Swollen Dwarf Gourami

[gillyg]

Dwarf gourami has become very swollen behind the gills on both sides over the past hour and is getting worse, also not eating much. tank is cycling, could this be causing it? also did two small water changes recently. any thoughts and help greatly appreciated, thank you

gillyg

 

[paul_219]

Yeah maybe i guess its from cycling u shouldnt add any fish during cycling. Gouramis are sensetive for the water.

 

[piratedninja]

did it eat an algae wafer?
mine did that once and became very swollen in about an hour

just dont feed it for the next 12-24 hours
and it will go back to normal

 

[dthoffsett]

Dwarf Gouramis are sensitive to ammonia and nitrite levels, they are also prone to dropsy, I haven't been able to keep one alive for long in my tanks and they're all mature. If it's dropsy there isn't a lot you can do, you may want to move it to its own hospital tank/container to treat it.

Dropsy : One of the most disturbing of fish diseases, and is rarely cureable. Dropsy is an internal bacterial infection.

Symptoms: The fish's scales will stand out, making it have a pine comb look. Sometimes eyes can .blow up'.

Treatment : Use Kanamycin or Tetracycline and raise the temperature to about 80 degrees/ 30 deg C. This helps remove the fluid note this is rarly curablee.

http/www.fish-disease.net/diseases.htm