need to worry about (these only ever attack already dead tissue) but secondary bacterial ones like those responsible for finrot (columnaris/aeromonas). Excessively high temperatures make fish particularly susceptible to these and clean water is essential.

The meds. mentioned above still work though :)

edit: BTW, your catfish won't like the treatment but if you don't have a cycled tank, there's no point isolating the gourami as she'll die of ammonia poisoning. Instead, you can just skip the meds. and focus on clean water and slightly lowering the temp. (very gardualy though) to prevent infections.

Oh and, to be on the safe side, did these appear overnight or have they been developing over a longer time period? If these are ulcers, you may not be able to do anything except euthanise once she stops eating.
 
Thanks for replying sylvia.
We only noticed the marks a couple of days ago. They don't look like ulcers, more like open wounds.
I can't isolate her at the moment because the quarantine tank had to be stripped down and is not ready yet. I have done a water change and the stats are all fine. Only problem is I'm not sure what temperature to lower it to?
Many thanks,
Angie
 
If you can do this very gradualy (over a few days if necessary), down to 76 deg F is ideal.
 
Thankyou once again, sylvia.
She looks a little better today but I will be keeping a very close eye on her.
 

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