Aggressive Dwarf Gourami

[james_dinneen]

Hi all
I got a lot of help from you earlier when I had a tank problem. Basically one of then died for unknown reasons but today I introduced a new fish and the remaining gourami is bullying it so I think if was the original problem. Do I need to get rid of it before it kills the next one or will they sort themselves out.
Thanks

 

[KirkyArcher]

You either get lucky with Dwarf Gourami or you don't, best way is to buy two at the same time from the same store/tank that are of the same size, your new introduction is a territorial intruder and will most likely get constantly bullied, and remain stressed and trying to hide. best return it to the store or make alternative arrangements to rehome

I love Dwarf Gourami but have lost a few now to DGD and will now not consider them as a stock for my tanks!

 

[james_dinneen]

The first two were bought together and one died. The new one is a fighting fish apparently so don't know why it's still happening when the other fish are OK

 

[KirkyArcher]

Oh sorry thought you bought another Gourami, Anyway you've made a mistake getting a Siamese fighting fish (A Betta) as a tank mate for the surviving Gourami, they will never get along and although called a "fighting fish" they are quite delicate and will only show aggression against other Betta and smaller fish that irritate them! So same advice applies return to store or rehome in another tank