my gourami tropical fish keeps sitting at the bottom of the aquarium?

Question

i bought 2 of these for my aquarium and one is fine the other though keeps resting at the bottom of the tank im woried that it might die...it has no white spots its eating fine it swins to the top for food when i open the lid but its sitting on the bottom what can i do. the ph is 7, the temop is 26 the other one is not acting the same is it ill?

Answer 1

Gouramis tend to do this if they don't have enough room or if their environment is "boring" or not complex enough. Gouramis are active fish and they should be spending most of their time patrolling their area of the tank, weaving in and out of plants or decorations, or examining their reflection in the tank glass. Unless your tank is 20+ gallons and is well planted, you will probably need to separate the two Gouramis eventually. As they mature, they will both look to expand their territory, and in a small tank, that just leads to fighting... Email me if you have any questions.

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Answer 2

What type of Gourami is it?

Most Gourami are shy fish and will try to hide, particularly if you have other more active fish around. I've had this problem but they eventually become more confident and active.

All Gourami need to take in air so it should be making regular visits to the surface.

Answer 3

I have had gouramis and even bred then but i had one that sat on the bottom quite a lot, dw bout itx

Answer 4

mine are the same have had them in the tank for a week 1 just sits there and wont move unless another fish bothers it it seems that these are very easily stressed fish and they just dont want to recover quickly hope mine does soon or we will lose it

Answer 5

My dwarf gouramis is also like that. That only means that your gourami is a shy-type. My dwarf gourami just go up rarely. My gouramis more like to travel in corals.

Answer 6

Is your gourami performing it's toiletry,it might be constipated.