What to do with aggresive fish

**Baby_Baby** · 07-15-2005, 05:29 PM

Okay I need help. I have 2 very agressive gouramis. I can't put them in my 29 gallon tank. Right now they are being isolated in two 2.5 gallon tanks, because I have nowhere else to put them. I can't give them back to the Fish store. I can't give them away. And I can't sell them. I think the only thing I can do is either kill them or flush em down. I know it sounds so cruel, but I can't do anything else. I have no more room. Please Help.

shev · 07-15-2005, 05:31 PM

uuuh what kind of gouramis and what were the tankmates?

baby~doll · 07-15-2005, 05:32 PM

why cant you sell them or give them away... or give them to the fish store???
dont flush them or kill them... thats so sad! atleast at the pet store you are giving them a chance... but other then that i dont have any adice if you dont have anywhere to keep them... sorry im not much help!

**Baby_Baby** · 07-15-2005, 05:34 PM

We asked the pet store. They won't take em back cuz we've had em longer than 15 days. I had em with guppies, 2 weather laoches, and 2 plecos at the time ( 1 pleco and 1 weather loach have passed since then =( ) They were aggresive towards each other and the bottom dwellers and the guppies.

baby~doll · 07-15-2005, 05:37 PM

awww thats sad!!! what kinda gourami were they?? you dont know anyone with an aquarium setup that could take them???

**Fishfirst** · 07-15-2005, 05:37 PM

were they in the tank first or last or in the middle... adding them to a new tank last will lower aggression

baby~doll · 07-15-2005, 05:39 PM

oh... when you went to take them back... did you make it seem like you wanted money in exchange?? maybe you should just ask them to take it off your hands, and with no money in exchange (if you did that)... cuz i dont see why the fish store would turn down the chance to resale a fish and make more money, that just doesnt make since to me!

baby~doll · 07-15-2005, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishfirst

were they in the tank first or last or in the middle... adding them to a new tank last will lower aggression

true!... maybe you could try to add them again in a day or two?

**Baby_Baby** · 07-15-2005, 05:43 PM

no one i know has a fish tank. I added em in the middle. after the bottom dwellers and some guppies. my LFS just doesn't want aggressive fish. I had to tell the truth. I couldn't lie and say "uh....these fish have no problems. i'm just returning em" so what should i do? now i have 6 neons 4 guppies, 1 weather laoch and 1 pleco and 1 molly. I don't want to add them and risk it. I've tried that, and they murdered two guppies. I've even tried it with just one.oy

shev · 07-15-2005, 05:43 PM

2 male dwarf gouramis?

**Baby_Baby** · 07-15-2005, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by baby~doll

true!... maybe you could try to add them again in a day or two?

I've had em isolated for about a week. first only one was aggressive, then i isolated him. then 3 days later the other one started being a jerk. oy if i haven't mentioned, 1 is a platinum gourami and the other one is a gold gourami

**Fishfirst** · 07-15-2005, 06:32 PM

an lfs not wanting aggressive fish??? HAHAHAHAH... if they sell em' then they should take em' back. All larger gouramis are aggressive, but go well with appropriate space and tank mates. If they don't take them back, but they take other fish back thats BS. There is always someone with a tank that could use a gourami SOMEWHERE.

baby~doll · 07-15-2005, 06:43 PM

i would take em if i could!... just to save them! lol.... ive never heard of a fish store turning down a fish... you could tell them another fish was picking on it? if they dont want agressive fish... but like i said... they atleast have a chance at the petstore... so its worth another try... or you could take them to some other store and tell them you just cant take care of the fish and would appreciate it if they would take it off your hands... and that it is healthy as far as you know

i dunno... anything is better then killing the poor things

fishfreaks · 07-15-2005, 07:38 PM

call around, see if theyll just take them off your hands.

**Baby_Baby** · 07-15-2005, 08:01 PM

yall are making me feel terrible now. making me feel as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin chairs. thanx a lot. no one here wants any gouramis i've tried everything. my friends don't want em. i think one is sick. oy.

fishfreaks · 07-15-2005, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby_Baby

yall are making me feel terrible now. making me feel as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin chairs.

haha nice expression

**Baby_Baby** · 07-15-2005, 08:23 PM

ya. somethin they say back home in the south.

**Fishfirst** · 07-15-2005, 09:11 PM

seriously, if an lfs won't take your fish but takes others... find a different place... they obviously don't understand the business very well, and they don't understand the fish they sell.

maxpayne_lhp · 07-15-2005, 09:31 PM

Well they may think the fish should be back with disease... however, LFS here agree to take them back with lowwer refund. So what now, Baby? Any solution?

**Baby_Baby** · 07-16-2005, 06:59 AM

my LFS won't take fish back after 15 days. It has been more than 15 days. There is no solution. One of em is sick, and I bet they're both stressed. I hate to just watch em die from stress. oy.

07-15-2005, 05:29 PM	#1
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	What to do with aggresive fish Okay I need help. I have 2 very agressive gouramis. I can't put them in my 29 gallon tank. Right now they are being isolated in two 2.5 gallon tanks, because I have nowhere else to put them. I can't give them back to the Fish store. I can't give them away. And I can't sell them. I think the only thing I can do is either kill them or flush em down. I know it sounds so cruel, but I can't do anything else. I have no more room. Please Help. __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

07-15-2005, 05:32 PM	#3
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	why cant you sell them or give them away... or give them to the fish store??? dont flush them or kill them... thats so sad! atleast at the pet store you are giving them a chance... but other then that i dont have any adice if you dont have anywhere to keep them... sorry im not much help! __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-15-2005, 05:34 PM	#4
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	We asked the pet store. They won't take em back cuz we've had em longer than 15 days. I had em with guppies, 2 weather laoches, and 2 plecos at the time ( 1 pleco and 1 weather loach have passed since then =( ) They were aggresive towards each other and the bottom dwellers and the guppies. __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

07-15-2005, 05:37 PM	#5
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	awww thats sad!!! what kinda gourami were they?? you dont know anyone with an aquarium setup that could take them??? __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-15-2005, 05:37 PM	#6
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,505	were they in the tank first or last or in the middle... adding them to a new tank last will lower aggression __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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07-15-2005, 05:31 PM	#2
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561	uuuh what kind of gouramis and what were the tankmates?

07-15-2005, 05:39 PM	#7
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	oh... when you went to take them back... did you make it seem like you wanted money in exchange?? maybe you should just ask them to take it off your hands, and with no money in exchange (if you did that)... cuz i dont see why the fish store would turn down the chance to resale a fish and make more money, that just doesnt make since to me! __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-15-2005, 05:43 PM	#9
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	no one i know has a fish tank. I added em in the middle. after the bottom dwellers and some guppies. my LFS just doesn't want aggressive fish. I had to tell the truth. I couldn't lie and say "uh....these fish have no problems. i'm just returning em" so what should i do? now i have 6 neons 4 guppies, 1 weather laoch and 1 pleco and 1 molly. I don't want to add them and risk it. I've tried that, and they murdered two guppies. I've even tried it with just one.oy __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

07-15-2005, 06:32 PM	#12
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,505	an lfs not wanting aggressive fish??? HAHAHAHAH... if they sell em' then they should take em' back. All larger gouramis are aggressive, but go well with appropriate space and tank mates. If they don't take them back, but they take other fish back thats BS. There is always someone with a tank that could use a gourami SOMEWHERE. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

07-15-2005, 06:43 PM	#13
baby~doll Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 246	i would take em if i could!... just to save them! lol.... ive never heard of a fish store turning down a fish... you could tell them another fish was picking on it? if they dont want agressive fish... but like i said... they atleast have a chance at the petstore... so its worth another try... or you could take them to some other store and tell them you just cant take care of the fish and would appreciate it if they would take it off your hands... and that it is healthy as far as you know i dunno... anything is better then killing the poor things __________________ .:l.i.v.e. .f.o.r.e.v.e.r. .o.r. .d.i.e. .t.r.y.i.n.g:.

07-15-2005, 07:38 PM	#14
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,303	call around, see if theyll just take them off your hands. __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

07-15-2005, 08:01 PM	#15
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	yall are making me feel terrible now. making me feel as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin chairs. thanx a lot. no one here wants any gouramis i've tried everything. my friends don't want em. i think one is sick. oy. __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

07-15-2005, 08:23 PM	#17
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	ya. somethin they say back home in the south. __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

07-15-2005, 09:11 PM	#18
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,505	seriously, if an lfs won't take your fish but takes others... find a different place... they obviously don't understand the business very well, and they don't understand the fish they sell. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

07-15-2005, 09:31 PM	#19
maxpayne_lhp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,174	Well they may think the fish should be back with disease... however, LFS here agree to take them back with lowwer refund. So what now, Baby? Any solution? __________________ ~Nam Nguyen~

07-16-2005, 06:59 AM	#20
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	my LFS won't take fish back after 15 days. It has been more than 15 days. There is no solution. One of em is sick, and I bet they're both stressed. I hate to just watch em die from stress. oy. __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

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