Swollen Female Gourami's

[tttnjfttt]

Here is a link on constipation. It is about bettas, but the info is still the same.

http/www.mushi.petfish.net/constipation.html

 

[Jodie]

Thanks, will take a look, can they die from this?

 

[Jodie]

The water paramenters are:

Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 10

 

[tttnjfttt]

I'm honestly not sure whether or not they can die from this. Logic woudl say yes, if you can't them pooping again, simply because they need to eat and when they eat, they poop. Try the peas and see if it works. Also, from now on, start feeding peas atleast once a week. I can't talk about gouramis, but I know ALL my fish love them.

Your water looks good, so don't worry about that.

 

[WILDER]

Peas and daphnia, i thought you said the buldge was behind the head, anyway here is some information on consitpation, you will need to introduce some frozen foods in there diet, like bloodworms, daphnia which is good for digesting there food, brimestrimp etc, and veg like peas, broc, cabbage, cucumba etc.
Constipation- This is often caused by a diet without enough variety, or by feeding too many starchy type foods. Symptoms: If your fish is having trouble passing feces, or if they are forever trailing behind a fish, your fish may be suffering from constipation. Treatment: Feeding your fish a diet with more roughage and a greater variety sometimes helps! Feed live foods such as (wax worms, brine shrimp, tubiflex worms, etc.) peas, spinach. If you can get your fish to eat one grain of Epson salt it can also help aid with the constipation. Soaking dry fish food in some water taken from the tank will soften the food and help in the digestion process. (back to top)

 

[Jodie]

Thankyou, I thouhgt as though it looked behind their heads?? Anyway,thankyou so much for your help,I shall cook some peas today. How often should you give the live food. Is this ok for all the other fish in the tank oh and what is daphinia?

 

[WILDER]

pea cook for a few minues let cool down, pop out of shell and mush in between fingers, feed to fish, try it for a few days to give them a good clear out, i would get frozen foods i use frozen, as live can be abit dodge, my fish don't care for daphnia much but i like them to have it now and then to help them digest there food, so i feed it the first meal of the day when they are hungry, they love bloodworms and brimestrimp..