Are Gouramis As Peaceful As They Look?

[L u]

Why do they just stand still in the water? I have never seen such
non-aggressive fish.

[ExPat]

On Mar 2, 10:05*pm, (L u) wrote:
> Why do they just stand still in the water? I have never seen such
> non-aggressive fish.

Some are some are not..........most species of gourami do not like
their own kind of the same sex, but usually their behavior is not as
bad as say a Betta.

[L u]

So a gourami sister does not get along with it's sister, and a brother
won't get along with it's brother?
That's interesting.

[ExPat]

On Mar 3, 10:25*am, (L u) wrote:
> So a gourami sister does not get along with it's sister, and a brother
> won't get along with it's brother?
> That's interesting.

Fish as well as most animals do not recognize sisters, brothers,
mothers fathers sons daughters as that when it comes to its natural
environment. As far as say a Beta is concerned that other male betta
is an enemy even if it was the bettas son or daddy..same with "some"
gourami's.however the female sex seems to be more peacefull among its
own kind than most males do in general.

[Telstar[_2_]]

"L u" > wrote in message
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> Why do they just stand still in the water? I have never seen such
> non-aggressive fish.
>

Gouramis can get very agressive .. I even had a moonlight gourami that was a
complete terror...he wanted nothing gourami around him. Other fish were
fine in his presence, but he made absolutely sure I moved his mates.

[L u]

My gourami is a mush. He's so peaceful and sweet. Now and then he will
make a move as fast as lightning, but he dosn't bother my 2 goldfish,
black moor, or my guppy.

[Telstar[_2_]]

"L u" > wrote in message
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> My gourami is a mush. He's so peaceful and sweet. Now and then he will
> make a move as fast as lightning, but he dosn't bother my 2 goldfish,
> black moor, or my guppy.
>

As was noted several times in the thread...they are fine without other
gouramis around.

[L u]

And I was told by the clerk in the petshop, to buy 2 gouramis instead of
just 1, so they can "protect each other" from other fish. I'm glad now I
didn't.

[ExPat]

On Mar 5, 9:00*am, (L u) wrote:
> And I was told by the clerk in the petshop, to buy 2 gouramis instead of
> just 1, so they can "protect each other" from other fish. I'm glad now I
> didn't.

Now don't jump to conclusions here. There are some gourami that do
perfectly fine together and make a fine display, but there are osme
that do not like others of their own speices too. Given sufficient
room it is entirely possible to have two fish that are known to be
agressive to each other exist peacefully.......in a lot of instances,
but then there is always that chance no matter how big of a tank they
are in they will not co-exist. Its a well known fact male Bettas do
not get along. Females onthe other hand do fine togther, for the most
part. I have had as many as 6 male bettas in a 225 gal preform pond
along with close to 1 1/2 dozen females, in that pond which is heavily
planted with submerged plants and floating plants with lots of long
hair like roots as well as water lilys, and have at the end of Fall
when I have to take em in due to colder temps recovered all 6 male
bettas that did just fine with no torn or shredded fins, all the
females less a few on occassion, as well as a heap of small fry and
fingerlings of various sizes form spawns the bettas had during the
time frame they were outside........Usually in the wild kingdom there
is but one dominate male in most species of critters, and if it takes
to staging a bluff or actual fighting to drive away another potential
competetor to be the dominant one it happens. Even in the so called
docile world of guppies they do on occassion havesparing battles to
see who is the one that gets to breed.........fortunately they are not
as fierce as bettas and gouramis and some other species. Last I looked
there is wellover 18 or 19 different types of gourami, some of which
are a verypeacefull fish others not peacefull at least towards their
own kind.Females yes, males no.now if you can get a male and a female
yuour odds of them getting along just fine is increased............but
a lot of lfs's do not sellthe female speices as they are lesws
colorfull for the most part. I know in this reigon its rare to even
find female guppies or bettas or platys etc.......None of the stores
wants to handle the females just the males..so learnthe differences in
male and females in the fish and see if you can pic a pair. Its all
part of the learing game of keeping aquarium fish. Some fish are hard
to tell apart in regards to males or females others easy as pie....

[L u]

Well thanks for all that info. :) I must have a male gourami then, cause
it's sure colorful. It's blue and orange. And my guppy has a gorgeous
colored tail, so i guess it's a male.
Mr.Gourami seems to keep to himself. And he sleeps under his "house,"
that I put in the water.

[Mr.Will]

I wouldnt mix the blue ones or kissers with goldfish, they can be quite
aggressive, especially with fantails or slow chubby goldfish who cant get
away.

Mr.Will

"L u" > wrote in message
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> Why do they just stand still in the water? I have never seen such
> non-aggressive fish.
>