Dwarf Gourami

[sif]

OK I had a problem with a zebra danio a few weeks ago, started flicking against sand/plants and deteriorated until it was doing a lot of nose-into-the-subrate swimming, lying on side under rocks, gasping and generally not being able to stay upright. I tried to catch it to euthanase but kept evading me in my very heavily planted tank. The ZD then made a complete and full recovery and has been fine ever since - no other fish showed the same symptoms. I bought some new fish on friday, and i of them a female dwarf gourami was found this moring exibiting the exact same symptoms... I have checked the water for spikes but nothing.

All other fish and shrimps are not showing any signs of distress although I haven't seen some of them since saturday but that is normal in the tank (very jungle like!)

0 ammonia, 0 nitrate, 25 nitrate, ph around 7.8, very very hard water,co2 system

 

[WILDER]

Heavy breathing and flicking is usually a parasite, any whitespot on them, look like they have been sprinkled in salt,any yellowish to gold dusting on them, red inflamed gills.

 

[sif]

there's no obvious signs... she is just lying on the bottom at the moment but will swim away when I try to net her. Looks fairly terminal - thern as I said previously I thought that about the Danio and he's fine now