I have never lost a dwarf gourami before yesterday, here is what happended and your thoughts would be appreciated.
Tank is a 75 moderately planted. Temp=78 Ph=7.4 NH3=0.0 NO2=0.0 NO3=20. Community tank inc. two more males dwarfs a pair of 3 spots and one pink. The rest are tetras, loaches, cats and Endlers.
About mid-day yesterday spent some time feeding dried tubafix from the end of a cocktail stick, fish were having fun and so was I. The gouramis are totally passive together. Once the fish had their fill I sat and watched the race. About three hours later one of the dwarfs is on his side looking really bloated. I put him in isolation with some salt and bicarb. he lasted about one hour and expired. While in isolation he would make sporadic lunges for the surface. His fins were all jacked out yet he was breathing normally and his gill color looked fine. His belly was really swollen though.
What do you think, did he gorge on the worms too much and they swelled in his belly as they hydrated?
Looking forward to your response(s)
Tank is a 75 moderately planted. Temp=78 Ph=7.4 NH3=0.0 NO2=0.0 NO3=20. Community tank inc. two more males dwarfs a pair of 3 spots and one pink. The rest are tetras, loaches, cats and Endlers.
About mid-day yesterday spent some time feeding dried tubafix from the end of a cocktail stick, fish were having fun and so was I. The gouramis are totally passive together. Once the fish had their fill I sat and watched the race. About three hours later one of the dwarfs is on his side looking really bloated. I put him in isolation with some salt and bicarb. he lasted about one hour and expired. While in isolation he would make sporadic lunges for the surface. His fins were all jacked out yet he was breathing normally and his gill color looked fine. His belly was really swollen though.
What do you think, did he gorge on the worms too much and they swelled in his belly as they hydrated?
Looking forward to your response(s)
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