I just got a male Gold Gourami to befriend my female. Seems my nice little female isn't so nice and has become aggressive towards the new male. Any tips on what I could do to help this situation?
Aggresive Gold Gourami
- Thread starter Web Gazelle
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These are territorial fish, and it's likely the female is defending her territory against the new male - in her eyes, he's an intruder.
Sometimes moving the decor around helps, but be prepared to remove the new fish if needed.
Sometimes moving the decor around helps, but be prepared to remove the new fish if needed.
I was guessing that was what was happening. I watched her check out the male with her "feelers" and then chase him all over so I haved moved some of the plants.
I moved a few plants and it only took about 5 mins for her to go back to her aggressive ways. I am going to do a water change in the morning and move more decorations to see if that will help or else I might just have to keep only the one gourami.
I made a newbie mistake and filled my tank with gouramis, for the most part they're all cool with each other, but my biggest one (a medium sized platinum), has begun getting a little uppity with his tank mates. I went out tonight and bought a bunch more plants so they have places they can go to stay away from him, its too soon to really know if its effective, but they seem to like having a lot more plant cover
To update on my gouramis. It seems turning off the lights and giving them a night together has helped because they are acting alot better today.