I have a blue gourami, about 4-5 inches. He can be quite nasty and has been bullying fish in my 55 gallon tank. He only bothers other fish in close size to him, not smaller ones like the danios. I recently removed him from the tank, hoping that maybe re-introducing him after adding new fish might lessen his bullying. Will this work? What can be done to stop him from being an a@#hole?
nasty gourami
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I've only had a couple gouramis, but all of them have been nasty to my other fish. Separating him for a while might help, but he is probably just a bully
patoloco
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Some gouramies are like that. When a male settles his territory, he will chase away similar oponents. This can be reduced by the used of plants or other visual barriers.
When I noted that in my gouramies thay were in a 250 gl tank. Plenty of space, but only one fake plant. Now, all the 6 gou's are in a 50 gl. tank (much smaller, but full of tall plants), so each one will mind his own business.
When I noted that in my gouramies thay were in a 250 gl tank. Plenty of space, but only one fake plant. Now, all the 6 gou's are in a 50 gl. tank (much smaller, but full of tall plants), so each one will mind his own business.
This dwarf gourami isn't the same as the one you are talking about, right?vgeorge said:
I had a couple of blue gouramis and a gold one. They killed two of my female Boesemani rainbows. I don't have gouramis anymore at all. IME they are territorial and brutish.
Roan
I keep a dwarf gourami in a similar setup and have never noticed any aggression from him. He's probably the sweetest fish in one of my tanks. Even the most peaceful fish I have seen dart at something at one point or another, but never my dwarf gourami. I guess I got lucky with him. That stinks cuz I was just thinking about getting a school of them together with angels...now I don't know, sounds risky.
Fernando
Fernando
I don't think he's talking about the dwarf being aggressive. He said the gourami is 4-5" and if it is, it's not a dwarf gourami.pzuzu said:
Roan
I have two opaline gouramis. They are large and blue, probably the same or similar variety as yours. They are passive/aggressive with each other, I think it is a male and a female. They are also the biggest cowards in the tank, stay hidden in the plants 95% of the time, and even though they are both the biggest fish in the tank (5 - 6 inches each) I rarely see them. I am wondering if you would get another one if they would concentrate on each other and leave your other fish alone?vgeorge said:
Take care,
Mary.