Kear Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 hi can anyone please help with this ! I have had two gold gourami's for about a month now, one is doing great putting on good size already, the other has looked bloated for the last 2 weeks and hardly but any size on, I've not noticed it eating at all for at least 6 days or poop at all in that time ! i have just finished a treatment of melafix as advised by my LFS and nothing has changed. do you lovely people have any idea or had this before ? Thank You ! nitrates 10ppm nitrites and ammonia 0 ppm temp 25c/ 77f Ph 7.5 to 7.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 It could suffering from constipation epsom acts as muscle relaxant I would not feed for 5days add epsom salt at 1 table spoon for 3 gallons aquarium salt won't have the same effect as epsom salt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kear Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 Thank you colu. do you know if the epsom will kill the plants i have ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Yes it will harm your plants Qarantine and treat if you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kear Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 brilliant ! thank you for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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