Upright and loosing colour? Hmm..

[Mr Miagi]

Hey folks!

Wondered if anyone could advise me what to do with my gourami. She is hanging up right at the surface, still eats like a pig, swims quite well, but she has lost colour, and she is almost verticle. Not good signs....My other gouramis are doin fab. I dont have a CAE so it cant be him. I do have glass catfish, harliquins, gouramis, a small small eel and SAE's, non of which are bought too mind....any ideas ppl?

Heres some pics.

 

[black angel]

Is there a male as well? Has he been chasing her or any signs of breeding from him. All i can think of is that fish do this once they spawn and its exhaustion,maybe stress with another fish or maybe its a swimbladder thing. What are you feeding her and what does the poo look like?

 

[tttnjfttt]

Can you please post ammonia, nitrite, nitrAte, pH, tank size and how many of each type of fish you have?

 

[Mr Miagi]

Is there a male as well? Has he been chasing her or any signs of breeding from him. All i can think of is that fish do this once they spawn and its exhaustion,maybe stress with another fish or maybe its a swimbladder thing. What are you feeding her and what does the poo look like?

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Ok, no signs of bubble nest breeding from the male of the tank. He does chase the females though. Cuold be stress inded.... I feed them bloodworm, brine, flake and they get very seldom amounst of community diner (i hate it and so do the fish). He poop, i havnt seen any for a week (dont watch them like a hawk). But its frequently the brown colour and normal formation if i do see any.

Can you please post ammonia, nitrite, nitrAte, pH, tank size and how many of each type of fish you have?

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Ok, will do when i get home. Last readings were a week ago so there realy no good. The other tank mates include 7 glass cats, 12 rasbora, 4 pearls, 1 eel and 3 SAES. Not that i think its anything to do with numbers. Edit, Its 30gal. Others show non of the same symptoms. And this tank has been set up for years.

 

[Mr Miagi]

ok, pH has dropped, from around 7.5-8 too around 7 as far as my test kits are reading, nitrates are 3-4. nitrite test was inconclusive, so 0.

 

[black angel]

A ph drop like that in a week isnt a good thing. Fish can suffer from ph shock. What is the ph from your tap water, but dont do it straight from running water use a glass.