Labyrinth Disease

[Never2Bknown]

I don't have gouramis myself, but not so long ago in a pet shop (It's a really bad one anyway!) I saw a really nasty disease of some sort on their dwarf gouramis. It was apparently attacking only the labyrinth organ on the fish, and had turned the organ into a massive, gaping, sore just behind the fish's head. It didn't look like something the fish would be able to recover from very easily, if at all. I alerted the sales person, but I doubted that they would do anything. Anyway, ever since then, I've been wondering about the identity of this disease and what it is caused by.

 

[wuvmybetta]

It's a mystery Never. I've lost 2 gouramis to the same thing and I've seen many here come down with it. IME it formed a huge open sore right above the labyrinth organ and when the fish would take surface air...it would go right out the hole

I've searched for hours trying to find an answer for everybody.Is it a bacteria,is it a parasite....what is it?

All I've found that is remotely similar is A.Invadens
http/nurgle.aaquaria.com/invadans.htm

 

[cometcattle]

I couldn't find anything either.

Could it have been Hole-in-the-head?
Can Pearls get that?

I also thought TB, but that would be more lesions than a hole, right?

Did they appear to be well fed? Were their stomachs sunken or indented?

 

[Doggfather]

Could it have been Hole-in-the-head?

HITH only affects cichlids and perches. All i really know about this disease is it kills off the lemme in the labryth, slowly killing the fish.