Dwarf Gourami Troubles

ImAGMan

ImAGMan

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It appears he is constipated? I've had him maybe a month now, first week he was fine late in the second maybe early third i noticed once he flipped over like a 360 when i was feeding him, didn't think anything of it. However now when i feed him seems he has trouble getting the food as he cant control his body all that great. His body goes Directly up and down and at that point he flips. He eats just fine in fact hes a pig. What can i do to help him?
 
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 10
ph 7.4

Stock is the 20gal in my signature 4 corys 4 boodfins 1 Dwarf Gouarmi.

I feed them dry flake food and bloodworms, algae wafers.

Temp 78
 
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First, I would stop feeding for a day or two and see if the swelling and swimming issues go down. If it is his swim bladder, it is usually "cured" by reducing his diet and stabalizing the water (water here isn't the issue from what you've told us).

In some cases it can be caused by a bacterial infection, but try not feeding them for 2 days.

How often do you feed and what foods? My dwarf Gouramis had a swollen belly too. I reduced the feedings by 50% and it went down in 2 days.

God they sure are piggies aren't they!! :eek:
 
I feed once or twice daily. He often eats everything :|. The bloodfins used to rule the castle but since i've put him in they pretty much race to see who gets the most, The Dwarf often wins, just yesterday he went and started eating the corys food ( algae wafers)
 
ct-death said:
First, I would stop feeding for a day or two and see if the swelling and swimming issues go down. If it is his swim bladder, it is usually "cured" by reducing his diet and stabalizing the water (water here isn't the issue from what you've told us).

In some cases it can be caused by a bacterial infection, but try not feeding them for 2 days.

How often do you feed and what foods? My dwarf Gouramis had a swollen belly too. I reduced the feedings by 50% and it went down in 2 days.

God they sure are piggies aren't they!! :eek:
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