dwarf gouramis from mass breeding farms are pretty fragile and sickly fish, and it has only happened in the last year and a half or so. the first dwarf gourami i had was very healthy, but that was almost two years ago.
Why do my Powder Blue Gouramis keep dying?
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Corvina, powder blue dwarfs and blue gouramis are different. The blues get big, well, 4+", lol. The dwarfs stay around 2"-2.5" long.
Thank you all for the information. I suppose powder blues may just be a bad choice at this time. As much as we love them, we may have to wait for another male.
The funny thing is, every site that sells them claims them to be a very hardy fish, able to adapt to various water conditions and easy fish to keep. Like I was saying, the regular dwarf *male, red/blue* has survived slendidly. He is truly a beautiful fish, his colors are incredibly vivid. The only thing is, he's aggresive, well, he's aggresive toward other males. Also, sometimes he will chase off a tetra if it gets too close. Would anyone recommend we move him back into the big tank? At this time, we have two females in there. I know he won't mess with the corydoras, the zebra danios are too ellusive, and the two killis are tough fish in thier own right. My only concern would be if he became aggresive with the two females. I would think he'd be happy to have two little girl friends. What advice would you all have on that?
Thank you all for the information. I suppose powder blues may just be a bad choice at this time. As much as we love them, we may have to wait for another male.
The funny thing is, every site that sells them claims them to be a very hardy fish, able to adapt to various water conditions and easy fish to keep. Like I was saying, the regular dwarf *male, red/blue* has survived slendidly. He is truly a beautiful fish, his colors are incredibly vivid. The only thing is, he's aggresive, well, he's aggresive toward other males. Also, sometimes he will chase off a tetra if it gets too close. Would anyone recommend we move him back into the big tank? At this time, we have two females in there. I know he won't mess with the corydoras, the zebra danios are too ellusive, and the two killis are tough fish in thier own right. My only concern would be if he became aggresive with the two females. I would think he'd be happy to have two little girl friends. What advice would you all have on that?
You can always give it a try. He should be ok as the only male. Worse that happens is you move him back if he starts acting up.
I have had a lot of problems keeping my dwarf gouramis alive...I had two powder blue dwarfs together for about 2 months, and then they died, and I ended up getting another one, and then that one died shortly after I purchased it. I tested my water, and it seemed to be fine. There must be something wrong with the quality of gouramis these days.
hmmmm-this is making me nervous!
I will have to keep a close eye on my dwarfs- I have one flame, one powder blue, and one neon and they are all so beautiful! the guy told me it was the "neon" dwarf that is actually natural- like the way they are in the wild- red and blue stripes- but he is the one who seems the most fragile to me of the three- I have to distract the other fish so i can feed just him- he only eats itty bitty pieces of flakes, and then goes and hides. he appears to be getting a little plumper, but I did notice he had a whitish stringy -almost thread like substance hanging from him today- if i didn't know better I'd say it was weird poop-
any ideas?
Anyway- Good luck with your new Powder Blue!!!
j
I will have to keep a close eye on my dwarfs- I have one flame, one powder blue, and one neon and they are all so beautiful! the guy told me it was the "neon" dwarf that is actually natural- like the way they are in the wild- red and blue stripes- but he is the one who seems the most fragile to me of the three- I have to distract the other fish so i can feed just him- he only eats itty bitty pieces of flakes, and then goes and hides. he appears to be getting a little plumper, but I did notice he had a whitish stringy -almost thread like substance hanging from him today- if i didn't know better I'd say it was weird poop-
any ideas?
Anyway- Good luck with your new Powder Blue!!!
j
Janet....It's a parasite. I just lost mine to it after weeks of treating with metronizadole [sp] and Epsom salt.
Im not gonna trust that info! I have 2 flame dwarfs, 1 Neon Blue(AKA Powder Blue) and 1 gold all males who have been with me for many months. I also have some corys, a bristlenose pleco, and a school of harlequin rasboras. Not one problem at all. Oh and I have some Ruby Red Ramshorn Snails.
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