Hi guys,
First of all apologies for any silly questions I may ask, I'm very new to the hobby (but I'm trying hard to catch-up through book, internet and this great forum).
I think I've got a problem with my female dwarf gourami, I'd like to be optimistic and assume this is just a wound that will heal with a bit of help.
I've got the gourami on Saturday, I hadn't notice the wound when I bought it, but I'm sure it was a netting generated one (or maybe during the trip back home, but I doubt because it is a 10 minutes trip and we put extra care on it...). I wasn't using any coating product in my tank (~25 gallons planted, fully cycled a couple of weeks ago) but on Sunday the LFS shopping assistant suggested me to add "stress coat +" so since that day I'm using it. I added the dose for the 25 gal. and now I'm just conditioning the ~30% of water I change every 2 days. I'm testing the water every day and I have 0 ammonia and nitrite and ~10/15 Nitrates, the PH is 7.8.
Now the silly questions:
Should I increase the water changing rate?
Should I add more conditioner?
How long should I leave the new conditioned water before adding it to the aquarium?
Is the clorine removed immediatelly when I add those products?
Do I need antibiotics? Which one?
Here I have a few pictures of Lucy (not the best quality one but hopefully the one showing better the wound):
Sunday night (see old post, posted in wrong place...):
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...9&highlight=dwarf+gourami+disease#post2158119
Today (Thursday):
Thanks a lot for your help!:1zhelp:
First of all apologies for any silly questions I may ask, I'm very new to the hobby (but I'm trying hard to catch-up through book, internet and this great forum).
I think I've got a problem with my female dwarf gourami, I'd like to be optimistic and assume this is just a wound that will heal with a bit of help.
I've got the gourami on Saturday, I hadn't notice the wound when I bought it, but I'm sure it was a netting generated one (or maybe during the trip back home, but I doubt because it is a 10 minutes trip and we put extra care on it...). I wasn't using any coating product in my tank (~25 gallons planted, fully cycled a couple of weeks ago) but on Sunday the LFS shopping assistant suggested me to add "stress coat +" so since that day I'm using it. I added the dose for the 25 gal. and now I'm just conditioning the ~30% of water I change every 2 days. I'm testing the water every day and I have 0 ammonia and nitrite and ~10/15 Nitrates, the PH is 7.8.
Now the silly questions:
Should I increase the water changing rate?
Should I add more conditioner?
How long should I leave the new conditioned water before adding it to the aquarium?
Is the clorine removed immediatelly when I add those products?
Do I need antibiotics? Which one?
Here I have a few pictures of Lucy (not the best quality one but hopefully the one showing better the wound):
Sunday night (see old post, posted in wrong place...):
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...9&highlight=dwarf+gourami+disease#post2158119
Today (Thursday):
Thanks a lot for your help!:1zhelp: