r0bbie Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Hey Guys, I have a pearl gourami that has lost all of its blue spots. It does not seem stressed and eats normally. Any help would be appreciated. I must restore its blue spots, I am pretty sure it is starting to effect its self esteem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapo Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 How's the gourami now? Have any other colours changed? I hear the males go quite orange under the throat when they're ready to breed. Our pearl was quite a stressed wee chap when we first got him, but his colours came out (esp. his spots) after he settled in. He was still eating while he was stressed and used to swim up and down the glass in the corner of the tank, but now he's the boss and hangs out in the middle. Cheers, Vapo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0bbie Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 no change as yet It tends to stay quite low in the tank. It does not get picked on or show any signs of stress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vapo Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Fading colour and/or changing behaviour are often signs of stress. How many other gourami are in there? Our gold female was very shy and hid behind the filter til we put three more in the tank, 1 male pearl, 1 blue female and 1 opaline female. Most opinions I've heard or read, say keep 2 females per male as a general rule. Also, we put another mid-water obect in there - a big stump - so they had something to hide behind. It may just be trying to hide. Do you have many mid-height plants/ornaments? It's been 3 weeks since we did all of that and now she's as happy as Larry. She stayed a bit shy for a while and still hid a lot, but after a few days she was chasing the others around. A couple of days after that, they'd sorted their heirarchy, she's the boss of the women and everyone was pretty chilled. Now she's coming up to the glass to say hello whenever we come in the room and touching the glass with her feelers, they all do it. Anyway, I hope your fish cheers up. Good luck, Vapo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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