Sunshinebluemoon Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 The first picture is her right side it looks good and normal. The second side is her left side and it looks really rough. Any thoughts would be helpful? Her home is a community 40 gallon hexagon tank. There are small tetras, moscow guppies, another powered blue gourami, a very docile betta and lots of Cory's. The tank parameters are the best they have been in a while. I am wondering if she is getting beat up by the other gourami who is a bit of a bully. Or is it something like Popeye. Might be time to take the bully back to the coop ☹. I have her my girl in a 2 gallon hospital tank. I am treating with API aquarium salt and almond leaves. Since the tank is uncycled I added fluval cycle in the hospital tank and some prime. Is there anything else I can do? I got a back injury this weekend and wasn't able to physically attend to my aquariums until today, when I found her like this. Normally I just go to the coop and the awesome employees help me through this stuff although I can't drive right now so here I am concerned and worried. My fish are so important to me. Now I have you guys to reach out to. Very grateful for that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Looks more like aggression wounds to me. 2 male dwarf gourami can be challenging. I had 2 that got along, then one day they didn't. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 9 hours ago, Sunshinebluemoon said: The first picture is her right side it looks good and normal. The second side is her left side and it looks really rough. Any thoughts would be helpful? Her home is a community 40 gallon hexagon tank. There are small tetras, moscow guppies, another powered blue gourami, a very docile betta and lots of Cory's. The tank parameters are the best they have been in a while. I am wondering if she is getting beat up by the other gourami who is a bit of a bully. Or is it something like Popeye. Might be time to take the bully back to the coop ☹. I have her my girl in a 2 gallon hospital tank. I am treating with API aquarium salt and almond leaves. Since the tank is uncycled I added fluval cycle in the hospital tank and some prime. Is there anything else I can do? I got a back injury this weekend and wasn't able to physically attend to my aquariums until today, when I found her like this. Normally I just go to the coop and the awesome employees help me through this stuff although I can't drive right now so here I am concerned and worried. My fish are so important to me. Now I have you guys to reach out to. Very grateful for that. I would continue with the salt treatment and monitor for now I agree with @Mmiller2001 it looks like injury ether from fighting or it could have swim in to something to get away from the other fish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshinebluemoon Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 On 5/7/2021 at 7:19 AM, Mmiller2001 said: Looks more like aggression wounds to me. 2 male dwarf gourami can be challenging. I had 2 that got along, then one day they didn't. On 5/7/2021 at 7:19 AM, Mmiller2001 said: Looks more like aggression wounds to me. 2 male dwarf gourami can be challenging. I had 2 that got along, then one day they didn't. Thank you for your knowledge! It was my understanding that they are female. So if you see male bits please confirm. I was also thinking aggression. Although they were both bought together out of the same tank. We were told if this happen to bring the bully back. Things were a little bumpy at first but they are in a forty so they had space to sort things out. Since then they have been together for a couple of months together without to much fuss with one another. She seems to be a lot less stressed right now by herself. As soon as I can drive I be taking the other back to the store this one is very sweet and docile and swims with my betta and guppies just fine. I'll keep you posted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sunshinebluemoon said: Thank you for your knowledge! It was my understanding that they are female. So if you see male bits please confirm. I was also thinking aggression. Although they were both bought together out of the same tank. We were told if this happen to bring the bully back. Things were a little bumpy at first but they are in a forty so they had space to sort things out. Since then they have been together for a couple of months together without to much fuss with one another. She seems to be a lot less stressed right now by herself. As soon as I can drive I be taking the other back to the store this one is very sweet and docile and swims with my betta and guppies just fine. I'll keep you posted... I think your right, probably female. Dwarfs in general are typically more aggressive towards each other. I went over to Honey Gourami's, so far they get along great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshinebluemoon Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Mmiller2001 said: I think your right, probably female. Dwarfs in general are typically more aggressive towards each other. I went over to Honey Gourami's, so far they get along great. We have 2 Honey Gouramis in a different tank and they are the sweetest thing to watch. But I have a weakness for that powered blue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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