I purchased 5 blue gouramis Saturday from the LFS. I took them home and put them in my aquarium. Later that day I noticed one of then has a problem. The black part of the right eye is smaller than the left eye(which looks normal compared to the other fish). It is obviously different. I didn't notice this at the store when I got the fish. The fish is not as active as the others and seems to swim a little leaning to the left. He is eating with the others however. I called the store and told them. They said they didn't know of any disease that would cause this and I could bring in a water sample because it is most likely a water problem. I checked the PH and ammonia myself. PH is 7.5 and ammonia 0. This is a new 55 gal. aquarium. The other fish are all fine. I am puzzled. I think the fish may have been physically damaged either being netted or during transport. It's been almost 48 hours now and the fish shows no change(for better or worse) in condition. If anyone can help I would really appreciate any feed back.
Blue Gourami eye problem
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Im posting this mainly to get your thread bumped up to the top, but I can offer you some advice on additional infomation you may want to post.
Can you test Nitrites and Nitrates? If so, ask your LFS to do it for you; they usually will, for free. Post those results here.
Can you test Nitrites and Nitrates? If so, ask your LFS to do it for you; they usually will, for free. Post those results here.