It's been a very gourami day today

Zoe · 11-18-2006, 04:24 PM

I got several new gouramis today; an adult pair of blues, an adult pair of pearls, and a pair of young pearls.

The baby pearls are about 1" long and currently residing in a heavily planted 3gal QT tank. I've heard they are shy and sensitive, so I'm just looking for any words of guidance or advice or words of experience that may help with them.
They aren't too impressed right now with the move, but they seem okay. One of them is missing half his whisker - is that a problem?

Puffer Pita · 11-18-2006, 05:13 PM

Congrats! The "whisker" should grow back without any problem. My male powder blue dwarf had his chewed off by a puffer way back when I was stupid and didn't know any better.

He healed up just fine and as we speak, he's in a breeding tank, happily building a very nice nest for his mate. I can't wait til he's done!

Zoe · 11-18-2006, 06:01 PM

Aw that's a nice little story

I like happy stories.

I got my two adults from a woman who had 2 blues, 2 golds, 2 pearls, 2 angels and assorted livebearers in a 20gal tank :O but that's why she was getting rid of the gouramis. I kept the pearls and blues but gave the golds to a petstore. Where I found 2 baby pearls. It's like fate.

Sable · 11-18-2006, 07:11 PM

Congrats, Zoe! I've actually never kept gouramis. By the time I'm 80 I hope to have kept 90% of freshwater and brackish aquatic species kept in the home aquaria - successfully of course.

Make sure to give us some pictures!

11-18-2006, 04:24 PM	#1
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	It's been a very gourami day today I got several new gouramis today; an adult pair of blues, an adult pair of pearls, and a pair of young pearls. The baby pearls are about 1" long and currently residing in a heavily planted 3gal QT tank. I've heard they are shy and sensitive, so I'm just looking for any words of guidance or advice or words of experience that may help with them. They aren't too impressed right now with the move, but they seem okay. One of them is missing half his whisker - is that a problem? __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

11-18-2006, 05:13 PM	#2
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,677	Congrats! The "whisker" should grow back without any problem. My male powder blue dwarf had his chewed off by a puffer way back when I was stupid and didn't know any better. He healed up just fine and as we speak, he's in a breeding tank, happily building a very nice nest for his mate. I can't wait til he's done! __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

11-18-2006, 06:01 PM	#3
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	Aw that's a nice little story I like happy stories. I got my two adults from a woman who had 2 blues, 2 golds, 2 pearls, 2 angels and assorted livebearers in a 20gal tank :O but that's why she was getting rid of the gouramis. I kept the pearls and blues but gave the golds to a petstore. Where I found 2 baby pearls. It's like fate. __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

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Sable Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 19 Posts: 196	Congrats, Zoe! I've actually never kept gouramis. By the time I'm 80 I hope to have kept 90% of freshwater and brackish aquatic species kept in the home aquaria - successfully of course. Make sure to give us some pictures!

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