dwarf gourami with red mouth

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Stacey1990

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Hi I was hoping someone could help. I've noticed this morning that my female dwarf gourami has what looks like a red sore on her mouth. My other female dwarf died suddenly a few weeks back from what I believe was dwarf gourami disease (not sure if that's the correct name).
Could this be related and a symptom and the start of the disease? Or something totally different all together?
 

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It's possibly an injury from swimming into something or the start of a bacterial infection.

How long have you had the fish for?
Have you added anything new to the tank in the last 2 weeks?

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Do the following and then add salt. If there's no improvement after 2 days with salt, post more pictures.

Wipe the inside of the glass with a clean fish sponge.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use them.

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Increase aeration/ surface turbulence to maximise oxygen levels in the water.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 2 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, plants, snails, shrimp or any fish.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.
 
Thanks so much for that. I've had her around 2 month and nothing new has been added recently. Thanks again and I will do that.
 

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