Recent content by fishboi2000

Its only the gourami in the tank, he's alone.

Awesome, thanks for the advice! I'm not sure I have room for a 20g, but I could definitely fit a 15 gallon, what would you recommend I put with him in the 15 gallon, considering he is pretty territorial and sometimes aggressive?

Hey yall, I have had a dwarf gourami for the past 6-ish months. When I first purchased him, I also got a Columbian tetra. After a few days of them chasing each other, and learning that the tetra was a schooling fish, I returned him to the fish store, and now I have my gourami alone in a...

Nope, theres no other fish in the tank and he definetly doesn't have DGID, he's as shiny as ever, and he is still eating and his scales are perfectly intact

How can i help with dgd?

Just the dwarf gourami and few snails in a 10g tank :)

Not sure if this is relevant, but I also got a few snails a couple of weeks ago.

I got a dwarf gourami about 4 months ago, and he is usually pretty active and swims all around the tank. In the past few weeks, he has been very skiddish and tends to stay in the same spot at the top of the tank. He is also very hesitant when eating (he used to be much more excited to eat, and...

Will the dwarf gourami be sad and lonely alone?

I know I'm a new fish keeper, but I genuinely would not be able to keep a fish if I knew that it would be unhappy, it is very important.

Ya, I totally get it, I love that you advocate for fish happiness and not just survival <3

Thanks for all of the help, I really appreciate it, Byron. I am going to keep my dwarf gourami alone for at least a few months and see how he does. For now, I will keep the gourami alone, get a floating plant, and maybe add a few snails :) again, I really appreciate all of the advice.

yes, for a while

Oh, really? I have a friend who told me corydoras are good in a 10 gallon, and even a 5 gallon

fuuunky