Whats Wrong With My Gourmais Eye?

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Alexp08

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I woke up and saw his eye like this. I moved him to a holding take and it seems to have went away but its stilp concerning
 
Does this match his symptoms?
 
Dwarf Gourami Iridovirus (DGIV)
Dwarf gourami iridovirus is apparently specific to the dwarf gourami (Colisa lalia), including the various fancy varieties of the species, such as neon gouramis and sunset gouramis. Infected fish develop a variety of symptoms, including loss of color, decrease in activity and appetite, the appearance of sores and lesions on the body, abdominal swelling and finally death. This fish disease is highly contagious, completely untreatable and invariably fatal.
Dwarf gourami iridovirus is apparently very common. One recent study of fish exported from Singapore found that 22 percent of all dwarf gouramis carried the virus. Aquarists should never purchase dwarf gouramis from fish aquariums containing fish exhibiting symptoms consistent with the dwarf gourami iridovirus, and all new fish should be quarantined for at least six weeks prior to being placed in the main fish aquarium.
FROM:http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-health/disease-prevention/fish-viral-disease.aspx
Other than the head sores. :)
 
I haven't notoced anything yet. Yesterday he seemed good. Today I wake up and this is what I see. I did have another gourmais die the other day for no reason.. water quality is perfect so I dont know. But im hoping what you posted is not the case
 
Check all your other fish for any tiny cloudy specs in the eye area. When did you last add any other fish/plants etc. I suspect maybe eye flukes, left untreated the eye completely clouds over and in some cases will actually burst. That does seem quite severe for over night, unless the fish has been trapped and scrapped just the whole eye area. I cannot zoom in on the picture, but is that fungus on the head area, between the eyes?
 

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