JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. The 3rd dwarf gourami is about die. Thread starter Ks Start date 25 Jan Ks Member. Joined 29 Apr Messages 60 Location Bromley. I have 4 dwarf gouramis 2 pearl gouramis 3 zebra danio Many platy 5 tetras Nightmare started about 2 months ago when I bought a Betta.
I applied Api melfax for a week, Then after than slowly, another dwarf gourami died after few weeks, a few days ago, another dwarf gourami died, almost as soon as it die, but I noticed a very active dwarf gourami stopped eating and hiding all the time, there are 2 holes on the top fin. What I am doing wrong? Plz help. Thanks a lot! Chubbs Member. Buy aquarium salt, dose per instructions and keep the water temp stable and around c until they heal.
Same happened to me About a year ago with two breeding pairs of dwarf Gourami. BubblingUnder Member. I think there has been a problem with Dwarf Gourami's as a species in the aquarium trade for many years. I remember more than 10 years ago seeing tanks of Dwarf Gourami's arrive at fish shops only to go into rapid decline.
But without pictures or more details it's going to be just a guess. I would say old age. I'm sad about your loss. I lost my fish to. Sometimes we will never know why our fish died. As long as you're providing the best living conditions which includes proper tank size, proper water quality, maintenance, variety diet, not overcrowding, not overfeeding then you stand a chance of having a healthy tank. Once in a while, despite all of the above, you'll lose a fish.
Just do the best that you can and that's all that can be expected. Sometimes fish are ill when we purchase them so nothing that we do will make a difference but we try. All fish are acting fine, in there usual patterns. The other male Gourami I have is perfectly fine, and if anything he is enjoying being able to swim freely.
The other Gourami had been a bit territorial when t came to things. I understand, I assume the Gourami was older. He was huge, compared to the other one I have that's barely an inch. And I make sure to always have everything ordered so I have a schedule for my fish, skip this day, water change or gravel sweep this day, etc. I never miss a day, and I guess it was just his time. That's the easiest way to handle it because we could keep guessing and guessing and never guess correctly.
Your other fish seems to be ok. Just keep an eye on them especially the Gourami to see if there's any unusual behavior. If any unusual behavior is noted, respond quickly to solve whatever issue they have even if it means quarantining them away from the main tank.
I would get a picture of the little one, but it's 11 at night here, and he is asleep. If I turn the light on, he won't be a happy camper lol. I can post pictures later tomorrow. I am constantly checking up on him, whenever I can at least, to make sure he isn't showing any signs of illness. Nothing's changed except he is more social now that the bigger one is gone. Sadly, my little one seems to be showing signs of it as well.
I already checked water parameters 0,0, 10 so he isn't being bothered by that. I really want the tank to thrive. Males will establish dominance and pick territories. In your original post, you said nitrAtes 0 and nitrItes Are you positive about this? Nitrates are the end of the cycle, and harmless in low amounts, and should really ideally be less than NitrItes are toxic. My best guess is they are dying because they were stressed being in a new tank and establishing a new dominance and then the ammonia spike stress and then more new fish ahhhhhh so much stress!
I have heard people keeping male gouramis with no problems so I would do a little more research before giving up on them. Gouramis are sensitive and usually do better in a long established tank.
Let them establish. Best of luck. They are beautiful. In addition, adding 2 females to 1 male could help dissipate aggression. Different types of gouramis are more aggressive than others. I have heard honey is less aggressive than dwarf, for example. Lots and lots of hiding spots, and lots of things to break up line of sight. Most people's snap reaction to hearing "dwarf gourami" is aggression, but you have plenty of tank space for them to establish territories and if you haven't been seeing excessive aggression and torn fins, there's no reason to believe they dropped dead just from hating each other.
Have you seen any possible symptoms of diseases like iridovirus? Like Unknownsaid, they were exposed to too many stressors at once.
Moving to a new location, trying to establish a pecking order, then an ammonia spike, then more fish being added. If any fish were carrying any diseases, the Gourami would have been the perfect target.
Your current one looks physically fine, I don't see any symptoms of an acute disease. But laying at the bottom is a sign of stress in Gourami. Something is making him unhappy. It could be a disease that hasn't shown symptoms. It could be because of the Nitrates. Or it could be something else entirely. The general rule of thumb for Nitrates This is just general, so don't take it as absolute fact is 20ppm and under is ideal, anything above 40ppm is unhealthy and anything above ppm is very dangerous.
When your water reaches 40ppm, its time to do some water changes to get it lower. Hi, if you post pictures of all the Gourami we could help identify which you actually have Aggression varies from species to species so figuring out what you have exactly will be beneficial in the future.
He had been laying at the bottom of the tank the previous day and I thought nothing of it really. I know gouramis are shy so that's what I thought was the problem. Bought gourami, acclimated him, etc. All is well for the first few hours. Later that night I find the gourami laying on his side and breathing heavily. One week later, I find him dead on his side after observing him breathing heavily on his side the same day.
He was unable to really move, it was almost like he could only move his two front fins, and his back he was just dragging along the bottom. Yet again I am confused and saddened with the loss of my favorite kind of fish. I feed them twice a day, once at night, once in the evening. I am careful not to overfeed.
I'm thinking that maybe their breeder has a disease that's rampant, since usually LFS only order from one source per fish. Could it be possible that the fish are unhealthy cuz they're injected with hormones? Please help, I don't know what if anything I'm doing wrong If he lived for one week, I doubt it had anything to do with the health of the fish when purchased.
I had 0 luck keeping dwarf gourami's for some reason.
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