q about dwarf gourami

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Hi,

I lost one of my dwarf gouramis to popeye and decided to get another
one to make company to the lonely one I have right now.
Poor fella doesnt look very happy...

Anyway I got another one, fairly same size but for some reason they
don't go along very well.
Yesterday tehy were picking at each other, and it was funny watching
them circling around each other trying to bite the back of each
other...

Anyway, today they are both on opposites sides of the tank. :)

What causes this behaviour? The previous gouramis went along very well
and I thought they were very sociable.

Any insight in this?
Thanks

[sophie]

In message . com>,
" > writes
>Hi,
>
>I lost one of my dwarf gouramis to popeye and decided to get another
>one to make company to the lonely one I have right now.
>Poor fella doesnt look very happy...
>
>Anyway I got another one, fairly same size but for some reason they
>don't go along very well.
>Yesterday tehy were picking at each other, and it was funny watching
>them circling around each other trying to bite the back of each
>other...
>
>Anyway, today they are both on opposites sides of the tank. :)
>
>What causes this behaviour? The previous gouramis went along very well
>and I thought they were very sociable.
>
>Any insight in this?
>Thanks

male dwarf gouramis are territorial rather than social and yours have
probably allocated themselves one side of the tank each. They don't need
company, they're not schooling fish.

Slightly tangentially, given the fact that you've got a new setup and
you've had a few problems with it, I'd be inclined (as a relative newbie
myself) not to add any more fish at all for a while.
>

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The tank has stabilized, just finishing off with a ich problem. :)

I guess I had a male and a female before then and the female died....


No I am not adding anymore fish, I was sure that I read that gouramis
were very sociable and liked to be packed, that's why I got another one
because they were much more active, and alone it just sits there at the
bottom at the tank...
Thanks for the reply

[Gill Passman]

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> The tank has stabilized, just finishing off with a ich problem. :)
>
> I guess I had a male and a female before then and the female died....
>
>
> No I am not adding anymore fish, I was sure that I read that gouramis
> were very sociable and liked to be packed, that's why I got another one
> because they were much more active, and alone it just sits there at the
> bottom at the tank...
> Thanks for the reply
>
IME the more females per males prevents the hassling of the females....yet
on a 2 male to 3 female ratio the Alpha male killed off the other male -
nature I guess. These were 3 spot blue Gouramis. My other Gourami experience
in a different tank is with two Pearl Gouramis - one male one female - who
love eachother to bits to the embarrassment of any on looker - lol - still
not spawned though....

[Jim Anderson]

In article >, "Gill
Passman" <gillspamattaylorpassmanspam.co.uk> says...
>
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > The tank has stabilized, just finishing off with a ich problem. :)
> >
> > I guess I had a male and a female before then and the female died....
> >
> >
> > No I am not adding anymore fish, I was sure that I read that gouramis
> > were very sociable and liked to be packed, that's why I got another one
> > because they were much more active, and alone it just sits there at the
> > bottom at the tank...
> > Thanks for the reply
> >
> IME the more females per males prevents the hassling of the females....yet
> on a 2 male to 3 female ratio the Alpha male killed off the other male -
> nature I guess. These were 3 spot blue Gouramis. My other Gourami experience
> in a different tank is with two Pearl Gouramis - one male one female - who
> love eachother to bits to the embarrassment of any on looker - lol - still
> not spawned though....

Pearl Gouramis mating is the most beautiful of fish courting. The
hugging with the pectoral fin 'feelers', then the slow tail chase that
spirals from the bottom of the tank to the top where they split-up and
re-join at the bottom again, and repeat til they mate.
It was a community tank and the eggs were always eaten.

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