Dwarf Gouramis at the pet store look nice!

[JPH1970]

The local fish store got dwarf gouramis in this week and they look nice! It's a shame that I'm maxed out on stocking.

Unless I rehome the glofish tetras or danios

 

[BigManAquatics]

I do agree...i love seeing the powder blues myself, have often been tempted to hire one for fry control duties in my wife's platy tank!

 

[Hellfishguy]

They're not worth the aggravation, unless you know for sure that they're wild stock. Sooner or later, they'll develop lesions or bloat out & die a horrible, lingering death.

 

[AIvinn]

I love dwarf gouramis & honey gouramis. I want to keep one of each someday.

 

[JPH1970]

They're not worth the aggravation, unless you know for sure that they're wild stock. Sooner or later, they'll develop lesions or bloat out & die a horrible, lingering death.

Many fish die prematurely. I don't think I'd let that deter me.

It all boils down to rehoming some of my current stock

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

It's just that these fish have been severely overbred, where most of these will die prematurely from diseases like bloat and I believe TB.

 

[fallfever]

I don't want to deter you from getting a DG because, frankly, they are going to die somewhere, they might as well be well cared for, and you might find the rare one that lives an entire lifespan. They are beautiful fish and I find them to be personable and rather well behaved. But I'm on my fourth in two years in an established community tank where the other inhabitants have lived...well, forever it seems. I'm on my fourth DG. He's dying, too, with his head pointing down behind an amazon sword and a crooked spine, but eating like a pig. Been this way for a month. My neighbor, the vet, says he is no risk to the other fish and as long as he is eating he is likely not suffering, but he's not long for this world. A bit heartbreaking, but it indeed can be worth the risk, just know it's not an unusual outcome.

 

[Magua]

I’ve read the horror stories (after I’d already purchased my lil guy) but I’m still soooo happy I brought him home. He is the king of my 29 gallon tank and just gorgeous! Made his first bubble nest last night!

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

I’ve read the horror stories (after I’d already purchased my lil guy) but I’m still soooo happy I brought him home. He is the king of my 29 gallon tank and just gorgeous! Made his first bubble nest last night!

He looks gorgeous, hopefully he survives!

 

[JPH1970]

I'm not sure I want one but they sure looked super nice. I think one would work in my tank but the only way I can do it is to rehome either my glofish danios or my glofish tetras.

Out of those two glofish, I like the tetras much better. They're more graceful(?) and not nearly as hyper as the danios. The danios are also ravenous pigs when it comes to food. LOL.

having said that, to get rid of fish simply because I don't like them seems a bit extreme.

No....I can't get another tank going LOL!

 

[jinjerJOSH22]

Hi, my experience of keeping and losing 20 or so in 2 years has left a mark on me as well as the constant stream of threads of Dwarf Gourami either looking atrocious or tearing each other apart. They are a fish I wholeheartedly would recommend to avoid, they just aren't worth it.

 

[JPH1970]

Hi, my experience of keeping and losing 20 or so in 2 years has left a mark on me as well as the constant stream of threads of Dwarf Gourami either looking atrocious or tearing each other apart. They are a fish I wholeheartedly would recommend to avoid, they just aren't worth it.

They are the nicest look gouramis that this store has and I know looks are not everything but it really does come down to me giving away some of my glofish. If I would rehome any, it would be the danios.

I'm struggling at the thought of giving up fish simply because I like the looks of these gouramis. It doesn't seem right