Fin/mouth Rot Gourami

[andrea.mcmillan]

Hi, I got lotsof help from you a short while ago when a couple of my fish had white spot. Now unfortunately, the same beautiful gourami has developed fin rot, ulcers round his mouth and looks basically about to drop dead. I'd been away for five days (22nd-27th Dec) and had a friend who was looking after them. I told him about the lights the food basic stuff..what could go wrong in 5 days? Also some of my fish seem darker?? My armored shrimp has been missing for over 10 days..only had him a month. I've done a 10 per cent change, put the gourami in a net tank separate from the other fish. His fins look so tatty i thought my male guppy's may have been taking advantage of his illness, they can be nippy. None of my other fish are displaying any symptoms or look vaguely unhealthy. I don't know, maybe he was vulnerable having just recovered from white spot. Treated with the fin/mouth rot fungus meds as instructed by lfs.


Do you think i'm doing right so far? The stuff given by lfs was "Interpet Anti fungus and fin rot".Wished I'd known about the melafix, poor little baby looks like he must be in some pain..Is there anything I can do in the mean time to help him?I'll get the melafix in the morning.His mouth/gilly bits look red and swollen,do fish feel pain?Stupid question I know.as for crackers the cameroon armored shrimp,he was always filtering by the filter..he was about 3inches long, blue and content, or so I thought!There's a few hiding places but why? the baby shrimp are still out and about, looking ok.And what about the darker appearance of my other gouramis and spotty dalmation fish?I was only gone 5 days!Maybe my friend left the light on all the time or did'nt have it on?? Can't get hold of them til the 3rd Jan to find out..such confusion..but mostly sadness for my injured gourami blueregard, and crackers the shrimp. I have a 120 litre tank, biggest fluval filter, temp 25dgs done the water change. Some of the plants are looking a bit ropey too while others look great. My boyfriend (who knows nothing like me) wondered if the armored shrimp had died and is rotting somewhere I can't get to easily. Could that contaminate the tank? Just can't think why things would go wrong so quickly.

cleaner shrimp
male guppys
1 tetra
neons
2 dwarf moonlight gouramis
red tail shark
2 baby clown loach

Any help would be really appreciated

Thanks, Andrea

 

[hollyp0p]

i have a couple of neons and a zebra danio with mouth rot at the moment, but only the white lump stage.....I've been treating with myxazin now for 2 weeks and no real improvement, the danios lips seems to get bigger then get smaller then do the same again.....anyone any idea how long this should take, or any other good meds to try??
I was thinking of using interpet like you are using....I am also treating with pimafix and melafix at the same time as they are herbal and have no effect on the other med.....also a little aquarium salt cn aid healing, I have been suing some of that also.

So yeah....anybody any ideas???

 

[andrea.mcmillan]

i have a couple of neons and a zebra danio with mouth rot at the moment, but only the white lump stage.....I've been treating with myxazin now for 2 weeks and no real improvement, the danios lips seems to get bigger then get smaller then do the same again.....anyone any idea how long this should take, or any other good meds to try??
I was thinking of using interpet like you are using....I am also treating with pimafix and melafix at the same time as they are herbal and have no effect on the other med.....also a little aquarium salt cn aid healing, I have been suing some of that also.

So yeah....anybody any ideas???

Hi, I can't help as I've had no response yet. I've a 120 litre tank, how much salt do I put in please? Bought it today from lfs, but not sure of calculations..

Please, please someone offer some help, really would like my gourami to live!

Thanks, Andrea

 

[hollyp0p]

i have a couple of neons and a zebra danio with mouth rot at the moment, but only the white lump stage.....I've been treating with myxazin now for 2 weeks and no real improvement, the danios lips seems to get bigger then get smaller then do the same again.....anyone any idea how long this should take, or any other good meds to try??
I was thinking of using interpet like you are using....I am also treating with pimafix and melafix at the same time as they are herbal and have no effect on the other med.....also a little aquarium salt cn aid healing, I have been suing some of that also.

So yeah....anybody any ideas???

Hi, I can't help as I've had no response yet. I've a 120 litre tank, how much salt do I put in please? Bought it today from lfs, but not sure of calculations..

Please, please someone offer some help, really would like my gourami to live!

Thanks, Andrea

On my aquarium salt it says one rounded tablespoon per 19 litres

Salt is also a very good rememedy for white spot as I found out.....so don't worry if you need to do it per 20 litres, as a little extra won't hurt unless you have any scaleless fish and then you can't use it.

 

[LauraFrog]

I use salt at 1 gram per litre for treating a whole tank if there are fungal issues... melafix is better though.

 

[andrea.mcmillan]

I use salt at 1 gram per litre for treating a whole tank if there are fungal issues... melafix is better though.

Unfortunately my beautiful gourami died this morning. I was'nt too hopeful, but still upset..other fish look peachy..no sign of illness. I have a very beautiful guppy who is being followed by 2 male guppys intently..is this some sort of courtship or a sign she may be ill/pregnant..i'll quarantine her if you think I need to.

No other probs except for a still missing armoured shrimp (2 wks now) and plants looking a bit dodgy.

Thanks, Andrea

 

[Fenjer]

Andrea, I'd be tempted to take any decor out the tank and see if you can find a decomposed fish.

I'm not normally one to harp on about water stats but what are they? If you know.

How long had you had the gourami?

I've got two chocolate gouramis trying to recover from whitespot at the moment so i know what you're going through!

Jen

 

[hollyp0p]

I'm sorry to hear that!!!
Mine still have the lumps on lips...it's now been 15 days of treatment....anyone had any success curing columnaris lumps....and if so how....and how long did it take??

 

[andrea.mcmillan]

Andrea, I'd be tempted to take any decor out the tank and see if you can find a decomposed fish.

I'm not normally one to harp on about water stats but what are they? If you know.

How long had you had the gourami?

I've got two chocolate gouramis trying to recover from whitespot at the moment so i know what you're going through!

Jen

Hi, and thanks for the input..the decomposition could be my armoured shrimp Crackers. Have'nt seen him for 10 days ish and he's normally by the filter. Did wonder if he was shedding and hiding, but surely it does'nt take that long?? I hope he's not as he was quite impressive 3inches long, can't imagine what could've killed him. I'll check in the morning and let you know. I have clown loach and a red tail shark so not sure if I can use salt, also as Blue is dead and no other fish are displaying symptoms, should I bother?

Thanks

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