Lethargic Gourami

[RyanV]

Hi, I am not having good luck with blue dwarf gouramis. I lost my first 1 about a month ago, maybe longer. It got lethargic, stopped eating, and then got very bad sores. Luckily I was able to exchange it for another at my LFS, but now my current one is being lethargic and has stopped eating. It's been really good and active since I got it. Why does this keep happening with my gouramis, my other fish are doing great and my water is liquid tested every week and is good. Is there any ways to prevent it from getting sores and dying like the last? Time for the hospital tank? If so what do I treat it with?

 

[Bugdozer]

Have you heard of dwarf gourami disease? It's an iridovirus (I think) which affects this species and I think it often causes sores and lethargy prior to death. There is no cure. Years of selective breeding have made DGs somewhat prone to disease anyway, especially in the case of the non-wild colourings which have required more in-breeding to propagate the colour mutation.

 

[RyanV]

Have you heard of dwarf gourami disease? It's an iridovirus (I think) which affects this species and I think it often causes sores and lethargy prior to death. There is no cure. Years of selective breeding have made DGs somewhat prone to disease anyway, especially in the case of the non-wild colourings which have required more in-breeding to propagate the colour mutation.

Yeah I have heard about this and will no longer be getting anymore unfortunately. I tried treating it and like you said it did not work.