Dwarf gourami ate all floater plants

[outofwater]

My tank currently had 5 corys, 2 otos and 7 neon tetras.
Added a dwarf gourami a couple of days ago, a surprise gift from a family member who found out I had the tank, and thankfully it seems it's a good match for all the other fish.

However, I had water sprite and some other plant I don't know the name of, but this guy decimated them! I feed them all bug bites, flakes, and wafers for the bottom feeders. 2 times a day.
He goes for both the flakes and the bug bites with gusto, but even right after eating that he goes back to the plants and keeps picking at them, and eating the leaves. He literally nearly wiped them all in a matter of days.

I've even tried some small insect larvae (can't remember the name, bought it at petco) and he doesn't pay any attention to them. At all.

I took the few stalks that survived and hope I can get them to grow again, but I want to hear your opinion about what can I do. I've read these guys like floating sections for their own good, but this guy just munches thru his hideout like I'm starving him. Am I?

I'll ad pics later.
Thanks.

 

[DoubleDutch]

You could try to satisfy its "green needs" by feeding cooked / blanched lettuce and spirulina / algae wafers.

 

[outofwater]

Just toss it in the tank? Daily?

Thanks

You could try to satisfy its "green needs" by feeding cooked / blanched lettuce and spirulina / algae wafers.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Just toss it in the tank? Daily?

Thanks

I'd variate. I just added some lettuce today.

 

[outofwater]

I'd variate. I just added some lettuce today.

Thanks, will do.

 

[outofwater]

Thanks, will do.

There he is, hard at work with the remaining plants

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

This is something similar to what I feed my fish:

Veggie Diet: Frozen Fish Food | Freshwater and Marine | BCUK | BCUK

Veggie Diet. This spinach based food is rich in iron which is essential to the health of most species of fish.Frozen veggie diet is available in 100g blister

food4fish.co.uk

 

[outofwater]

This is something similar to what I feed my fish:

Veggie Diet: Frozen Fish Food | Freshwater and Marine | BCUK | BCUK

Veggie Diet. This spinach based food is rich in iron which is essential to the health of most species of fish.Frozen veggie diet is available in 100g blister

food4fish.co.uk

He doesn't care for spinach at all, but seems to go for lettuce.
Still, I guess he's a hungry one, he's now going to the bottom to get on the action on the wafers for the bottom feeders, and still occasionally is nipping at the sprite, though not as much.

Completely ignores the drosophila I'm dropping, almost like he doesn't see them on the surface.

 

[DoubleDutch]

Did you blanch / cook the spinach as well ?

 

[outofwater]

Yep.

Did you blanch / cook the spinach as well ?

 

[DoubleDutch]

Yep.

Mmmm strange it didn't get a bite then

 

[outofwater]

He's a quirky dude. Or girl, have no clue. What do you think?

 

[DoubleDutch]

He's a quirky dude. Or girl, have no clue. What do you think?

Dude

 

[Colin_T]

Maybe his doctor told him being vegan was better for his health and reduced the chances of him catching the iridovirus

 

[itiwhetu]

Just put some more plants in the tank and let the little guy be happy.