Aggressive dwarf gourami

neilmc · 12-04-2007, 06:38 AM

Hi all

I’ve had a dwarf gourami in my tank for a couple of months and this week added a honey gourami. However the dwarf is chasing it around the tank pretty much continually. To such a point where I’ve had to isolate the dwarf until I find out what’s what

I was under the impression (wrongly?) that gouramis could easily live together in the same tank. Was I wrong to add the honey?

Cheers for an info

FishHead · 12-04-2007, 06:50 AM

what size tank are they in?

neilmc · 12-04-2007, 06:58 AM

it's a 90 litre tank

**JustOneMore20** · 12-04-2007, 05:17 PM

Dwarf gourami males are very aggressive and don't get along with other gouramis normally, unless the tank is pretty big (~40g or larger). They defend their territory pretty aggressively as you've seen.

You will have to choose which one to keep and rehome the other (try your local fish store).

Honey gouramis are more peaceful and you may be able to have 2 of them in your tank. Personally, I'd just keep one though.

neilmc · 12-06-2007, 06:02 PM

Cheers mate, I'm taking the dwarf back to the fish shop this weekend, it saddens me to do it but I must have just been misinformed at some stage about their compatibility.

12-04-2007, 06:38 AM	#1
neilmc Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3	Aggressive dwarf gourami Hi all I’ve had a dwarf gourami in my tank for a couple of months and this week added a honey gourami. However the dwarf is chasing it around the tank pretty much continually. To such a point where I’ve had to isolate the dwarf until I find out what’s what I was under the impression (wrongly?) that gouramis could easily live together in the same tank. Was I wrong to add the honey? Cheers for an info

12-04-2007, 06:50 AM	#2
FishHead What are you looking at? Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Age: 28 Posts: 593	what size tank are they in? __________________ 13 barbs (4x tigers, 2x greens, 3 odessas, 4 albino) 5 australian rainbowfish 4 buenos aires tetras 1 angelic pim catfish 1 pictus catfish 1 Spotted Hifin pleco 2 opaline gouramis 2 blue gouramis 5 panda cories 1 red tail shark 9 cherry barbs 2 Lionhead goldfish 1 black moor (saved from walmart) 7 peppered cories 3 swordtails 1 bristlenose pleco

12-04-2007, 05:17 PM	#4
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,581	Dwarf gourami males are very aggressive and don't get along with other gouramis normally, unless the tank is pretty big (~40g or larger). They defend their territory pretty aggressively as you've seen. You will have to choose which one to keep and rehome the other (try your local fish store). Honey gouramis are more peaceful and you may be able to have 2 of them in your tank. Personally, I'd just keep one though. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

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neilmc Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3	it's a 90 litre tank

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neilmc Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3	Cheers mate, I'm taking the dwarf back to the fish shop this weekend, it saddens me to do it but I must have just been misinformed at some stage about their compatibility.

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