alexyay Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I came back from a week-long holiday (father was feeding the fish) so I don't know how long she's been like this. I've had her just under a year, now. She's sitting on her side, kind of sinking whenever she tries to swim, leans to one side, not eating from what I can tell, but trying to swim. She's got this weird kind of swelling on the right side of her face, it's hard to tell but it looks kind of "lumpy", and there's a small lump at the base of her fin/underneath her gills. I found out this swelling/lump this could indicate a thyroid tumour but haven't been able to find any pics of one. She's the only sick fish, in a tank with honey gouramis and indian banded gouramis, she's usually the boss. No visible injuries, nothing external. Ammonia and nitrites 0, I don't believe my nitrate test kit is giving me accurate results so I'm yet to go out and buy a new one to test it with. My initial thought was eggbound, so I moved her to my other tank with thicklip gouramis (stupid move, it's not infectious), but no improvement, so I'm moving her to the hospital tank with another honey gourami (who's healing from some wounds from the store) and will treat them both with salt at 1/2 a tbsp/gallon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 It could be a gravid female---they usually fill with eggs mainly on one side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexyay Posted July 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 It could be a gravid female---they usually fill with eggs mainly on one side Oh, really? I mean I thought eggbound initially, but I've not had an eggbound fish look this sick (but I've only ever had eggbound tetras before). So I guess the question is whether she's better off in the salt treatment or with the tank with the male D: I had her in the tank with a male overnight with no effect, but not looking any sicker either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexyay Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 She passed away overnight - no response to meth blue or salt. I didn't find any eggs when *attempting* (note that I don't have the proper tools with me) to dissect her, but a lot of her organs just went a dark green and she was the worst smelling fish I've ever dissected. After death her abdominal area went a dark green too. I still don't know what caused it :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverdollarboy2 Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 The same thing happened to my silverdollar last week :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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