? About my Dwarf Gourami

[rkrk]

1~My Dwarf Gourami has something funky going on with its mouth.


2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia - 0, nitrites - 0, nitrates - 20 ppm, temp 78-79, pH 7.4)


3~ How large is the tank - 20 long. How long has the tank been set up - six weeks


4~What type of filtration are you using? Aqua clear 30 - set to full


5~How many fish are in the tank? Hoplow cat x 1
Glow tetra x 2
Dwarf Gourami x 1
Kuhli Loach x 1
Glow light tetra x 7 (1)
Snail x 1
Oto cat x 1


6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel - weekly on Sunday - about 25 %.


7~The DG has been with me for about 5 weeks.


8~Have you added anything new to the tank - nothing new


9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish - flake food - no changes

I think it is trauma since the only thing that has happened was my one betta turned up dead and chewed up. I presume the DG did the dirty work given the makeup of the tank.

Seems healthy otherwise but that is one funky looking mouth...

Thoughts?


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[rkrk]

No thoughts?


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[ppo8820]

It appears to be a growth or fungus of some kind. I originally thought it had a rock stuck to its mouth until I enlarged the photo. You may want to treat for fungus, or do a google search on mouth fungus in freshwater fish. He could have hurt himself and isnt able to eat now also, which wont be good.

 

[rkrk]

ppo8820,

Thanks for the response

The fish seems to be eating without problem - taking flake food as it was before the change. Will look into the mouth fungus concern.

thanks
rk

It appears to be a growth or fungus of some kind. I originally thought it had a rock stuck to its mouth until I enlarged the photo. You may want to treat for fungus, or do a google search on mouth fungus in freshwater fish. He could have hurt himself and isnt able to eat now also, which wont be good.

 

[ppo8820]

Eating is excellent. That's always a positive sign and the coloring looks great, which is also good.


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