o0Faraz0o

guys arnt Dwarf Gourami and angle fish meant to get along my friend bort a angle fish and his Dwarf Gourami has been chasing it since we put him in its only been like 20 mins tho are they ment to do this? his tanks actually big 40 G so there is no territorial problem what can it be urgent

cicatriz

sorry to burst your bubble but i think it is a territorial problem. Look at gourmais and angel fish: dont they look sorta similar? besides this they occupy the same part of a tank (the top). i have my own psychotic angel fish and he freaks out if he is kept with other angels or fish that look like him. ive seen on some sites saying gouramis and angels could get along, but i doubt this to be valid. just because something works in one circumstance it may not work in another. i hope your friend is able to save his gourami!

neverendingninja

Really, there is too much generalization going on here. Temperament varies from fish to fish, just like it does from dog to dog, person to person, etc. So, pretty much, you can only try and see.

I got some Paradise Gouramis the other day, and they're supposed to be some of the most aggressive gouramis you can get, not getting along with each other or other species, and mine do just fine. I got a male/female pair, and they don't bother my rasboras, keyholes, bolivian rams, otos, BN pleco, otos or rineloricaria. I'm planning on letting them live in my pond next spring and replacing them with Apistogrammas.

So, in short, all you can do is watch and see, and if you see them getting too aggressive, seperate them(with a divider, breeder box or another tank) and if you don't have anywhere to keep them permanently, take the aggressor back to the petshop.

COBettaCouple

Angels are cichlids and a territorial fish. Dwarf Gourami are territorial fish. There may be instances where they can coexist in a tank, but that's a combination that I would say is 99% doomed to end in violence.

It's definitely a territorial issue and they need to be seperated.

o0Faraz0o

well we took it back like 5 mins after i posted and got him 2 guppys instead guy i dunno if u have notice but on the anglefish profile it said

Compatible Tank Mates : Jump to profiles of fish that could potentially be kept with this fish:
Pleco, Blue Gourami, Dwarf Gourami, Larger Tetras, Bala Shark

Tom

Wow, you have an angle fish, what is that? lol
Tom

COBettaCouple

the keyword there being potentially. the experiences of angel fish owners makes gourami a tankmate that I wouldn't want for Angels.

Angel man

I have 2 angel fish, flame gourami, 7 neon tetras and 2 zebra daninos and they all get along fine. Infact my flame gourami is quite shy LOL!!!

susitna-flower

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