Hello everyone . I have something to ask. I have a freshwater aquarium of mixed fishes, like, dwarf gourami, tetras, barbs and danios. I realize one of my dwarf gourami is bloated up. I am not sure if it's sick or pregnant. From what I know, according to the shop I bought my gouramis from they are all males. Can anyone tell whether it is a male or female. It has been staying in that corner for a whole day. I am very new to aquarium, so I am not sure what I am suppose to do. Do I have to quarantine it? What if I quarantine is but it happens to pregnant?
Dwarf Gourami pregnant or sick
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Hi and welcome to the forum 
The fish in the picture is male.
female dwarf gouramis are silver and don't have the colour that the males have.
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If the fish got really fat over night, and has stopped eating, then it is dying and should be removed and euthanised. The sudden bloating is caused by an internal bacterial infection that is common in dwarf gouramis and there is no cure. The fish usually die within 24-48 hours of bloating up.
If the fish is still eating and doing a normal coloured poop, then it could just be fat.
The fish in the picture is male.
female dwarf gouramis are silver and don't have the colour that the males have.
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If the fish got really fat over night, and has stopped eating, then it is dying and should be removed and euthanised. The sudden bloating is caused by an internal bacterial infection that is common in dwarf gouramis and there is no cure. The fish usually die within 24-48 hours of bloating up.
If the fish is still eating and doing a normal coloured poop, then it could just be fat.
Thank you so much. That was very useful. Any chance of it spreading to other gouramis
Hi and welcome to the forum
The fish in the picture is male.
female dwarf gouramis are silver and don't have the colour that the males have.
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If the fish got really fat over night, and has stopped eating, then it is dying and should be removed and euthanised. The sudden bloating is caused by an internal bacterial infection that is common in dwarf gouramis and there is no cure. The fish usually die within 24-48 hours of bloating up.
If the fish is still eating and doing a normal coloured poop, then it could just be fat.
It can spread to other fish if they pick at the sick fish or eat its poop. To reduce the risk of other fish catching it, do a big (75%) water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week. This dilutes a lot of the disease organisms from the water and reduces the chance of other fish catching it.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before adding it to the tank.
Clean the filter too. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use them. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before adding it to the tank.
Clean the filter too. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use them. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens.
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