Hello guys. I currently have a 40 gallon tank with some live plants, fake plants, hiding places etc. The current inhabitants are 2 Pink Kissing Gourami, 1 Spotted Climbing Perch (Leopard Gourami?), and 1 Rainbow Shark. There are also a few small snails and some ghost shrimp in the tank.
Anywho. The Spotted Climbing Perch is a new addition to the tank. Up until yesterday we had a Giant Danio in there that would chase all of the other fish around so we took him back to Pets Mart and picked up the Spotted Climbing Perch (which they have mislabeled as an African Leaf Fish).
The Danio would keep the big gourami busy by chasing him around, but it annoyed the hell out of me and I figured it definitely wasn't good for the fish. Now that the Danio is gone, the bigger Pink Kissing Gourami is terrorizing the slightly smaller Pink Kisser. It'll chase it around the tank until the smaller one finds refuge in the corner of the tank in some fake plants. The poor guy spent all last night in the plants and everytime he'd come out, the bigger one would chase him around again until he settled back into the plants.
Is there anyway to stop this from happening? I moved around the decorations to try and make them have to get new territories setup, but it didn't work. The Gourami only chases the smaller Gourami and pays the other fish no mind.
Anywho. The Spotted Climbing Perch is a new addition to the tank. Up until yesterday we had a Giant Danio in there that would chase all of the other fish around so we took him back to Pets Mart and picked up the Spotted Climbing Perch (which they have mislabeled as an African Leaf Fish).
The Danio would keep the big gourami busy by chasing him around, but it annoyed the hell out of me and I figured it definitely wasn't good for the fish. Now that the Danio is gone, the bigger Pink Kissing Gourami is terrorizing the slightly smaller Pink Kisser. It'll chase it around the tank until the smaller one finds refuge in the corner of the tank in some fake plants. The poor guy spent all last night in the plants and everytime he'd come out, the bigger one would chase him around again until he settled back into the plants.
Is there anyway to stop this from happening? I moved around the decorations to try and make them have to get new territories setup, but it didn't work. The Gourami only chases the smaller Gourami and pays the other fish no mind.