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Ok i have 2 3 spot gourami's and 2 pink kissing gourami's. and i can always see my kissing gourami's swimming round fearless of me or something but my 3 spot gourami's are always hiding under the filter near rocks. Are they extremely shy??
Uncle Bete
01-14-2004, 6:08 AM
shy? yes
fearing for there lives?!? could be!!!
WME: Gouramis don't like gouramis.
I had 2 kissers one time, and by process of rather easy illimination, it had to be one of them that took a chunk out of the side of a Bala Shark.
really i read they got on together:rolleyes: or at least be tankmates.
snakeskinner
01-14-2004, 9:25 AM
I acquired a gold gourami that is prettymuch fearless of me or the other tank mates. My 3 giant danio's are rather obnoxious, especially when feeding and crash the surface directly in front of and around the gourami when feeding and he just moves on to the next flake. My wife's Dwarf gourami's however are a little more shy but they seem to be getting a little more settled in. We've only had them since the weekend so they need more time to know exactly how they'll be. Once I'm sure the tank has cycled, we'll add another dwarf and a couple congo tetras so maybe they'll be more at ease with other tank mates. cya, Kyle
dethjam316
01-14-2004, 9:47 AM
gouramis have interesting personalities sometimes. i had a male blue gourami that terrorized all. i have a 3 pearls that were very outgoing...until i moved the 3 moonlights they lived with into another tank. they hid mercilessly. i put the moonlights back, and the pearls seem much more comfortable again.
maybe the kissers are intimidating them. i only have had a couple of them...and not successfully. but they didn't cause any problems with my other gouramis. i wouldn't think your 3spots would *hide* because "gouramis don't like gouramis." generally, such a statement is said against 3spots attacking other gouramis, and 9 times out of 10, i believe males are the culprits. so i would expect your 3spots to be "on the attack," as it were, if there were a problem with this grouping.
anyway, i'm not sure how to help. you could consider adding another and see if it makes them come out more? are yours male? female? unsure?
Uncle Bete
01-14-2004, 10:36 AM
I was just refering to my experience with the "gouramis don't like gouramis" because I've never had any that did.
And I guess I was just looking at my tank of pearl's that don't like each other and imagining 2 kissers that could easily be twice the size of dwarf's, and the dwarf's hideing for fear of there lives.
But then again I do have the experience with fish that I always heard were mean or nice as can be. I had a red tailed shark that all I heard about, was mean as could be. One day 3 cory's were hanging out in front of what I'm sure he considered his(RTS) territory, soaking up some UV's. So he comes out and looks at'em like, hey, go away, and one of the cory's turnt around and bit him on the tail. He went away, they stayed. It suprised me completely and I sat there laffin' for a couple of minute's thinkin' about my Bad little Cory.
dethjam316
01-14-2004, 10:48 AM
woh, what a cory....my experience has just been that, primarily, 'the gouramis can be nasty experience' is usually the result of pugnacious males...which are usually 3spots.
Well at the moment 1 kisser is about 2.5 inches and the other is prob 4 inches. The 3 spots are about 3-3.5 each. I am pretty sure i have all females.
about 10 mins ago the 3spot gourami's came out of their hidey holes and are swimming around with the other gourami's and fish. Their colour has gone from pale when i bought them to a beautiful blue with pearl like specales on their body and fins.
Uncle Bete
01-14-2004, 5:01 PM
cool! and good to hear!
maybe gouramis just don't like me? :sad :shake:
My pictus catfish is always hiding but that is like his home.
fishdude
01-14-2004, 6:04 PM
i love gouramis but i had a bad expieriance with my gouramis and dropsy:(
i heard it happens if they dont eat enough vegies
vegies?? All i do is put some peas in the tank what else can i use??
dethjam316
01-14-2004, 11:11 PM
you can order spirulina flakes. mine also "battle" clown loaches and others for algae tabs. i've fed them boiled romaine, and i'd imagine they'd pick at cucumber, as well.
my understanding that dropsy in particular is a condition caused by internal bacterial infections, which are caused by diseases, not feeding in particular. gouramis do need a varied diet; however...in addition to a good staple food, supplementing with the above recommendations and live/frozen/freezedried foods is always a good idea.
at the moment i am feeding brine shrimp(frozen), flake, green peas without the skin. Is that varied??
dethjam316
01-15-2004, 12:05 AM
sure. more never hurts...always try new foods!
sumoschro
01-15-2004, 12:59 AM
just ask Leopardess....she'll give you a list :D :D :D