Gurami are representatives of spawning labyrinthine aquarium fish. Other names are Nitenos, Trichogaster. In this article, we will talk about aquarium fish gourami and their disease.
Features
Gurami is a slow enough, hardy and omnivorous fish, which perfectly coexists with other neighbors in the aquarium. It is very popular with experienced as well as novice aquarists due to its characteristics:
- appearance, which is very diverse;
- The ability to clean a home aquarium from fast-breeding small snails and the pest of hydra.
Gurami prefers the middle and upper layers of the water of the home mini-reservoir, this is explained by the construction of respiratory organs, which represent the gill labyrinth. From time to time the fish swim to the very surface of the water to grasp the air with the mouth. In golden gourami, red eyes are the norm.
Diseases of gourami
Despite the relative ease of keeping gouramis, marble and other species are prone to disease. The following living organisms are the causative agents of the ailments of these fish:
- microscopic fungi;
- bacteria;
- viruses;
- worms;
- infusoria.
After activation in the diseased fish, harmful organisms get to other individuals, causing the death of the inhabitants of the entire aquarium. Therefore, the diseased fish are transplanted into a separate aquarium. Factors provoking diseases gurami, are considered poor conditions of detention and feeding.
The most common diseases of fish are gourami:
- Lymphocystosis. This disease can easily be diagnosed by the appearance on the body of fish open wounds, grayish nodules or flat growths of black color. The zones around the affected sites with gourami slightly inflate. Most often the sick fish looks like sprinkled with semolina.
- Pseudomonosis. The disease manifests itself in the form of dark spots, rapidly turning into red ulcers. Through them, gourami can get an infection, for example, saprolegnosis.
- Aeromonosis is a disease that mainly falls on pearl and other types of gurus with food. First of all, weakened fish can be weakened in overpopulated aquariums. At the initial stage of the disease, the scales in the gourami rises to the top. Then the fish stop eating, become inactive, lie down on the ground. The diagnosis is absolutely correct if the gums have swollen abdomen and blood stains have appeared on it. Recovery is possible with proper treatment and care.