Honey Gourami Nipping My Corydoras Help

hey guys,

So for a few weeks I had my honey gourami with my panda corydoras in a 10 gallon and all was good. I recently upgraded to a 20 long and this morning I woke up to find one of my cories with a big chunk out of its tail and it’s fins clamped. I then noticed the honey gourami going panda to panda and nipping at them. What should I do??

 

My DG does the same thing, I believe (although not 100%) that one of my julii corys lost his tail to the gourami. It should heal up, do a water change to prevent infection and make sure the corys have somewhere to hide when the Honey Gourami gets nippy.

How many corys do you have?

 

I have 5 cories right now. I had 6 but lost one. I did a water change as soon as I saw the condition it was in

 

I feel so bad. I don’t want my gourami to hurt the others. I’m not that attached to him so I may see if my pet store will take him off my hands

 

Yeah that may be the best idea, is the cory still active and eating?

 

No he is terrified

 

honey gourami are very peaceful, are you sure its not dg, some fish stores can mess up...
can you send us a picture of the "honey gourami"

 

Definatly a honey

 

Just did

 

okay thanks

 

I wonder if its due to the gourami being introduced before the cories, thus the cories are in his territory. A rescape of the 20g may help, or a week 'time out' in a spare tank....

 

The cories came first in the 10 gallon

 

Also my pet store took the gourami and gave me 2 more cories in exchange

 

How many gouramis do you have

 

That was my only 1

 

I meant in the 20g... but anyway, congrats on the new additions!