j_guilliatt

Male Gourami has mucus hyperproduction. What is the best treatment for it?

Butterfly

Do you put salt of any type in the tank or a dechlorinator with slime coat producer in it ?
Carol

j_guilliatt

I've heard that a little bit of salt helps, but i wasn't sure whether gourami's tolerate it. No, i don't put anything in the tank, yet. Does the average aquarium shop sell salt?

Butterfly

You really don't want to use salt as it's an irritant and will cause an excess of slime production. Some of the dechlorinators like stress coas also will cause them to do that. Thats why I asked that question.
Something is irritating him thats for sure. Could your Nitrates be up?
Carol

j_guilliatt

I don't have a nitrate kit yet. I only started about 6 months ago. What does it mean if your nitrates are up?