FlyingFish
Fish Fanatic
Hi All,
My 3 Gold Gouramis are really freaking out. Not all the time, just maybe once a day, one will just go mad - fly off in one direction with no concern what is in it's way: fish, rocks, glass!!
This will cause the other Gourami's to freak out as well, and after about 5 seconds, if that, they'll be hinding looking sorry for themselves, almost looking lifeless?!
It's not the same as when a fish is chased. When chased they seem to know where they're going, when to turn, how to avoid capture. This is completely different. Thet'll fly of in a random direction, basically till they hit something and cant go any further, then change direction, fly off again untill there restled in either the grass or a bush near the front.
2 minutes later all is ok, but they are not they usual selves, they are now generally really nervous.
This started happening about 2/3 days ago.
RECENT TANK HISTORY:
Ok.
-9/10 weeks ago got 4 dwarf gouramis - all was ok for 4 weeks.
-4 weeks ago, 1 Gourami grew far bigger than the rest, and bullied the hell out of them. Hearding them like sheep to one end of the tank, waiting 1/2 an hour, then hearding them somewhere else. Then he started to pick on 1 at a time and this mucked the whole tank up. So he went off to a friends tank to live out his life, where I hear he is now happy, and relaxed.. I also got a very small Green severum.
-To Present, all has been ok. The Severum settled in really well, keeping himself to himself and really making me laugh. The Gouramis were much happier now that 'Death' the bully was gone, and the Tetras looked better too.
Then all this happened. Nothing else has changed, water is fine etc. So this really is very confussing, and getting increasingly worrying.
Just checked the tank, and although the last 'freak out' was over 1/2 hour ago, the Gouramis are pretty much sitting around doing nothing. 2 in the long grass hiding, and one under a rock - hiding.
Any ideas??!! 
My 3 Gold Gouramis are really freaking out. Not all the time, just maybe once a day, one will just go mad - fly off in one direction with no concern what is in it's way: fish, rocks, glass!!
This will cause the other Gourami's to freak out as well, and after about 5 seconds, if that, they'll be hinding looking sorry for themselves, almost looking lifeless?!
It's not the same as when a fish is chased. When chased they seem to know where they're going, when to turn, how to avoid capture. This is completely different. Thet'll fly of in a random direction, basically till they hit something and cant go any further, then change direction, fly off again untill there restled in either the grass or a bush near the front.
2 minutes later all is ok, but they are not they usual selves, they are now generally really nervous.
This started happening about 2/3 days ago.
RECENT TANK HISTORY:
Ok.
-9/10 weeks ago got 4 dwarf gouramis - all was ok for 4 weeks.
-4 weeks ago, 1 Gourami grew far bigger than the rest, and bullied the hell out of them. Hearding them like sheep to one end of the tank, waiting 1/2 an hour, then hearding them somewhere else. Then he started to pick on 1 at a time and this mucked the whole tank up. So he went off to a friends tank to live out his life, where I hear he is now happy, and relaxed.. I also got a very small Green severum.
-To Present, all has been ok. The Severum settled in really well, keeping himself to himself and really making me laugh. The Gouramis were much happier now that 'Death' the bully was gone, and the Tetras looked better too.
Then all this happened. Nothing else has changed, water is fine etc. So this really is very confussing, and getting increasingly worrying.
Just checked the tank, and although the last 'freak out' was over 1/2 hour ago, the Gouramis are pretty much sitting around doing nothing. 2 in the long grass hiding, and one under a rock - hiding.
Any ideas??!! 
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