morgie Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 HI, I have a neon blue dwarf gourami. I bought him from Jensens about a month ago. He was swimming around fine. Then i put a bigger gourami in and it started scaring off the little one. The little gourami stayed in a corner and wasn't moving around as much. i got rid of the other gourami a while ago, but the little gourami still not moving around. I have a fighter in with it so it might be that too. I then put the gourami in a really little tank today to see if it was eating, i gave it blood worms and flafes but it only had a tiny nibble at the flake and that was it. It's had major dis-colouration in it's fins and doesn't eat or come out of hiding. It's been like that for a while. I am really worried so if anyone could help me in figuring out what to do that would be awesome. thanx, morgie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 Sounds like one very stressed gourami. How is it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgie Posted June 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Hi Caryl, the gourami has got more colouration but is still on the bottom but im sure it is the betta because the few times that the gourami goes toward his cave he chases him off but i think the betta is jelous of the dwarf gouramis colours and finds it a threat. thanx for your concern, morgie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 I think you may be right about the betta. When we had dwarf gouramis we found them very timid and easily intimidated but others say the opposite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindingNemo Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 I have a sunset Gourami that chases my Blue Gourami all day long however the blue isn't stressed at all however i do have a few good hiding places for it. I also have a Betta that dosnt bother any fish. I tend to think some fish are just weaker from poor breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chim Chim Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hi there, I have four gouramis in my community tank, two pink, and two blue and one siamese fighter amongst other fish. I haven't had a problem with the siamese fighter with the gouramis at all, although there is a pecking order between the gouramis (pink with pink). As of late however, one of my pink gouramis seems to be acting the same fashion as yours, ie isolated, lonely and sits quietly by itself. It may be that it has been harrassed by the other gourami that it is behaving that way. But certainly I don't think it is due to the siamese fighter at all. Good luck though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapo Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 We're fairly new to this hobby/pastime, but we had two female gold gourami and one bullied the other to the point where she wouldn't come out from behind the filter unless she was chased out. We took the dominant one back and put in a blue, an opaline and a pearl gourami. The gold took a couple of days to get used to the others, but has now stopped hiding and mingles nicely. She still has the odd nip at the blue, but we have a 4 foot tank with lots of hiding places and none are very stressed at the moment. A couple of the people I have talked to, say the golds are a bit more aggressive than the others, and ours is definitely the dominant one, but she loves our pearl gourami and the tank seems to be a fairly happy place for all. We also have two small plecos, 10 neons and four clown loaches in there. Perhaps a few more dwarf gourami in your tank will make your one feel less stressed and bring him/her out of her funky mood. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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