imsweet Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Yesterday i noticed my female dwarf gourami was hanging at the back of the tank an didnt come forward to eat. She was swollen in the belly quite a bit. I searched on here an other sites about it and most of the time came up with 'once theyve got a swollen belly, theres nothing you can do'. I was hoping it didnt come to that but this morning she was peacefully resting in the java moss. Everything else about her looked fine and i have had no other problems with her mate or others in the tank. I had been doing regular water changes etc. Seeing as CSI didnt turn up this morning i'll just put it down to natural causes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davd-lw Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Yeap , the same as one of my females, looks obese, and even eyes popd out a bit, squama out as well. does not look like breed anymore. what should we do ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Ha, i've decided not to continue with the dwarf gourami breed as the male went exactly the same way a couple of weeks later. So far success in keeping the 8 pearl and 2 3-spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I've had a number of them die on me. I found a posting about them that stated most DG come with parasites already, which end up disolving their organs. One person suggested if you treat new DG with anti-parasite meds in your Qtank that should make sure they don't die on you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 This is more a reply to David IW (sorry about it being your thread) - if the gourami looks like a pinecone looking down on it i.e. bloated and scales sticking out at angles like a pine cone its probably dropsy which it will not recover from. Remove the fish and euthanaise it. It seems that dwarf gourami have a bad history of survival here in NZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I have banded gourami which I acquired from Billaney and they are fantastic fish - no problems, except for the occasional fight. Beautiful fish - try some of these if you have the space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davd-lw Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 This is more a reply to David IW (sorry about it being your thread) - if the gourami looks like a pinecone looking down on it i.e. bloated and scales sticking out at angles like a pine cone its probably dropsy which it will not recover from. Remove the fish and euthanaise it. It seems that dwarf gourami have a bad history of survival here in NZ. yeap, it is exactly like what you described here, bloated and scales sticking out at angles like a pine cone. lol, yeap, it is sad, but it is the only one female i got ages ago, lucky i v got another 5 females i will take care of them really well. good luck to all fighter funs! :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Had a male Neon G and he got huge though I wouldn't say fat (big boned) and externally very healthy and an aggressive feeder. I did a weekly water change, as I normaly do, next day dead! They do stress easily when doing a water change, darting around like a maniac, and wondered if it was that that knocked him off his favourite rock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 unreal, i have 8 pearl gourami and 2 three spot (thanks Ryanjury ) and theyre all fine with water changes. dart around a bit but back to normal in 10-20min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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