Gourami is dying

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Fishnerd360

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Woke up to see my gourami laying on the ground, looks perfectly fine so I thought maybe he was sleeping as he ate and was interactive yesterday. But as I try to move him, he can’t swim very good and is laying in a new spot. He looks perfectly fine as he did yesterday and when I got him. The tank is planted with tankmates of pond snails, 1 nerite snail, 1 baby panda garra, 1 amano shrimp, and 1 unknown rasbora(1.5cm). Last time I had gouramis, they all died to some disease that took them down 1 by 1 over the course of a month. Don’t know what I can do as the other animals are fine, and the gourami is looking to good, and I don’t think I can medicate him.
 
What species is it?
There is a disease that affects dwarf guoramis, just kind of kills them quickly without much possible treatment.
 
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He can’t float very good, breathing normally, and will acknowledge I’m there.

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Sounds like it may be a swim bladder issue.
A few people who could probably help better than I can:
Gourami Swami Gourami Swami Rocksor Rocksor tlindsey tlindsey
 
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Deadeye said:
What species is it?
There is a disease that affects dwarf guoramis, just kind of kills them quickly without much possible treatment.
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Gold honey gourami, I put him in a breeder box and now he’s acting normal? He not laying down anymore and instead just acting like he normally would. Maybe I just woke him up, but usually he would be swimming around before I turned on the light. But less than an hour ago he was having trouble swimming.
 
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Good to hear! I would continue monitoring, see if it gets better or worse, what seems to trigger it. The water could possibly be not oxygenated enough, labyrinth fish do breath air.
 
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Deadeye said:
Good to hear! I would continue monitoring, see if it gets better or worse, what seems to trigger it. The water could possibly be not oxygenated enough, labyrinth fish do breath air.
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Maybe, because when I had him in the net for a little bit, he was taking air out of the surface.
 
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Might be worth a shot.
I’m not sure if honey gouramis get it, but most dwarf gouramis get a disease that just quickly kills them. They usually are lethargic and just waste away.
 
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He tried to greet me by swimming up, but couldn’t maintain it and fell back down. I put him back in the net so he’s near the surface.
 
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