When purchasing Dwarf Gouramies, I'd recommend you keep an eye on them while your at the store. If in doubt, don't buy the Dwarf Gourami.
Your Experience with Dwarf Gourami
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I bought a pretty powder blue variety and he developed ich after a few days. Despite treatment the ich seemed to just get worse and he appeared to also develop a bacterial infection. I've steered clear of them since but I do keep honey gouramis. No health problems with these guys.
I wonder if the fish stores have been keeping them at the right temp. They like it a little warmer 76-82, low temps can make fish vulnterable to ich.
I have two in QT right now getting ready hopefully soon to go into my main 36g they are going on three weeks now so far so good crossing fingers!
Just want to keep this bumped up, so we continue to get votes. I really appreciate all of the input.
It seems like there may be a real niche for small breeders in US to start producing healthy dwarf gourami. I know I would pay the extra and the shipping if I could get some that I knew came from healthy, US bred stock...
It seems like there may be a real niche for small breeders in US to start producing healthy dwarf gourami. I know I would pay the extra and the shipping if I could get some that I knew came from healthy, US bred stock...
Just transferred one red coral gouramie to my 36g after a month in QT he did great now have 2 gold gouramie and another red coral gouramie in QT waiting to transfer to 36g won't be for another few weeks though. But they seem pretty hardy 
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I have a petsmart one I've only had about a week, but he's been colored-up, swims front and center, interacts with all the other fish constantly, and eats fine? Looks better then most photos I ever see of them, not a spot or mark on the guy. The petsmart near me keeps everything clean, has pretty good 'fish staff'(I always hear them deter bad decisions of shoppers and explain cycling).
I just picked him by lightly flashing my hand in front of the tank and got the one who came up to the glass. Water parameters are perfect and I already keep 1tbs/5gal salt in there. @78 degrees. I guess we'll see what happens??.
I'll get a pic of him tomorrow, its not hard with him coming right up to the glass when I stick my head near it.
I just picked him by lightly flashing my hand in front of the tank and got the one who came up to the glass. Water parameters are perfect and I already keep 1tbs/5gal salt in there. @78 degrees. I guess we'll see what happens??.
I'll get a pic of him tomorrow, its not hard with him coming right up to the glass when I stick my head near it.
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Many years ago, when all I worried about was water temp and Ph, I had a 55 community tank, very heavily planted and with U/G filters. The pair of dwarf gouramis I had were great, always active and perky. Every few months the male would shred some wisteria and make a bubble nest, then his colors would get dramatically more vibrant and he would coax the female to the nest and wrap himself around her sqeezing her eggs out and fertilizing them at the same time. He would then chase her away and pick the eggs up one by one and blow them into the nest.
This cycle of bringing the female to the nest and breeding would be repeated three or four times then it would be necessary to remove the female as he would get too aggressive. He would stay at the nest maintaining it and replacing any eggs that fell out. When the fry hatched he would keep blowing them back into the nest until such a time they were free swimming then he would start eating them. I'd remove the nest and fry and raise the littl'uns in a shallow bowl.
My experience with dwarf gouramis has been excellent and I will be adding a breeding pair to my next tank...cycling as we speak....
By the way, the tank temp was 78 and ph about 6.8, water was a mellow color from tannin. Kept that pair for about three years until the heater stuck full on, boiled everything and cracked the bottom out of the tank...my wife never quite recovered from that as I was working in Japan at the time!!!!!!!!
This cycle of bringing the female to the nest and breeding would be repeated three or four times then it would be necessary to remove the female as he would get too aggressive. He would stay at the nest maintaining it and replacing any eggs that fell out. When the fry hatched he would keep blowing them back into the nest until such a time they were free swimming then he would start eating them. I'd remove the nest and fry and raise the littl'uns in a shallow bowl.
My experience with dwarf gouramis has been excellent and I will be adding a breeding pair to my next tank...cycling as we speak....
By the way, the tank temp was 78 and ph about 6.8, water was a mellow color from tannin. Kept that pair for about three years until the heater stuck full on, boiled everything and cracked the bottom out of the tank...my wife never quite recovered from that as I was working in Japan at the time!!!!!!!!
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