Blue Gourami tender??

[dizzyangelfish]

I've had at least 4 different blue gouramies, 1 at a time, and they all die soon. Are they known to be fragile of something??? : (
Dizzy Rules!!!

 

[FroggyFox]

Um...I've never heard of them being particularly fragile. What size tank are you putting them and what are the water parameters/conditions? Are there any other fish in there?

Did you get all 4 of them from the same place? Sometimes petstore fish aren't the greatest quality to begin with.

 

[dizzyangelfish]

first we put 1 in a 29 gal w/ some other fish. 1 other gourami chased it and bit it. We separated them but it was too late. Ever since with the other ones they've been mostly alone in a 10gal. Our latest one, we had just put in some Afircan Dwarf Frogs, and then it got sick and died. The tank's conditions are all fine. About 3/4 of them were from 1 place and 1 was from another.

 

[NoDeltaH2O]

Whew, by the title of the thread, "Blue Gourami Tender" I though you had breaded and deep fried a gourami fillet! I think gouramis are some of the hardiest fish I have ever kept except for corydoras.

 

[dizzyangelfish]

Well I guess we just had some bad luck with our Blue Babez.
Thanks guys.

 

[dethjam316]

mine are some of the toughest fish imaginable. a couple of mine spawned a couple years ago, and once they grew a bit i managed some of them in unheated 5g buckets and rubbermaid containers...some of these had pretty big temperature swings too, and they never had problems.