Gourami agression

[Fishman1995]

It seems the agressive chasing between my 2 honey dwarf gouramis is getting just a lil worse each day, but only during feeding time or when i interact, normally one is in the cave and the other is messing around in the aquarium, why is it the agression is getting worse it seems, nothing serious though just chasing. The betta doesnt receive nor give any agresion they actually seem to be doing fine as a shock just the gourami's actin agressive. why is this?

 

[misterking]

Because, as we've said many times now, all labyrinth fish can be aggressive and often do not tolerate others of their own kind.

They're chasing because they want as much of the tiny space they're in as possible. Simple solution, put them in a bigger tank.

 

[bassbonediva]

If one is always hiding, that means it is stressed. Period. End of story. The only fish in which hiding is considered par for the course are plecos and catfish (mainly because they're nocturnal).

As misterking said, move them to a MUCH bigger tank (I wouldn't even have two gouramis in a 55gal tank, unless they're pearl gouramis which are more peaceful, even toward members of their own species) and, if you were looking for the optimal solution, get rid of one of them.

 

[bluejett]

Male gouramis being very territorial and don't get along just like bettas, I have two male dwarf gourami co-exist in a 55g with many barriers and plants to keep their interest away from each other, you can place more plants and barriers such as rocks, make caves facing two seperate ways to create two options for a territory in the tank away from each other.
You can also get rid of one or maybe get another tank for one and have a small community tank and save yourself the trouble of remodeling for two fish, depending on your tank size it may not work.

 

[littletankbigworld]

Your tank is not large enough as we continue to tell you. I would return both gouramis to the store or sell both of them on craigslist.org/. Your betta will be much happier in the 5 gallon by his self.

 

[Fishman1995]

Well once i get scooter outta the 10 gallon can i put them in there? it will be much more heavily planted

 

[misterking]

Possibly, depends on the inidividual temperament of the fish. When will you be getting your new tank? You've been mentioning it for a while.

 

[Fishman1995]

Im saving my money up, i cant just get a tank. It wont be much longer.

 

[blue_ram]

Im saving my money up, i cant just get a tank. It wont be much longer.

If you look around for sales, you might be able to get a larger tank for less. Except for my first 2 tanks, every other tank I have gotten half off the retail price from retail stores. As they say "retail is for suckers." Others get even better deals off of Craigslist.

 

[achase]

every other tank I have gotten half off the retail price from retail stores.

What retail stores are you getting such good prices at?

 

[littletankbigworld]

Petco just had a sale on tanks, but it wasn't a very good deal considering it was just on empty tanks without hoods. The deal was a dollar per gallon, so an empty 55 gallon tank would be $55. I can't seem to find good deals on large tanks at retail price other than Wal*Mart. I like to use Craigslist.
I, personally, would not place two gouramis in a 10 gallon tank, especially if you're a beginner. I can still see a lot of aggression in a 10 gallon. It would be great if you could rehome them.