Dwarf Gouramis

I got a red dwarf gourami recently and he seems quite healthy. However, he
likes to stay at the top of the water in the shade near the filter tubes,
and go back and forth after his reflection. Do gourami's need partners like
you might do for tetras? If so, are male blue dwarf gouramis compatible
with the red ones? I really don't want any more gouramis, but if he should
be others I'd like it to be another colorful fish and my understanding is
that the females are a bit bland.

thanks,
dwhite

Gouramis do just as well by themselves as with others. So you don't
have to add another one if you don't want too.

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"Vicki S" wrote in message
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Gouramis do just as well by themselves as with others. So you don't
have to add another one if you don't want too.


Thanks! That's good to hear 'cause I only really want one of them, nice as
it is.

dwhite


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No, Dwarf Gouramis are highly territorial - esp if you have plants, rocks
etc... They do not like other males - like Siamese Fighting Fish. I'd only
keep one. If you are going to introduce even a female - you have to
introduce them into the tank together - otherwise they end up fighting.

I tried keeping dwarf gouramis - the ones with the coral blue and red
strips - I kept 5 initially. My tank is 70cmX50x50cm. They all started
fighting each other and died from their war wounds.

I kept 3 fish. One kept to the left, the other right - and one poor devil
had the middle. The one who had the middle - or no man's land - was
constantly harrassed by the fish on either side. Once he died - the other
two kept venturing into each other's territory. In the end both fish got
injured and died.

Then I bought two. But that didn't work either.

After lossing so many fish, I just kept one. He lasted for quite awhile.

They are cute buggers though. One of the fish - a metallic shimmering coral
blue dwarf gourami with red strips would squirt a jetstream of water at
objects - ie a bloodworm -on the top of the aquarium glass to bring them
down - just like an archer fish.

I'm really not too sure what's wrong.

I didn't overstock. I had an Eheim 2222 filter going - the temperature was
set at 25C. I was doing regular water changes. And the other fish I had in
the tank - 5 cardinal tetras - were OK. There was plenty of live plants.

"Crimson Castle" wrote in message
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No, Dwarf Gouramis are highly territorial - esp if you have plants, rocks
etc... They do not like other males - like Siamese Fighting Fish. I'd only
keep one. If you are going to introduce even a female - you have to
introduce them into the tank together - otherwise they end up fighting.


Huh, that's interesting. The tank I got this one out of at the fish store
had probably 10 of them in one little tank, but I suppose they don't stay
there that long. The gourami is a strange fish. He blows bubbles for
awhile, then kind of takes his good ole time deciding to eat, and then goes
after everything once he's gotten it in gear. I am also surprised after not
having fish for so many years how the fish behavior changes so dramatically
after 3 or 4 days of acclimating to a new tank. They are much more active
and "normal" after some adjustment.

thanks,
dwhite

"Dan White" wrote in message news:XNVUc.26114

Huh, that's interesting. The tank I got this one out of at the fish store
had probably 10 of them in one little tank, but I suppose they don't stay
there that long. The gourami is a strange fish. He blows bubbles for

If the gouramis are there for a little while - it takes them sometime to get
used to the new surroundings.

That small tank probably also has little in the way of plants etc.. so the
gouramis don't have anything to claim as their own territory.

Like I said, if you want to keep many gouramis - the tank has to be
relatively free of plants, rocks, ornaments etc... so there is nothign for
them to lay claim to.

"Crimson Castle" wrote in message
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"Dan White" wrote in message news:XNVUc.26114

Like I said, if you want to keep many gouramis - the tank has to be
relatively free of plants, rocks, ornaments etc... so there is nothign for
them to lay claim to.


I think I'll just stay with the one, knowing what I know now. Thanks!

dwhite

Correction... I meant to say They do not like other male gourami fish - and
are nearly similar in temperament to the Siamese Fighting Fish which does
not tolerate other male SFF. So I'd only keep one.

(But if you want to keep more - it is best to keep them in an empty tank -
with no plants, rocks etc.. where they can claim territory on)

"Crimson Castle" wrote in message
...
No, Dwarf Gouramis are highly territorial - esp if you have plants, rocks
etc... They do not like other males - like Siamese Fighting Fish. I'd only
keep one. If you are going to introduce even a female - you have to
introduce them into the tank together - otherwise they end up fighting.

|| I got a red dwarf gourami recently and he seems quite healthy.
|| However, he likes to stay at the top of the water in the shade near
|| the filter tubes, and go back and forth after his reflection. Do
|| gourami's need partners like you might do for tetras? If so, are
|| male blue dwarf gouramis compatible with the red ones? I really
|| don't want any more gouramis, but if he should be others I'd like it
|| to be another colorful fish and my understanding is that the females
|| are a bit bland.
||
|| thanks,
|| dwhite

1 gouramis don't like other males, so no, you dont' want another until you
can identify a female, then you'd have to get him a harem, meaning atleast 3
more....
2 that's just what gouramis do, they sit at the top of the water, very good
calm fish....

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