I just added 2 blue gouramis -- one male, one female -- to my tank. They're each about three inches long. They currently share it with 4 Giant Danios, each about 2/5 to 2.75 inches each.
When I first added the gouramis, the Danios were terrified. Now, everyone is getting along peacefully -- one of the Danios tried to make out with a blue gourami yesterday.
The female gourami is the adventurous one. Sometimes she just hangs out. More often, she slowly circles the tank, from front and then around to the back, through the plants. She turns "lips-down" and picks at the big rocks or the sand. She swims up and down the glass, touching one pectoral fin against it (looks like she's waving at me). She's usually out and about.
The male hangs out a lot behind the plants. He'll come out every so often -- especially when the female goes back there and seems to coax him out. When he's out, he does the same stuff the female does. He seems to like it more when the light is on in the evenings. From what I can see, though, more than half his time is spent hiding. When he swims, he seems perfectly healthy.
Should I worry? Is this just fish personality? I kept some hornwort floating yesterday, but removed it today -- the Danios were pecking it, and it was falling apart -- the Gouramis never seemed interested. I will add some other, more sturdy surface plants soon.
Maybe I am just being paranoid about my new, blue, beautiful fish....
When I first added the gouramis, the Danios were terrified. Now, everyone is getting along peacefully -- one of the Danios tried to make out with a blue gourami yesterday.
The female gourami is the adventurous one. Sometimes she just hangs out. More often, she slowly circles the tank, from front and then around to the back, through the plants. She turns "lips-down" and picks at the big rocks or the sand. She swims up and down the glass, touching one pectoral fin against it (looks like she's waving at me). She's usually out and about.
The male hangs out a lot behind the plants. He'll come out every so often -- especially when the female goes back there and seems to coax him out. When he's out, he does the same stuff the female does. He seems to like it more when the light is on in the evenings. From what I can see, though, more than half his time is spent hiding. When he swims, he seems perfectly healthy.
Should I worry? Is this just fish personality? I kept some hornwort floating yesterday, but removed it today -- the Danios were pecking it, and it was falling apart -- the Gouramis never seemed interested. I will add some other, more sturdy surface plants soon.
Maybe I am just being paranoid about my new, blue, beautiful fish....
