pygmy gourami

lol well once they come out from the java fern i'll try to take a pic for you guys, i had one out in the open for awhile, and the guppys ignored him. but how short of a life span do these guys have?my lfs had no idea on the care or anything this was the first time they got them in.
 
Hard to say.

I had mine for 3 months then they both "withered away". They lost all activity and appetite and suddenly one morning I found one dead. Happened a week or two later with the other.

No visible signs of disease.

Lupin had a similar experience. Unless you know how old they were when at the LFS, its hard to say how long they will last.
 
I've never kept sparklings, but they look very timid to me. I doubt they would hurt the guppies -- I'd actually worry that your guppies might hurt them...
Sparklers are indeed timid fish, in my experience. They also prefer more cover than being in the open so floating plants are pretty much a must IMO.

If anyone would be the aggressor it would be the guppies for sure. They also do not have a very long life span.

You'll be surprised how damaging most sparkling gouramis get.;) My own sparkling gouramis terrorized my fancy guppies to the point one male fancy guppy got his tail shredded to nothing. I suspected my zebra danios at first until I caught wind of a lone sparkling gourami attacking the guppy while the guppy struggled to escape.

A few other AC members attested to that before. I did not initially believe their accounts until I saw with my own eyes the incident.:shakehead: Don't be deceived by their looks.:grinno:
 
i have some sparkling gouramis an they are ok most of the time but they will fight the shrimp for food lol an i lost one the other week an i havent had them very long
 
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