I have a 29 gallon tank and originally had 2 gold gouramis in it. Today I added a dwarf gourami, 2 kissing gouramis, and 2 other gouramis w/black spots(can't remember the name @ the moment). One of the gold gouramis has been very aggressive from the beginning to the other gold gourami. Now it is aggressive to everything in the tank, even the one that is bigger than it. It doesn't actually hurt any of the fish, but it seems that all of the gouramis are forced on one side of the aquarium because the aggressive one goes after anything that comes on the its side. Sometimes the other gouramis dart at each other too, but not near as much as the gold one. Is all this chasing by the gold one going to stress them out or is it just normal territorial behavior?
2007-05-05 15:55:50 · 7 answers · asked by Smiles 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
It is a territorial behavior, maybe he is the bigger fish and also the old in the tank, so it tries to protect its territory from the new fish. If you consider that it is too aggressive, take it out for a while in a bigger jar ("punishment") and put it back after few hours. (Have an eye on it, not to jump out from the jar.) It won't recognize that it is in the same old tank, and may be calm down. I tried this with an aggressive angel fish and it works.
2007-05-05 20:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by zsozso 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The black spotted gourami are likely pearl/lace gourami. The kissers, and gold (3-spot) gourami are aggressive, and territorial. This is normal gourami behavior. The problem is thus:
1)Your don't have enough space.
2)You really want a trio of the 3-spot gourami, and the kissers. This sets up a better social dynamic. Of course your tank is too small for that many gourami.
2007-05-05 17:42:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's normal territorial behavior and it will stress out the smaller gourami. 7 gourami is a bit much for a 29 gallon, especially considering the size some of your will grow to. The kissers for example can get to be about 6 inches or more in a typical tank. You may well need to thin them out to prevent one or more from being killed.
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2007-05-05 16:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a gold gourami and a dwarf gourami together...i eventually got rid of the gold gourami because they were so aggressive. They're establishing territory. My dwarf gouramis fins are now really messed up. You should get rid of the aggressive ones!
2007-05-06 03:03:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gold gouramis tend to be more aggresive towards there mates. You could have a male and female gourami. Now that the male has competition, he wants to make sure everyone knows that that girl is his.
2007-05-05 19:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by DiRtAlLtHeWaY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's not sick,he's just in love. But that's a lot of gourami for 29 gallons. A nicely planted 55 gallon would fit them much better.
2007-05-05 16:10:31 · answer #6 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gouramis are very territorial and except you've a tremendous form of tank area, 2 gouramis will be a situation. You did not aspect out what length your tank is, so i visit't say for effective even if having 2 will be a situation, yet when it really is decrease than 40 gallons, i ought to say it will be an project. you also opt to make effective that there are a tremendous form of hiding areas. flowers, caves, etc - those can help you with the territorial subject matters. good success.
2016-11-25 21:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋