fishhappy

[bhelp, New Blue Gourami Doesn't Seem Happy And Not Eating! We Bought 3 Gourami And Another Angel To Put With Our Other Angels And Catfish In A Bigger Tank And Everybody Seems Happy Except For This One Blue Gourami Who Stays By Himself In A Corner And Does Not Seem Interested In Food. is There Something We Can Do To Help Him?

Amanda

Is the tank cycled?

livetowin

He could be still stressed from being moved try putting in conditioning salt it may calm him down and like amanda said is the tank cycled and what is the nitrate,nitrite, ammonia, and pH.

clinton1621

My powder blue gourami did the same thing for a few days when I put him in, I used frozen brine shrimp to finally get him to eat... keep an eye on him though as it could be iridovirus, its going around especially with gouramis and the symptoms are the same (it will also start affecting your other fish)

mathas

If your aquarium info is correct and you have a 3.0 ammonia reading on that tank, the fish is likely dying from ammonia poisoning.

If you haven't cycled the tank as Amanda suggested, you need to get your water chemistry under control immediately if you want any of the fish to survive. Read about the nitrogen cycle, and begin doing daily 25-50% water changes until you see no ammonia, no nitrites, and less than 20-40ppm nitrates. Make sure when you add the new water that you use a dechlorinator, such as SeaChem's Prime. Prime also helps detoxify the ammonia that is present, which might help the fish survive.

Alessa

As mathas mentioned (and your profile states it) your fish are most likely dying of ammonia/nitrite poisoning

Read this link for the nitrogen cycle info: http://www.fishlore.com/NitrogenCycle.htm

COBettaCouple

Gourami and Angels often don't get along, but I'd definitely recommend Prime for all water and 50% daily water changes until cycled (0 for ammonia & nitrites, 20 or less for nitrates).

Shawnie

gourami's and salt dont get along either...do not use salt !

daily water changes and prime will be your best friend..I hope he comes out of it!!