Jump to content

Moribund Gourami


GrahamC

Recommended Posts

Just got home from my secondary school nth decade reunion to find my blue gourami moribund lying on its side breathing rapidly in my 60L planted tank ( shared with 5 zebra danios). Noticed the filter was turned off ( wife does that all the time as she doesn't like the noise ) so I turned that back on again, and started a water change. Tested parameters and T 24C, NH4, NO2 0, and pH 7.6. Dropped an air stone in as well, and completed a 60% PWC. After that the gourami picked up and started to move around.

If this were low DO, shouldn't the gourami just go to the surface and get air?

The other thing I did was that I did clean two sides of the tank a couple of days ago, and scrapped off large amounts of green long algae, followed by a 25% PWC with aged water. Could that cleaning leave toxins in the water somehow??

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If it perked up with the water and filter on I think it would have been shock and lack of oxygen.

The original post reads as though you cleaned the outside of the tank... if that is the case, unless you sprayed detergent over the water surface then that wouldn't put toxins in the water.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I just scrapped the inside of the tank with one of those tank cleaner things on a stick. Released lots of algae into the water though.

Just had another look. Put some food in and it tried to swim up to get it but dropped back to the bottom so looks like its not out of the woods yet. At least its now upright and not on its side.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...