My Fish Died

[Ruskull]

Devastated!

My Honey Gourami died last night, found him laying on the sand on his side. It's similar to the way my Powder Blue Dwarf & another Honey Gourami died. Fish were all normal then one day the fish doesn't eat with the others. Closer inspection shows the fish is bloated around the front below the gills. Within 24 hours fish is dead. All 3 died in this same manner in the same tank, months apart. On all three occasions no other fish in the tank shows any symptoms whatsoever. Ammonia & nitrite tested at zero, nitrate at 30-40 before the water change whichh is why I did a larger 60-65% rather than the usual 25-30%.

I had always thought that this fish was a Golden Honey Gourami - Trichogaster (Colisa) Chuna. Now I'm convinced it was a Sunset Thicklipped Gourami - Trichogaster (Colisa) Labiosa due to it's size, very pointed dorsal fin & very thick lips. Honey Gouramis never get bigger than 2-2.5 inches long. This guy was every bit of 3 full inches & still growing.

I'd be interested in anyone's conclusions related to this. I won't put another Gourami of any type back in that tank until I know what this disease/virus is.

RIP King Bully, you were a tough mofo.............

Last night before he died:

This morning:

 

[Man of fish]

Sorry to hear this! I guess it's not DGD since it's not a dwarf gourami, hmmmmm I'm not sure what else it could be?

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Thats what i thought first too. Sorry for your loss... RIP gourami...

 

[Ruskull]

Thanks guys, I don't believe it's DGD since that supposedly only effects Dwarf Gouramis aka Colisa Lalia, not Colisa Chuna or Colisa Labiosa.

 

[zain611]

Sorry to hear that i think my friend tolled me they like a well planted aquarium as he had a gourami that died and he said that they like a planted aquarium probably as they feel safe to hide

 

[Ruskull]

Thanks Zain, the tank is planted fairly well & he was the King of it so he didn't hide at all.

The bulging are under the gills leads me to believe he may have died of Dwarf Gourami Indovirus. That's one of the symptoms.............

 

[Lufbramatt]

Btw fish lengths given in books and websites generally don't include the tail fin, so your gourami looks to be a smidge over 2 inches long.

 

[Ruskull]

Btw fish lengths given in books and websites generally don't include the tail fin, so your gourami looks to be a smidge over 2 inches long.

I've always seen where the tail was included with the length.

Even then, the fish is a little less than a year old. Look at the size of the lips & the length of the dorsal. Def. not a Dwarf or a Honey. It's a color variant of a Thick Lipped Gourami.

Here's random internet pic: