kribensis keeper

i have one dwarf male gourami and today i brought a golden gourami and the dwarf is being aggresive towards the golden what can i do to stop this or could it be like this because the golden gourami is new.

iloveengl

In a 20g the only thing you can do is return the new guy. Almost all gouramis are extremely territorial, and in a tank that size, no matter how well planted, one or both will soon die.

Tony G.

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Gouramis are basically like bettas. They are really mean to their own species, so i would go ahead and return it...

kribensis keeper

thanks guys i went and put one of them in my dads tank so everything is fine

iloveengl

Glad to hear! Hope no one got hurt.

aquarist48

Hello Krib. Congrats on the new addition. I hope you can post a photo of it sometime. Glad to hear you were able to rehouse one of them.
Best of luck!
Ken

kribensis keeper

i got the dwarf gourami out of my dads tank and put him in a beeding box and he will stay there for 3 days after that i will let him go back into the tank and see what happens

keep you posted

iloveengl

Why are you putting him back in the tank? What is likely to happen is one of them is going to injure or kill the other and they cannot be under constant supervision. It's not that he wasn't acclimated in the beginning, it's that these are very territorial and aggressive fish.

I wish you the best, but I would not recommend continuing with this decision.

aquarist48

Hello kribensis. I don't understand why you have him in a breeder box. His demeanor towards the other Gourami is not going to change. I recommend putting him back into your Dad's tank. The breeder box is only going to cause him more stress. If you can't put him back into your Dad's tank I would recommend returning him.
Best of luck.
Ken

kribensis keeper

i took him out of my dads tank because he was getting beat up by all of the larger fish

Shawnie

I think its time to return one back to the fishstore or rehome him ...I hope he is ok but he wont make it long in a breeder net and he wont be able to go back in your tank ..you already have a gourami boss..good luck

Diggly

I would suggest rehoming him or you may end up with a dead fish . The only other thing you could maybe try is removing the current gourami, changing around the plants etc adding the new gourami then the old one.

If that doesnt work you need to take him back or rehome him.