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bloated blue gourami

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Question
my gourami has not been eating, that I have seen, and looks more and more bloated every day. I just bought him about a week ago. I don't see any other fish bothering him. Do you have any Ideas?.  

Answer
Hi Jana,
 Your fish has a disease called Dropsy. Dont get discouarged though because it is treatable. It's not a disease yet so dont think it's to serious. OKay, heres waht you do it's most likely poor water quality so do regular every day 25% water changes. But it could be an bacterial infection. So you acn get meds from the store but in a lot of cases they dont do much. If you need more information on diseases or this disease I found a website that I love, http://www.tropicalfishcentre.co.uk/Diseases1.htm
                          sincerely,
                                  Samantha