Help My Gourmai

[WILDER]

Bless her.
Do you think she might have had a bad reaction to the parasite food.
It can make them worse before better. Know fish to act odd when using internal parasite meds. It can knock them for a few days.

It's hard to say fish tb without tests done on a dead fish.
If she was really skinny with a bent spince maybe then you could consider fish tb.

 

[rebrn]

Well miracles or miracles she survived the night I could have sworn I would have had a dead fish today. Today her weight looks fine, like she looked before, so maybe it was the way she was situated in the tank last night that made her look skinny, I don't know because her weight seems fine today, but she is still sluggish and her colour is still off. She definitely does NOT have a bent spine, so maybe it is just the parasite food, the "turn" happened almost 24 hours exactly after I started her on the parasite food, so I suppose that would make sense. She is able to get to the surface today, but I still have the water level low. I haven't added the parasite clear, and probably won't only because if the parasite food is the culprit, I definitely don't want to overdose her. She is now swimming around the bottom looking for food, her swimming is definitely less jerky today, not totally smooth, but but not stop and go like it was. She has definitely perked up since last night, I have clove oil now but I don't have the heart to use it since she has most definitely perked up today. I mean don't get me wrong, I am all for euthanasia in the right circumstance, but I just don't think that applies anymore, she still seems like she has some life left her yet. Well we will see what today brings. Thanks

 

[zwright]

I am glad to hear she is doing somewhat better. It could be the parasite medicine, I had a few fish that looked like they were about to dye when on parasite meds, but turned around a few days later. One thing I thought I would mention is ick. The only reason I mention this is because I have had a few Pearl Gouramis with ick, and because of there natural colouring I didn't notice it until it was very advanced. Sometimes the "salt" appearance on the Pearls is hard to spot. Just a thought.

 

[rebrn]

I thought of ick, but I truthfully don't see any spots on her at all.

I have another video clip of her after her mishap last night. I did have her water level down to 4 gallons, I did a water change today (ammonia was 0.25 added a secondary filter that was in my larger tank, to hopefully get some beneficial bacteria going again. I also increased her water level to 5 Gallons today and she is doing well with that. This evening, ironic as it may seem after last night, her swimming is the best I have ever seen it. So the plan is to leave her on the parasite food, and slowly (maybe 1gallon/day) increase her water level to make sure she can handel getting to the surface, before (if I ever can) put her back in the 55 gallon. She is still darker in colour, not as dark as last night, but definately darker than she was when I first got her (I hope it shows in the video).

Let me know what you think. And Thanks Again (I know I say that every time, but Thanks is all I can give and it is truely not enough)

http/s898.photobucket.com/albums/ac185/rebbarn/?action=view&current=VID00025.flv

 

[WILDER]

Her swiming alot better, and she dosn't look lethagic like she did before.

Darkening in colour could be the med, stress, bacterial.

You are not going to like this but once the parasite med course is up I would just finish off with anitbiotics for a week.
Internal parasites cause bacterial infections.

It's looking good but she could go downhill again. So fingers crossed.