Cindylittle2001

Hi and Happy Memorial Day to all -
My first post was not answered. I am getting in more trouble with my 45 gal tank. I have 2 dwarf gouramis. Three days ago I noticed an ulcer in one of them and pulled him out to a hospital tank. I posted one had an ulcer and the other looked bloated.

I pulled the ulcerated one out and treated the him with myracyn II for gram negative bacteria. He seemed fine. After reading posts, I began thinking it was parasites. I did a partial change of the water and I literally put one drop of quick cure in the tank (malacyte green) and he fell immediately to the bottom of the tank in shock. I quickly backed out of that and freshened his water up. He recovered a little. He is almost dead now. I am only treating him with myracyn II now.

The other gourami, is still in the community tank and he looked a little bloated a few days ago. The forum said try feeding him peas. No use. He is sluggish, has white poos and looks like he swallowed a marble. I think it is dropsy. However, he has been in with the community tank for days.

Should I treat my whole tank with myracyn II? 8 neons, 2 black tetras, 1 beta, 1 dwarf gourami, clown loach, plecostomus & 4 platies or pull out my next victim. I see slight bulging in yet another fish.

I just finished 3 days of a quick cure treatment in the community tank using 50% of the whole dose because tetras can't take the full dose.

I am planning a partial water change today and to start antibiotics before everyone gets dropsy. UNLESS someone here stops me. One of my favorite tetras is getting bloated looking too. But is this foolish? Will this kill the clown loach or plecostomus or harm the neons with a full dose of myracyn II in the whole tank. Am I on the right track? No scales are popping out in the gourami, but he is getting darkened where he is bloating like there is real damage under the scales.

My ulcerated gourami is in a small hospital tank 1 gal. He is near death. I plan to go buy a bigger hospital tank this weekend.


I will just do a partial water change and wait for your posts to see if anyone can open my eyes to someting I am missing. Also water condition is good but not perfect, I am changing the water partially to get nitrates back to 0 today but they are still in the safe range. Water condition is pretty good!

Thanks for any insight you have. I am still new to this.

Cindy

Lucy

Hi Cindy, I'm sorry you're first thread wasn't answered and really, I can't be of much help.

If the poo is white, long and stringy, you are probably right about the parasites. I wouldn't rule out constipation either.

I'll ask the obvious and hope others see this thread and can help you.

What are your readings for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates? Are the dwarf gouramis new to the tank?

When you tried the peas, were they cut small enough? Did they eat them at all?

Make sure you're not using carbon while medicating the tank.

Good luck to you and your fishes, I hope someone with more knowledge can help you.

Cindylittle2001

You are so nice for answering. I am in trouble here!

I am using 2 week old carbon while medicating the community tank, not the sick tank. The bottle said I could. But I will pull it if I start another med. The gourami wouldn't eat the peas. They were small as the size of his eyes. However the tetras loved them! My dwarfs are original fish since January. They survived all of my mistakes. I love those little guys.

It looks like the parasite meds make them sicker. I used a half dose in the community tank to kill off any micro-organisms that might be starting up. I used 1 drop in the sick tank ( 1 drop per gallon) since it is only 1 gallon. I had to bail on that med since he reacted so severely to the med and I changed the water back to antibiotic only.

The ulceated guy is hanging in there in a 1 gal sick tank with air only. I am babying him making sure his water stays clean.

Now I am worried about the community tank. The nitrates are the same as our drinking water out of the tap. There are 0 nitrites, I can't test amonia. The ph always is about 8.0.

Thanks for your precious time. I really do appreciate it!

Cindy

Lucy

Your welcome, I just wish I could be of more help.

If it's constipation, you can try to soak the peas in garlic juice.
Is the poo dropping or hanging on?

Perhaps this thread will be of some use to you.

Internal Parasites

Cindylittle2001

Yes the poo is long, white, stringy and hanging on. To rule out constipation I am doing the peas in garlic thing. (it couldn't hurt)

I have seen this before just before I lost 14 fish in Febuary. Can aquatic plants bring in parasites too? I bought 2 platies and 2 plants and the platies are fine. Just wondering. If it is parasites some of the users are saying to get Metronidazole. I see no signs of those really bad worms on that post. (what a nightmare) It looks pointless to isolate the fish if it is a parasite I should treat everybody. Thank You Lucy!

Lucy

Your welcome, just wish I could have helped you further.

Good luck and let us know how they're doing.