Gourami
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Well I'm not sure....we just bought a home that has a built in fishtank in the living room wall, and the fish were included.
2 are all silver, no spots or colors, and 2 have black spots and became blue and spotted during this episode.
I'd assume they are 4-5 inches long, and 2-3 inches tall.
I have a friend who is into fish, and he told me he'd never seen gourami like ours.
I've seen simaliar ones online called "Giant silver gourami" or "pearl gourami"
My wife said they might be "kissing gourami", but I think they are too big.
Tonight they took a piece of one of the live plants, and placed it in the corner of the tank. They then began blowing bubbles on it.
2 are all silver, no spots or colors, and 2 have black spots and became blue and spotted during this episode.
I'd assume they are 4-5 inches long, and 2-3 inches tall.
I have a friend who is into fish, and he told me he'd never seen gourami like ours.
I've seen simaliar ones online called "Giant silver gourami" or "pearl gourami"
My wife said they might be "kissing gourami", but I think they are too big.
Tonight they took a piece of one of the live plants, and placed it in the corner of the tank. They then began blowing bubbles on it.
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First off, kisser gourami can up to a foot in length, as far as I know they are the biggest gourami available. Also some of the strangest as the males kiss. Anyway, your silver gourami you talk about are probably moonlight gourami, and the other two do sound like blue gourami. Why don't you want to breed them?
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Yea that's exactly what 2 of them look like.
Well I don't want more fish first of all...second, the 2 blue ones are making the nest. They are attacking all the other fish in the tank, to the point of injuring the moonlights.
There is 1 male, and 1 female of each kind. So one male, and one female blue...and one male, and one female moonlight.
I decided to leave the nest alone so far this time....but I will end up taking it out of the tank.
How often will the do this?
I think by cleaning the tank, lowering the water level during cleaning, and adding live plants kind of sparked this spawning.
again, we just don't want or need more fish.
I'm thinking we will have to get rid of these fish if they continue to do this. It makes the the other fish very mad, and unhappy. Anyone in the Rochester NY area want some gourami?
Well I don't want more fish first of all...second, the 2 blue ones are making the nest. They are attacking all the other fish in the tank, to the point of injuring the moonlights.
There is 1 male, and 1 female of each kind. So one male, and one female blue...and one male, and one female moonlight.
I decided to leave the nest alone so far this time....but I will end up taking it out of the tank.
How often will the do this?
I think by cleaning the tank, lowering the water level during cleaning, and adding live plants kind of sparked this spawning.
again, we just don't want or need more fish.
I'm thinking we will have to get rid of these fish if they continue to do this. It makes the the other fish very mad, and unhappy. Anyone in the Rochester NY area want some gourami?
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i suggest that you get rid of them, they will continue to try and breed and they will cause severe stress for the other fish, take them to your local fish shop, i'm sure they'll be happy to take them for you, and there may even be a couple of people who are actually looking to find a pair of gouramies to breed.
also the kissing gouramis isnt the biggest available gourami, its the giant gourami, check it out
also the kissing gouramis isnt the biggest available gourami, its the giant gourami, check it out
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i suggest that you get rid of them, they will continue to try and breed and they will cause severe stress for the other fish, take them to your local fish shop, i'm sure they'll be happy to take them for you, and there may even be a couple of people who are actually looking to find a pair of gouramies to breed.
also the kissing gouramis isnt the biggest available gourami, its the giant gourami, check it out
also the kissing gouramis isnt the biggest available gourami, its the giant gourami, check it out
Well we got rid of the 4 gourami today, just dropped them off at the pet store.
Is it a good idea to wait to get the new cichlids?
We have a pleco, and a loach in there now with a bunch of fry....
Will cichlids eat them?(the fry)
I wanted to give the tank another good cleaning before getting new fish, but I'm not sure if that's the best thing to do. Maybe I should get them now while the water is all good....any suggestions?
Is it a good idea to wait to get the new cichlids?
We have a pleco, and a loach in there now with a bunch of fry....
Will cichlids eat them?(the fry)
I wanted to give the tank another good cleaning before getting new fish, but I'm not sure if that's the best thing to do. Maybe I should get them now while the water is all good....any suggestions?
well pretty much all cichlids would eat those fry, i'm sure that your loach has been eating his fair share of them already, do you know what type of loach it is? You dont have to give your tank a good cleaning before you buy more fish, just regualr maintanence like a 25% water change should be just fine.
i suggest that you start a new topic in the cichlid section if your looking for ideas of what cichlids to get.
i suggest that you start a new topic in the cichlid section if your looking for ideas of what cichlids to get.