Hi there -
I have a female dwarf gourami who has had a small lesion on her head for a few weeks. Do regular water changes - about 20% once a week. Ammonia is zero, nitrite zero and the ph is 7.5. Lost my other female about a month ago to what I think may have been Gourami Irodovirus or a bacterial infection, she bloated chronically before dying and was making small backwards swimming motions.
Recently, had another male develop a bacterial infection in one eye - may have been an injury as the eye swelled up like pop eye and was cloudy - eye has since healed but is still clouded over. Treated with Sera Baktopur Direct Tabs. I live in South Africa and have limited access to most of the medications mentioned like Maracyn. Also did a course of the Sera Bakto food which is not antibiotic but claims to work against internal bacterial infections.
All my gourami seem very dark in colour, 2 male and 1 female 'marigold' dwarf gourami, along with 6 male guppies and one plecostomus in a 60 liter tank.
Anyway, back to dear Dwarf Gourami with lesion on head. I am not sure if I am dealing with something bacterial here (have treated for bacteria recently - even did a course of Metronadizole at one point about a month), Hole in the Head or Dwarf Gourami disease. The lesion has been there a while, it does seem to quite slowly be getting a bit bigger and raised, it is white in colour only, no redness. She eats well and seems healthy enough aside from this white lesion. I recently did a 5 day treatment of myaxin which seemed to make stuff all difference. When I first got the gouramis I would notice little white blemishes and would treat with Myaxin and it would clear the problem up, this time I may not have acted fast enough and it doesn't seem to have worked.
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Also - I do have some Oxytetracycline which is for poultry - they have added all sorts of vitamins to this antibiotic - can I still use it on my fish?
Thanks......
I have a female dwarf gourami who has had a small lesion on her head for a few weeks. Do regular water changes - about 20% once a week. Ammonia is zero, nitrite zero and the ph is 7.5. Lost my other female about a month ago to what I think may have been Gourami Irodovirus or a bacterial infection, she bloated chronically before dying and was making small backwards swimming motions.
Recently, had another male develop a bacterial infection in one eye - may have been an injury as the eye swelled up like pop eye and was cloudy - eye has since healed but is still clouded over. Treated with Sera Baktopur Direct Tabs. I live in South Africa and have limited access to most of the medications mentioned like Maracyn. Also did a course of the Sera Bakto food which is not antibiotic but claims to work against internal bacterial infections.
All my gourami seem very dark in colour, 2 male and 1 female 'marigold' dwarf gourami, along with 6 male guppies and one plecostomus in a 60 liter tank.
Anyway, back to dear Dwarf Gourami with lesion on head. I am not sure if I am dealing with something bacterial here (have treated for bacteria recently - even did a course of Metronadizole at one point about a month), Hole in the Head or Dwarf Gourami disease. The lesion has been there a while, it does seem to quite slowly be getting a bit bigger and raised, it is white in colour only, no redness. She eats well and seems healthy enough aside from this white lesion. I recently did a 5 day treatment of myaxin which seemed to make stuff all difference. When I first got the gouramis I would notice little white blemishes and would treat with Myaxin and it would clear the problem up, this time I may not have acted fast enough and it doesn't seem to have worked.
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Also - I do have some Oxytetracycline which is for poultry - they have added all sorts of vitamins to this antibiotic - can I still use it on my fish?
Thanks......