Gourami Question

[oceanblue]

I have 4 gourami's in my tank. Now that I know more about the sexing of these fish I think I have 3 males and 1 female. They get along alright but the males do annoy the female with attention (not nipping just like to go by her close and some times give the male attention with a side turn if that makes sense) She gets annoyed and goes and hides for a while.
I was wondering if I added another female if this would help.
I have a 55 gal tank with some other fish all pretty calm and cool with each other.
Like I said they're not hurting her, and she is active when she is out, playing in the bubbles is one of her favorite things to do when I turn them on. Just wondering if it would help the dynamics.
The males don't bother each other 2 kind of stick together, the other roams around.
Advice please

P.S.
They are dwarf gourami's, sorry forgot to mention that (2 regular red with blue stripe, 1 blue with red stripes and 1 female (I think) powder blue)

 

[fifefish]

really you should have more females than males so that the females rent harassed as much.

 

[oceanblue]

no one said anything about that when I bought them and I think they carry mostly male because of the colors. I didn't know when I bought them about the ratio at all. Now I am just trying to keep everyone happy, like I said the female is out a fair amount but I don't know if they go through mating cycles or what. Anyway still wondering if another female would be good. I don't want to buy too many more just one maybe.

 

[murphyk32]

they would carry more males then females for color reasons, my lfs's are same way, but for most gouramis, including dwarfs, they recommend 1male 2-3 female ratio.. i would consider returning 1-2 males, but if not, at the very least buy more females yes. they may be tolerant of eachother for a short time, but there is a high chance there will be problems. it could be males stressing the female out., but also can become males fighting. i learned this with opaline gouramis, which have a similar problem. was unaware of the situation as it was my first tank, lfs didnt tell me, 3 weeks later i had a dead opaline...

 

[Reesy1989]

they would carry more males then females for color reasons, my lfs's are same way, but for most gouramis, including dwarfs, they recommend 1male 2-3 female ratio.. i would consider returning 1-2 males, but if not, at the very least buy more females yes. they may be tolerant of eachother for a short time, but there is a high chance there will be problems. it could be males stressing the female out., but also can become males fighting. i learned this with opaline gouramis, which have a similar problem. was unaware of the situation as it was my first tank, lfs didnt tell me, 3 weeks later i had a dead opaline...

Definately agree, atleast 1-2 ratio. Otherwise it can cause the female to become stressed and possibly catch an illness or die.