My Male Gourami Is A Dominating Prick!

[azzman]

I have 2 Gouramis, 1 Peal female and 1 Opaline male, roughly the same size but the female is slightly larger.
The male doesnt bother anyother fish but when ever hes doing nothing he hassles the #### of the female.
Should i get rid of him?
The female seems happy otherwise, eating fine etc.

 

[lilfishie]

adding another female would help. what size is the tankn and whats its stocking?

 

[SouthernCross]

They're different species of gourami, that might be part of your problem. Opalines are known to be a bit more aggressive than pearl gouramis too.

Gourami's work best in M/F/F ratios. So perhaps take one or the other back and get a trio of the one sort, or if your tank is big enough (which it probably isn't) get a trio of each kind - so they're preoccupied with each other enough to leave the other species group alone. Still might not be practical though.