Recent content by TameMyImpala

Hmmm you're convincing me, haha

You do make a great point, but the 1st male (aggressive one) is much more lively and has a beautiful color, so that's making me lean towards keeping him instead. I would assume he would be peaceful with 2 females instead since it seems the males don't get along. But maybe I should keep both...

Thank you so much for this information and suggestion! I just assumed the dis-coloration on the 'female' was enough to consider it as a female. Tomorrow I'll head to my local shop (and not Petco, silly me for believing the associate who informed me I was buying two genders) and see if they have...

Agreed, so far in the 15 gallon the 'female' is sitting at the top left corner, hasn't moved around much but seems way more relaxed then when in the 40 (But it's only been a few hours so he/she still has time to adjust). The male in the 40 is much more active as he swims around the tank and...

**UPDATE: So I observed the two for a bit this morning and the aggressiveness has gotten worse. The one who I assume is male is now biting the other to where I can see marks. I've decided for now to put the one, who I think is a female, into my 15 gallon for the time being. Already there's a...

Hmm not sure if my photos represented them well, I actually just took another pic of the two together so I'll attach it here for a better look (sorry if they're blurry it's the best I could get). But from what I read online I thought one big difference in the pearl species is that the males have...

Hey everyone, I'm new here. I've been in the hobby for almost 2 years now so I'm still learning a bit. Recently I set up a new 40 gallon which took about 4 weeks to cycle. About 5 days ago I decided to add my first fish into the tank, I chose 2 Pearl Gourami's (1 Male & 1 Female). At first...