Poor thing. But, from what I've been reading, Velvet doesn't always kill
that quickly - I found this which may be of help -
http://www.seymouraquariums.com/velvet_disease.htm
I'm no expert, so I'll leave further comment to those on the board, but
from what I can see it may be best to continue with the velvet
medication and raise the temp in the tank (as per the instruction in the
link above).
Christine
Scotland
UK
On 23/01/2013 16:17, Chris wrote:
>
> Hi. My sick dwarf Gourami is still alive but looking very unwell, I
> switched meds from fluke treatment which he was on for a week to
> velvet treatment 4 days ago and things just seem to be getting worse.
>
> >From what I have gathered velvet kills within a few days so if that
> is true I guess it's not velvet, so I am back to square one and don't
> know what to do.
>
> I have managed to get a few better pics of him which are in photos
> cris.1117 tank, so any ideas as to what to try next would be most welcome.
>
> As you can see the tiny white spots have spread across he's entire
> body now, I have also noticed he's two feeler things are splitting and
> getting shorter, he is still eating and moving about the tank, but I
> don't think he can see all that well, he's eyes seem very cloudy now.
>
> Thanks. Chris
>
>
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