Is my honey gourami bloated?
- Thread starter ashygal
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Thank you ? i tried to take more pictures of each sides but he/she has been swimming n hiding in every spot possible. These are a few more photos ive taken 5 hours after feeding my fishes. I felt slightly at ease as i dun see the weird stomach bump im seeing earlier where the blue arrow pointed.
Feed him daphnia or couple of pieces of green cooked and de shelled peas, thess are natural laxatives and will make fish's intestines move.
Bloating is a sign of overfeeding, fast all your fish in the tank for 3 days, then on 4th day feed them one of laxatives I mentioned before again and then feed your fish one small pinch of food once, daily.
Overfeeding = excess food rotting on bottom of the tank resulting in ammonia spike.
What size is the tank?
What are your water parameters? We will need exact numbers for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate.
Is the tank cycled? Are you aware of the nitrogen cycle?
How many fish do you have in the tank?
Bloating is a sign of overfeeding, fast all your fish in the tank for 3 days, then on 4th day feed them one of laxatives I mentioned before again and then feed your fish one small pinch of food once, daily.
Overfeeding = excess food rotting on bottom of the tank resulting in ammonia spike.
What size is the tank?
What are your water parameters? We will need exact numbers for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate.
Is the tank cycled? Are you aware of the nitrogen cycle?
How many fish do you have in the tank?
Sprinkle
thank you for asking, i wouldnt have known to provide these info from the beginning,I just fed the fishes some deshelled mash up peas, hopefully this will prevent them from going towards being bloated.
I think im not overfeeding them. Once a day, maybe 2 to 3 small pinches.
My tank is 45cm x 20cm x 30cm, approx 8ga?
I dont have the exact parameters as i dont have the tools to measure them. Everything here is written in japanese so i havnt decipher what they called it in japanese.
But when i started the tank a month ago, i put in 10 tetras to cycle. After a week, i put in a honey gourami n a bronze cory. I do water changes of about 5 to 6 litres weekly.
Not planning to add anymore fishes till im confident i can handle a bigger tank.
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ashygal
you will be able to handle a bigger tank with our help so don't worry. Just ask us 
But now I'm afraid the tank is too small for 10 neon tetras, cory and the gourami. You should have 6 or more corydoras in the tank. All the fish you have listed will need a 20 gallon (85L tank) with neon tetras needing a long 20 gal tank which is long about 80-90cm long ish. I really recommend a long tank (the one I mentioned), where you will be able to house 1 gourami, 12 neon tetras as well as 12 cories. The more cories the better for you, you will be able to see their social behaviour at best. They really are fun!
But now I'm afraid the tank is too small for 10 neon tetras, cory and the gourami. You should have 6 or more corydoras in the tank. All the fish you have listed will need a 20 gallon (85L tank) with neon tetras needing a long 20 gal tank which is long about 80-90cm long ish. I really recommend a long tank (the one I mentioned), where you will be able to house 1 gourami, 12 neon tetras as well as 12 cories. The more cories the better for you, you will be able to see their social behaviour at best. They really are fun!I fasted my fishes a day after feeding them frozen mashed up pea. But today when i was feeding them, i noticed 1 feeler of my honey gourami just tucked away on the side, only 1 of the feelers are actively moving. Almost like sleeping weirdly and you cant move or bent your neck. I searched the forum and google and i found alot of feeler damaged, feeler nibbed at. But little information on feeler limpness. Can someone advise if this is a serious problem?
this is no big, gouramis often do this.
what i do to check if their feeler is all right is i move my fingers up and down in front of them and they will use their feelers to check.
