Constipated and blown gourami swimming vertically

I found my blue powder dwarf gourami today in this state. He was trailing a long piece of poop with him. Seemed like he's constipated because he was trailing his poop for over an hour. He keeps swimming vertically and taking gulps of air occasionally. I fed fleas last night and some flakes and granules during the day. But he's always been eating like he didn't eat for days.



What happened to him and how can I help? I am almost sure this is due to constipation and not sth else, right?



I threw cooked peas in, but he doesn't even care for good



Please help

 

Any way you can fill out the emergency template? What do you feed him and how much/often?

The cooked peas should be deshelled and cut up into small bites; the fish won't eat the entire pea. Daphina also works as a laxative and since gourami's are insectivores, you might have a better chance at getting him to eat it. If not, go ahead and try soaking the peas in garlic juice to entice him to eat it.

 

Any way you can fill out the emergency template? What do you feed him and how much/often?

The cooked peas should be deshelled and cut up into small bites; the fish won't eat the entire pea. Daphina also works as a laxative and since gourami's are insectivores, you might have a better chance at getting him to eat it. If not, go ahead and try soaking the peas in garlic juice to entice him to eat it.

To me (Dwarf) gouramis aren't insectivores

 

I filled the template. I did soak peas in garlic and smashed it but he didn't even look at it.


Tank
What is the water volume of the tank?
30G

How long has the tank been running?
2 months

Does it have a filter?
Yes

Does it have a heater?
Yes

What is the water temperature?
26-27

What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.)
2 german blue rams, 2 guppys, 2 dwarf gouramis, 4 bronze corys,8 rsboras espei, 9 neon tetras


Maintenance
How often do you change the water?
Weekly

How much of the water do you change?
30%

What do you use to treat your water?
Tetra water conditioner and sometimes prime from Seachem

Do you vacuum the substrate or just the water?
I vacuum substrate once in every few weeks because there's no dirt in it, corys are doing a good job
*Parameters - Very Important
Did you cycle your tank before adding fish?
I did fish in cycle with tetras

What do you use to test the water?
Tetra test strips

What are your parameters? We need to know the exact numbers, not just “fine” or “safe”.
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0.94mg/l(added prime yesterday. I started getting nitrite spokes after I treated the whole tank with Baktopur when a ram had parasites.
Nitrate: 8mg/l

pH: 7.5

Feeding
How often do you feed your fish?
Once a day
How much do you feed your fish?
A pinch of flakes and two kinds of a few granules

What brand of food do you feed your fish?
Tetra flakes, sera granules and one more brand that I don't remember right now

Do you feed frozen?
Yes occasiony. Daphnia.

Do you feed freeze-dried foods?
I have bloodworms bit I am not feeding them anymore


Illness & Symptoms
How long have you had this fish?
About a month

How long ago did you first notice these symptoms?
Today in morning

In a few words, can you explain the symptoms?
Powder blue dwarf Gourami is bloated and he had a long string of poop hanging from him. He kept swimming vertically but poop never came out more. He keeps swimming this way. Hesnot interested in any food.

Have you started any treatment for the illness?
No.

Was your fish physically ill or injured upon purchase?
No.

How has its behavior and appearance changed, if at all?
Appearance and behaviour didn't change apart from that what I wrote.
He is still this way. The long poop has dropped but he is not changing and not giving any interest in food. What can I do please?

 

To me (Dwarf) gouramis aren't insectivores

Apologies, I assumed since I saw so many people talking about how they spit water they were primarly insectivores. What should I refer to them as for future reference?

I filled the template. I did soak peas in garlic and smashed it but he didn't even look at it.


Tank
What is the water volume of the tank?
30G

How long has the tank been running?
2 months

Does it have a filter?
Yes

Does it have a heater?
Yes

What is the water temperature?
26-27

What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.)
2 german blue rams, 2 guppys, 2 dwarf gouramis, 4 bronze corys,8 rsboras espei, 9 neon tetras


Maintenance
How often do you change the water?
Weekly

How much of the water do you change?
30%

What do you use to treat your water?
Tetra water conditioner and sometimes prime from Seachem

Do you vacuum the substrate or just the water?
I vacuum substrate once in every few weeks because there's no dirt in it, corys are doing a good job
*Parameters - Very Important
Did you cycle your tank before adding fish?
I did fish in cycle with tetras

What do you use to test the water?
Tetra test strips

What are your parameters? We need to know the exact numbers, not just “fine” or “safe”.
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0.94mg/l(added prime yesterday. I started getting nitrite spokes after I treated the whole tank with Baktopur when a ram had parasites.
Nitrate: 8mg/l

pH: 7.5

Feeding
How often do you feed your fish?
Once a day
How much do you feed your fish?
A pinch of flakes and two kinds of a few granules

What brand of food do you feed your fish?
Tetra flakes, sera granules and one more brand that I don't remember right now

Do you feed frozen?
Yes occasiony. Daphnia.

Do you feed freeze-dried foods?
I have bloodworms bit I am not feeding them anymore


Illness & Symptoms
How long have you had this fish?
About a month

How long ago did you first notice these symptoms?
Today in morning

In a few words, can you explain the symptoms?
Powder blue dwarf Gourami is bloated and he had a long string of poop hanging from him. He kept swimming vertically but poop never came out more. He keeps swimming this way. Hesnot interested in any food.

Have you started any treatment for the illness?
No.

Was your fish physically ill or injured upon purchase?
No.

How has its behavior and appearance changed, if at all?
Appearance and behaviour didn't change apart from that what I wrote.
He is still this way. The long poop has dropped but he is not changing and not giving any interest in food. What can I do please?

I would start to fast him. The other fish won’t mind skipping a few meals. If he won’t touch the peas, the next best thing to do is to allow his stomach to fully digest the blockage of food. My guess is this may have been caused by the Tetra flakes. They have many fillers and are hard for fish to digest, as well as they have little to no protien. A more nutrious flake is something like Omega One, Northfin, Fluval Bug Bites, or X Treme Flakes.

A water change would help with the nitrites.

 

Apologies, I assumed since I saw so many people talking about how they spit water they were primarly insectivores. What should I refer to them as for future reference?

They are Omnivorous, though insects should be a large portion of their diet.

I filled the template. I did soak peas in garlic and smashed it but he didn't even look at it.


Tank
What is the water volume of the tank?
30G

How long has the tank been running?
2 months

Does it have a filter?
Yes

Does it have a heater?
Yes

What is the water temperature?
26-27

What is the entire stocking of this tank? (Please list all fish and inverts.)
2 german blue rams, 2 guppys, 2 dwarf gouramis, 4 bronze corys,8 rsboras espei, 9 neon tetras


Maintenance
How often do you change the water?
Weekly

How much of the water do you change?
30%

What do you use to treat your water?
Tetra water conditioner and sometimes prime from Seachem

Do you vacuum the substrate or just the water?
I vacuum substrate once in every few weeks because there's no dirt in it, corys are doing a good job
*Parameters - Very Important
Did you cycle your tank before adding fish?
I did fish in cycle with tetras

What do you use to test the water?
Tetra test strips

What are your parameters? We need to know the exact numbers, not just “fine” or “safe”.
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0.94mg/l(added prime yesterday. I started getting nitrite spokes after I treated the whole tank with Baktopur when a ram had parasites.
Nitrate: 8mg/l

pH: 7.5

Feeding
How often do you feed your fish?
Once a day
How much do you feed your fish?
A pinch of flakes and two kinds of a few granules

What brand of food do you feed your fish?
Tetra flakes, sera granules and one more brand that I don't remember right now

Do you feed frozen?
Yes occasiony. Daphnia.

Do you feed freeze-dried foods?
I have bloodworms bit I am not feeding them anymore


Illness & Symptoms
How long have you had this fish?
About a month

How long ago did you first notice these symptoms?
Today in morning

In a few words, can you explain the symptoms?
Powder blue dwarf Gourami is bloated and he had a long string of poop hanging from him. He kept swimming vertically but poop never came out more. He keeps swimming this way. Hesnot interested in any food.

Have you started any treatment for the illness?
No.

Was your fish physically ill or injured upon purchase?
No.

How has its behavior and appearance changed, if at all?
Appearance and behaviour didn't change apart from that what I wrote.
He is still this way. The long poop has dropped but he is not changing and not giving any interest in food. What can I do please?

Once they look like this it's usually too far gone to fix, sorry.
They typically aren't very healthy fish due to bad genetics, so any issues in the aquarium are usually exacerbated with them. Stress often leads to these problems and having a second Dwarf can be a trigger for stress.