Pearl Is Going Back To Lfs

[fishwatcher]

I have a 20-gal, with a pair of blue rams, 5 rummy-nose tetras and a few kuhlis. I am taking the pearl gourami back (I've had it about 3-4 weeks) bc he is being very mean... always chasing and nipping the others. I think he killed one of my kuhlis... there was a big bite mark on the top of his head.
So, back he goes. Now I'm wondering what I should replace him with. Can't decide between adding on to the tetra school or the kuhli group, or maybe getting a group (5) of other small tetras or even some hatchets?
Any opinions??
Thanks!

 

[Chri$]

I'd go for another group of small tetras or a group of harlequin rasboras - something along those lines.

 

[diburning]

anything thats not a gourami... I hate gouramis because they are unpredicatable... but if you are getting another gourami, get a larger one. the older it is, the less agressive.

 

[b.c.f.c]

id bump up the number of rummys if i was you, a nice sized shoal would look stunning.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

anything thats not a gourami... I hate gouramis because they are unpredicatable... but if you are getting another gourami, get a larger one. the older it is, the less agressive.

The agressiveness of a gourami depends mostly on what gender it is- females tend to be very gentle, males tend to be terotorial and agressive- secondly, saying all gouramis are unpredictable is not true- many gourami's are very peaceful, while others are very agressive.
I have a female opaline gourami in my community tank as she is very gentle towards the other fish, not agressive at all .

 

[Jules H-T]

Pinch to a pound says it wasn't your gourami that killed the khuli, irrespective of how aggressive you think it is. They haven't got the mouths to take a chunk out of a khuli's head, and they live in totally different areas of the tank.

 

[voo]

The bite mark could have just been the fish feeding on the kulhi once it had died?

Or could have been an ulcer, and that's what it died from?

I have 6 kulhi's in my tank, well i did when i bought them. Now i have no idea how many there are as it's not often i see them.

 

[Nevernormalalwayscrazy]

Gouramis are agressive, but I highly doubt it killed one of your other fish. I kept Blue gouramis (some say the most agressive gourami), and they did just fine I very rairly see them chase anything that was not another gourami. And I found that age or size, has nothing to do with temperment.

 

[Callum]

i reccomend harlrquin rasbora as a very peacefull fish never had an incident in the time of had them and guppys make me peacefull but mine was a mass murderer he killed 4 harlequins and a small cory

 

[fishwatcher]

Thanks for all help. The kuhli loach was very ill one morning when I woke up, with a big red spot (looked like a bit mark or something) on his head. He dies about an hour later. Who knows... I do know that he's been chasing the other fish around all the time though. So much that the others just kind of hang out in the corner and don't come out until it's feeding time. I was hoping that adding him in after the others had been there a while would have limited that, but he must just be a bully. Little a$$. He sure is pretty...
I'll have a look-see around the lfs tomorrow and see what they have in. I think I'll get either some more rummy-noses or some hatchets. I'd like something in the top level, I think.
Thanks again for all the opinions/advice!