Pterois_volitans
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi guys,
I woke up this morning, one day after purchasing my first Dwarf Gourami, and I noticed his belly has ballooned out on his left side (see attached pic). The entire belly isn't affected, just his left side. He is behaving fine and eating well other than the physical symptom of bloat. I have never had a fish afflicted with dropsy before, but from what I have seen on the web, this seems like a classic case. Any idea on how to BEST treat him? So far, I added one preliminary dose of what I had on hand in case of emergency...Jungle Labs "Fungus Clear with Tank Buddies" tablet. I don't know if this is a quality treatment, but figured it would help until I could get to the store.
I didn't remove the activated carbon from my Aquaclear since it has been in the tank a while and I'm sure its absorbant capabilities are maxed out by now...so I thought there was little point in messing with the filter process.
Has anyone else used the Fungus Clear tablets? Is there a better med to use? Finally, will medicating the whole tank effect my other fish (1 yoyo loach, 4 cherry barbs, 5 neon tetras, and 1 male guppy, and 2 female guppies)? I'm aware that the tank is probably overstocked to begin with (10g), but before the Gourami the setup had been running fine for several months, so I doubt the bioload caused his illness.
Thanks to anyone who responds!
PERTINENT INFO:
1~Male Dwarf Gourami, likely afflicted with Dropsy
2~Tank parameters: ammonia-0, nitrites-0, nitrates-40, temp-76, pH 6.8/7.0
3~ 10g FW, running with various fish changed for the past 9 months.
4~Aquaclear 20 Filtration System.
5~1 yoyo loach, 4 cherry barbs, 5 neon tetras, and 1 male guppy, and 2 female guppies (all early stage and small)
6~25-30% water change weekly, last done 4 days ago.
7~The Gourami was just added last night. I acclimated him with smal amounts of the current tank water into his pet store bag which was submerged in the tank to acclimate temperature. Water acclimation occurred during a ten minute period.
8~No new chemicals or decorations added prior to his introduction.
9~Diet consists of flake food, frozen brine shrimp, and he was munching on the very tiny bottom-feeder pellet I throw in twice a day for my yoyo loach.
I woke up this morning, one day after purchasing my first Dwarf Gourami, and I noticed his belly has ballooned out on his left side (see attached pic). The entire belly isn't affected, just his left side. He is behaving fine and eating well other than the physical symptom of bloat. I have never had a fish afflicted with dropsy before, but from what I have seen on the web, this seems like a classic case. Any idea on how to BEST treat him? So far, I added one preliminary dose of what I had on hand in case of emergency...Jungle Labs "Fungus Clear with Tank Buddies" tablet. I don't know if this is a quality treatment, but figured it would help until I could get to the store.
I didn't remove the activated carbon from my Aquaclear since it has been in the tank a while and I'm sure its absorbant capabilities are maxed out by now...so I thought there was little point in messing with the filter process.
Has anyone else used the Fungus Clear tablets? Is there a better med to use? Finally, will medicating the whole tank effect my other fish (1 yoyo loach, 4 cherry barbs, 5 neon tetras, and 1 male guppy, and 2 female guppies)? I'm aware that the tank is probably overstocked to begin with (10g), but before the Gourami the setup had been running fine for several months, so I doubt the bioload caused his illness.
Thanks to anyone who responds!
PERTINENT INFO:
1~Male Dwarf Gourami, likely afflicted with Dropsy
2~Tank parameters: ammonia-0, nitrites-0, nitrates-40, temp-76, pH 6.8/7.0
3~ 10g FW, running with various fish changed for the past 9 months.
4~Aquaclear 20 Filtration System.
5~1 yoyo loach, 4 cherry barbs, 5 neon tetras, and 1 male guppy, and 2 female guppies (all early stage and small)
6~25-30% water change weekly, last done 4 days ago.
7~The Gourami was just added last night. I acclimated him with smal amounts of the current tank water into his pet store bag which was submerged in the tank to acclimate temperature. Water acclimation occurred during a ten minute period.
8~No new chemicals or decorations added prior to his introduction.
9~Diet consists of flake food, frozen brine shrimp, and he was munching on the very tiny bottom-feeder pellet I throw in twice a day for my yoyo loach.
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