Fish's Eyes!

[helena]

plz help. we have a female dwarf gourami and a male but the female has never been very active and energetic she has always been quite "float-and-breathe, float-and-br-ooooh-bubbles- !" type fish. but now, she jst resides around the top of the tank gulping air or sitting at the bottom and jst looking. Her eyes, in the last day or so have become different. they have developed black stripes vertically down them. we have never seen her eat, and she did have whitespot about a week ago but we got the antiwhitespot+ and treated it, and all the white bits have dropped off, (we still have treatment in the tank to kill them after they have dropped off). she is listless and jst floats. i am concerned about her as when i was fishing some leaves out i touched her, she did not swim away, she let me stroke her a couple of times very gently. this is why i am concerned as fish dont let you stroke them...
any idea wat is wrong with her? is there anything i can do to make her more comfortable and possibly save her? or do i jst have to let nature take its course and let my darling fish die?
any advice appreiciated and i hope someone replies quickly
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[The-Wolf]

to help you more we need to know your water parameters
(ammonia, nitaIte, nitrAte, pH etc.)

Symptom(s)
Fish appear to be gasping, they may crowd water inlets

cause(s)
1) Hypoxia. Dissolved oxygen levels may be low, test O2 levels early

2) Poor water quality causing gill hyperplasia.

3) early stages of gill disease.

4) Gill parasites.

5) Anaemia. (Gills look pale).

 

[helena]

to help you more we need to know your water parameters
(ammonia, nitaIte, nitrAte, pH etc.)

Symptom(s)
Fish appear to be gasping, they may crowd water inlets

cause(s)
1) Hypoxia. Dissolved oxygen levels may be low, test O2 levels early

2) Poor water quality causing gill hyperplasia.

3) early stages of gill disease.

4) Gill parasites.

5) Anaemia. (Gills look pale).

she doestn have a problem with her gills, she floats at the top and breathes normally but occasionally gasps for air but then acts normal again for another 30-40 mins (sorry should have explained this better before).

it is her eyes is am more worried about is she blind?

we have a "precision labs" testing strip kit whihc does pH, alkalinity, hardness, nitrate, and nitrite tests. the pH is 7.2, alkalinity 10,
hardness 14
nitrate 100 (one hundred)
and nitrite 10 (ten).
our lfs (yes, all 3) were sold out of ammonia test kits and our last one was used last water chnage wen the ammonia level was safe. i hope the test parameters help, thnx hope u can help us again thnx 4 the advice so far

 

[WILDER]

Bad water quality i would recommend some water changes, how many gallons is the tank, how many fish and which type.

 

[helena]

we have a 54l tank with 3 female guppies and 1 male, 7 neons, 1 small plec, 1 male platty and 2 female, and the male and female dwarf gourami. we were advised not to do too many water changes right now as whitespot treatment is still in the water and needs to be, but can this advice be overruled if the dw. gourami is in danger? cuz if it can ill do a water change asap and another one in the morning, i just cant bear to lose my little fish....plz reply asap

 

[libertine]

That tank is EXTREMELY overstocked. You should get a bigger tank, that's probably why your water quality is bad. Nitrites and ammonia should be non-exsitent in a healthy tank.

 

[Tolak]

Posting the name & the brand of the white spot med you are using would help. This may have affected your bio filtration. Nitrites, which should be at zero, will affect the fish's ability to process oxygen. The nitrate reading is pretty high as well, though less harmful then nitrite.

That is a lot of fish for that tank, and would explain the nitrate being so high. I would do daily water changes of at least 25%, replacing meds for the quantity of water replaced. You really need to look into either a larger tank, or a new home for some of those fish.