Hello all, new here so first Hi!
I ordered some fish online, arrived Friday and all looked in great health.
I got them on ebay from a reputable seller.
I bought a 'pair of rainbow dwarf gourami', expecting one male and one female.
Today I noticed the smaller of the two has chunks out of its fins. I watched for a while and the larger attacked it several times.
I have a 120L long tank.
Other fish
12 lemon tetra
10 pygmy cory
6 kuhli loach
Everybody else seems to be getting on fine.
After looking again I think the smaller might be a blue dwarf gourami male. When it arrived it looked paler but now a blue tint is coming out. Could anyone have a look at the photos and see what you think?
If it is then I'm a bit annoyed as the tank was going really well until now and the dwarf gourami were the final addition.
I've got some CPD fry in my 30L hospital tank at the mo and they're too small to move into their parents tank yet. So I'd have to move one to
Other tanks:
Dwarf Puffer tank - definately not
Stream set up 110L with 12 penguin tetra, 4 akysis vespa, 2 German blue rams, 6 sterbai cory - I think this would be too much flow and the penguins can get nippy too
60L with about 20 ember tetra and 6 asian stone catfish - some of the embers are tiny and I'd worry they'd become lunch
60L with 8 CPD and 10 rosy loach - a few CPDs are a bit small too but if I had to risk it then this would be the safest bet but not sure.
I could get another small tank if I bad to but I'm a bit short of cash and tigh on space at the moment. If it's a female then I think I'd try and get 1-2 more females to spread the aggression.
So, just to clarify after my rambling:
1- Is it a male?
2- Which tank would it do best in if I moved it out?
3- Is there another solution I've not considered?
This is my first endeavour with gourami and after looking around online I'm still not sure. I'd appreciate your help.
Thanks!
I ordered some fish online, arrived Friday and all looked in great health.
I got them on ebay from a reputable seller.
I bought a 'pair of rainbow dwarf gourami', expecting one male and one female.
Today I noticed the smaller of the two has chunks out of its fins. I watched for a while and the larger attacked it several times.
I have a 120L long tank.
Other fish
12 lemon tetra
10 pygmy cory
6 kuhli loach
Everybody else seems to be getting on fine.
After looking again I think the smaller might be a blue dwarf gourami male. When it arrived it looked paler but now a blue tint is coming out. Could anyone have a look at the photos and see what you think?
If it is then I'm a bit annoyed as the tank was going really well until now and the dwarf gourami were the final addition.
I've got some CPD fry in my 30L hospital tank at the mo and they're too small to move into their parents tank yet. So I'd have to move one to
Other tanks:
Dwarf Puffer tank - definately not
Stream set up 110L with 12 penguin tetra, 4 akysis vespa, 2 German blue rams, 6 sterbai cory - I think this would be too much flow and the penguins can get nippy too
60L with about 20 ember tetra and 6 asian stone catfish - some of the embers are tiny and I'd worry they'd become lunch
60L with 8 CPD and 10 rosy loach - a few CPDs are a bit small too but if I had to risk it then this would be the safest bet but not sure.
I could get another small tank if I bad to but I'm a bit short of cash and tigh on space at the moment. If it's a female then I think I'd try and get 1-2 more females to spread the aggression.
So, just to clarify after my rambling:
1- Is it a male?
2- Which tank would it do best in if I moved it out?
3- Is there another solution I've not considered?
This is my first endeavour with gourami and after looking around online I'm still not sure. I'd appreciate your help.
Thanks!