hostile gouramis?
hey all. quick question. I have a newish community tank (about 1.5-2.5 weeks old). first fish went in last sunday - 5 gouramis (1 moonlight, 1 pearl, 1 powder blue, two red/blue sunset). the moonlight has been the largest fish and was clearly dominate. today I added 3 Golden Wonders (killifish), and within a minute the moonlight was chasing after them trying to nip at them (or at least get them away). In addition, I've seen the powder blue tank a bunch of nips and chases after the killifishes and even saw the pearl try to go after them (unsuccessfully). I've never heard of community gouramis acting this way and am a little concerned. Any ideas what might have caused this and/or a possible solution? btw, also added a community cichlid, but he's hidding and keeping entirely to himself.
EDIT: everyone seems to have calmed down for the most part; disregard this post (would delete it but can't for some reason).
-sa14
hey all. quick question. I have a newish community tank (about 1.5-2.5 weeks old). first fish went in last sunday - 5 gouramis (1 moonlight, 1 pearl, 1 powder blue, two red/blue sunset). the moonlight has been the largest fish and was clearly dominate. today I added 3 Golden Wonders (killifish), and within a minute the moonlight was chasing after them trying to nip at them (or at least get them away). In addition, I've seen the powder blue tank a bunch of nips and chases after the killifishes and even saw the pearl try to go after them (unsuccessfully). I've never heard of community gouramis acting this way and am a little concerned. Any ideas what might have caused this and/or a possible solution? btw, also added a community cichlid, but he's hidding and keeping entirely to himself.
EDIT: everyone seems to have calmed down for the most part; disregard this post (would delete it but can't for some reason).
-sa14
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