Help! My giant gourami is not looking too good. I am new so I really don't know what to do.

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Thetigeroscarkeeper1243

Thetigeroscarkeeper1243

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So, I recently bought a giant gourami and I kept it in my tank. In my tank I had 2 oscars, 1 parrot and 1 silver dollar.
After sometime I noticed that the parrot was bulling the giant gourami too much which led to be some fins missing.
After 2-3 days I saw that its skin had started peeling off and some kind of infection was there.
I had sera backtopur so I put him in a quarantine tank and followed the dosage. Today I decided to put him back to the
main tank and he still not looking good. I need advice from you guys so that I can save him. I will post the pictures when
I am free.

BTW- I went to my aquarium shop and exchanged the parrot for a African Malawi so I don't think it going to be a problem.
 
Fwiw many Malawi cichlids (specifically the mbuna) are very aggressive, much more so than a parrot.
Pictures would definitely help to understand the problem, but it definitely sounds like a bacterial infection as a result of injuries.
Injuries can take time to heal - generally a few weeks to be fully back to normal.
 
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Welcome to the forum!
 
You need to reevaluate the stocking of your tank, in terms of the comp ability of the varios fish you have together. There is behavioral compatibility, where aggressive fish will bully less assertive fish. In addition, there are issues with como ability of requirements in terms of water characteristics. Mbuna require vastly different water parameters than Oscar’s, silver dollars, or gourami.
Further, unless your tank is absolutely huge, it will be insufficient to host together 2 Oscars, the gourami, and then additional aggressive fish. What size is the tank and what are the average water parameters?
 
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Dude
That fish is gonna die
For coming time Restock your tank
1-2 big fishes (cichlids etc)
12 dithers i recommend dollars
And bottom feeders loaches Or a med sized bichir would be perfect
And u will cruriously watch the tank all day
 
Thetigeroscarkeeper1243 said:
I already have 2 oscars, 1 silver dollar and 1 Malawi chichlid
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Scape your tank make caves
Malawi gonna be near the caves most the time coz of oscars and get more dollars
Skip the bottom fish
And it still be perfect
 
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