RyanU Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 I noticed these white spots on my gourami this morning. When I got home from work he looks to be bloated and having a hard time swimming. Does anybody have any idea what it could be. TIA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Unfortunately, it might be dwarf gourami iridovirus, which is extremely common with this species. It is currently incurable. You can try to treat the fish with antibiotics and aquarium salt, but if it is DGIV, it is fatal. 😞 I'm so sorry for you and your fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 It could be dwarf gourami Iridovirus they get similar marks on there body or a bacterial infection I would Qarantine and treat with epsom salt bath 1 table spoon for 2 gallons for no more than 15 minutes that will help reduce fluid buildup and kanaplex in food you will need seachems focus to act as a binding agent to cover against bacterial infection a wouldn't feed for a couple of days while treating to provent ammonia spikes during treatment keep a close eye on your water parameters during treatment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 7:29 PM, Colu said: It could be dwarf gourami Iridovirus they get similar marks on there body or a bacterial infection I would Qarantine and treat with epsom salt bath 1 table spoon for 2 gallons for no more than 15 minutes that will help reduce fluid buildup and kanaplex in food you will need seachems focus to act as a binding agent to cover against bacterial infection a wouldn't feed for a couple of days while treating to provent ammonia spikes during treatment keep a close eye on your water parameters during treatment I would follow Colu's advice here, @RyanU. I hope the treatment helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanU Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 Thank you for the fast response. If it is that and if incurable how long does he have even with treatment. Also do I need to be concerned about thy other fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Dwarf gourami Iridovirus mostly effects dwarf gourami and honey gourami's in rare cases Betta and some Cichlid species if it is Iridovirus he will go down hill pretty quickly there's still a possibility it's a bacterial infection so I would still treat with kanaplex and epsom salt and see how he responds to treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanU Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Thank you everybody for the help Unfortunately he did not make it. About 10 minutes after I read the suggestions my daughter saw him laying on the bottom of the tank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Sorry to hear he didn't make it if you have other dwarf gourami in the same tank I would recommend Qarantineing them and keeping a close eye on them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanU Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Then you. No he was my only one. I did some reading lay night about DGIV and it said the disease can linger in the tank and to wait before adding fish of thy same species. Do you have any idea how long i should wait. I was thinking of adding a Bolivian or GBR, or possibly and apisto for a new center piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laritheloud Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 6:27 AM, RyanU said: Then you. No he was my only one. I did some reading lay night about DGIV and it said the disease can linger in the tank and to wait before adding fish of thy same species. Do you have any idea how long i should wait. I was thinking of adding a Bolivian or GBR, or possibly and apisto for a new center piece. I would simply avoid dwarf gouramis and other anabantoids for the near/forseeable future. Honeys and anything other than Trichogaster Lalia are not as susceptible, according to my research, but I don't know how long you should wait before trying to add them to the tank. Rams and apistos should be okay. I'm so sorry about your gourami, it's why I'm afraid to try the trichogaster lalia after seeing so many sad stories. 😞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) You could run a UV steriliser to reduce the viral load in your tank for a couple of weeks before add new fish from what I have read dwarf gourami honey gourami's and rare case three spot gourami's and betta can get the virus I would follow @laritheloud advice and not add any gourami's or anabantoids Edited July 23, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanU Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 I will do just that. Thank you again for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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