I bought a dwarf gourami about two weeks ago and I am now noticing a spot on his right side behind his eye that I'm not sure about. It's red around the edges and looks kinda fluffy and white in the middle. After doing some reading/looking at some pics today I'm pretty sure it is DGD. Water parameters are good with nitrates under 20ppm. Should I just take him out now and save him the suffering?
He is in my 55 gal tank with:
5 zebra Damion
2 glass catfish (2 more soon)
1 marble veil angel
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I know nothing about it but how does the fish act? That would be my deciding factor. I grabbed this off google Dwarf gourami disease (DGD). Sometimes caused by a bacteria, sometimes by a virus. Bacterial form may be treated at early stages with antibiotics; otherwise untreatable. Quarantine sick fish immediately as DGD is highly contagious. Provide optimal water conditions and hope for a natural recovery; otherwise destroy the fish painlessly. DGD is most easily avoided by not keeping dwarf gouramis, but instead opting for similar but resistant species such as Colisa labiosus and Colisa fasciata.
He was really skittish the couple days after my post, hiding in a cave he never used to go in and not moving much. I did a 20% water change and he seems much improved afterwards. I don't know if it is just luck or if the water change made a big difference for him. The sore however is still there and doesn't really look any better.
Since he has made it this long that is a good sign, normally I would say to use a med to prevent fungus/infection but I'm not sure in this case as he's made it a while. If you can post pictures that may help.
I unfortunately don't have any other tanks. I will have to see about getting a small one setup.
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