Still Plant Problem

[Fizban]

this is the problem as i have said befor in some other posts my gouramis kill plants by pulling them up riping them to bits and all plants are dead in a few weeks sighs i tryed just leting the plants float like was surgested i try cuz i was told they like floating plants but as soon as i put the plants in they went and started to eat the plants roots so i thort to put it under the rocks they tend to kill the plant a bit slower that way ......but as i tryed to put it under the rocks the big moon light gouramis comes over and tryed to pull the plant by the roots away from me any idears how to stop the plant crazed gouramis oh i have 14 gouramis liveing in a realy big tank and all like each other alot and 10 of them are males and they have been like this for 2 years thats why i cant fill there tank with plants like i want to the fish kill there

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

Hmmm....since they really do seem to enjoy destroying your plants maybe you should try silk plants instead. Plastic ones tend to be cheaper but they can tear the fins etc so silk plants would be best. With any luck they won't pick on them like real ones and you'll at least look like you have a planted tank.
Hugs,
P.

 

[Fizban]

i guess i was hopeing there was a fix all problem magic pill u could give them but i guess that would be no fun

 

[sylvia]

There are a few plants your gouramies won't eat - amazon sword, java fern, usualy java moss and, perhaps a few others. It's mainly trial and error realy

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

Ahem, actually I had Amazon sword in with my fry and they destroyed it. Granted it took them a good few months but nevertheless.
And now my cichlids have decided the few plants in their tank taste good. *doh* Good job my adult gourami let theirs grow like mad or I'd be forced to actually buy more!
Hugs,
P.
P.S:I don't know if you're in the UK or not but I could send you a few good sized cuttings from my gourami tank. See if they destroy the plants mine leave alone? Never know...

 

[Fizban]

Miss Dib Dabs that would be cool but i live in west austraila so i dont think they would live that long as for other plants last time i tryed geting some plants order from this place that i buy plants from (its not realy a pet store) the guy who comes in the shop to get the orders from the shop had not herd of the plants i asked about he asked the shop keep to ask me for there real names i guess he thort they were the scientific names i think but they were the normal name i think of them was the java fern......sighs i realy like the look of liveing plants too ............hmmm i dont spose u no of 2 popular fast grewing hardy typ plants that most peepl no of in there real names cuz as long as i no what im asking for is correct i will go to anuther place in anuther town and try ordering it there


opps i was wrong the plants i asked or at least the ones on the second list i wrote there are three on this one not shore if thats all i asked about any way the plants i asked about were vesicularia dubyana .......microsorum pteropus windelov.........eleocharis parvula...............i bleave them to be aleast 3 of the ones i asked about have u herd of them is so is it the normals names??

 

[Fizban]

here anuther qestion do gouramis eat blood worms

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

Not sure I'm good with plants. You could try in the planted section. They would know where to find them and possibly even online places that will ship them.
Bloodworm...oh yes, they love bloodworm. Mine have been having some daily recently since the frozen stuff comes in blocks too big for my two dwarf puffers I always end having plenty left for others. Mine also adore live brine shrimp, well live anything within reason. Have also fed them frozen (defrosted) mussel, daphnia and shelled peas.
Hugs,
P.

 

[Fizban]

cool i think i no where i can get some live blood worms mine have never seen live food befor other then frys .........wonders if they no what to do when they see it

 

[Fizban]

in the rateing im fish crazy now instead of Fish Fanatic ....... hmmmmmm i no gives the fish some more feed so they can have a party cuz of it hehehe

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

Lol they'll know what to do. They're suprisingly fast when it comes to yummy food. Am hoping to pick up some live brine shrimp myself tomorrow but will have to wait and see if they've got any in.
Hugs,
P.