Corycat5

Im thinking of getting some Dwarf Gouramis and i was wondering if i need to get floating plants for them!

Please answer back asap
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Tom

You don't need floating plants, but they feel more comfortable with them in the tank, so it is your call.
Tom

Butterfly

Yep what tom said they blow bubble nests under them like bettas
Carol

Corycat5

Thanks for the info

wolfman21

Plus it will provide them with some cover which they like and which is like their native habitat where they are in ponds with lots of floating and submerged plants

Corycat5

If fish are born in a tank shouldn't they like the tank becuase thats what they where born in.

Butterfly

Breeding behaviours(like blowing bubbles in floating plants) and some inate defensive behaviours(looking for places to sleep and hide) are just carried down in their genes. Some adult fish teach their babies how to behave even in tanks.
carol

Jynx

My dwarf gourami dug up 3 of the plants in my tank. After about the 3rd or 4th time of replanting them I gave up... let him have the floating plants.

~Jynx