EMERGENCY! Dying fish. Bullied guppy. Need help

[Obsessed with fish]

I have heard that gouramis can be aggressive so what I would do is add some of the other fish first and then the dwarf gourami to hopefully get the gouramis to realize that they were there before them and they wont fight... Thats how I view it at least...

Ok, ill look into switching switching around. Goumaris can be agressive?

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Unless you do have wal-marts out there

Maybe i do...but in Australia a 5 gallon tank would cost about $70 AU, thats about $130 US

 

[Rocky998]

Yah, I once heard 1 single male gourami literally slaughtered a whole community fish tank. BUT they can be ok for community setups... That was a freak event.... You may see him chasing some of the other fish around or taking small nips...

Ok, ill look into switching switching around. Goumaris can be agressive?

 

[Rocky998]

Maybe i do...but in Australia a 5 gallon tank would cost about $70 AU, thats about $130 US

WHAT THE HECK!?!?!?

 

[Myraan]

When I was at your stage I'd read Dwarf Gourami are gentle. I only had one, but the other fish were definitely scared of him and he wasn't even trying to attack them. Two male gouramis would have been carnage. A single male and a female might not work either - even when they like each other - the female needs space to avoid him pestering her when she isn't in the mood.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Yah, I once heard 1 single male gourami literally slaughtered a whole community fish tank. BUT they can be ok for community setups... That was a freak event.... You may see him chasing some of the other fish around or taking small nips...

ok, thats fine than.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

WHAT THE HECK!?!?!?

i know, right. You dont wanna know how much the big 55 gallons are.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

When I was at your stage I'd read Dwarf Gourami are gentle. I only had one, but the other fish were definitely scared of him and he wasn't even trying to attack them. Two male gouramis would have been carnage. A single male and a female might not work either - even when they like each other - the female needs space to avoid him pestering her when she isn't in the mood.

what does pestering mean

 

[Rocky998]

When I was at your stage I'd read Dwarf Gourami are gentle. I only had one, but the other fish were definitely scared of him and he wasn't even trying to attack them. Two male gouramis would have been carnage. A single male and a female might not work either - even when they like each other - the female needs space to avoid him pestering her when she isn't in the mood.

Yah, a lot of times they are gentle... But every now and then you get a psyco

 

[Rocky998]

i know, right. You dont wanna know how much the big 55 gallons are.

God no... I thought the prices here in the US were bad sheesh

 

[Rocky998]

what does pestering mean

Bothering

 

[Obsessed with fish]

God no... I thought the prices here in the US were bad sheesh

$500 each AU, thats about $900 US

 

[Rocky998]

$500 each AU, thats about $900 US

I see why you cant get a quarantine tank... I wouldnt want to even get an aquarium!

 

[Obsessed with fish]

I see why you cant get a quarantine tank... I wouldnt want to even get an aquarium!

i know! The fish supplies are pricy to. Your average power filter is $30 AU, $55 US. Idk why fish elated stuff is so expensive here.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

we have really gone off topic on this thread haven't we.