Help Needed For Giant Guarami

[steeeee]

hiya i need some help please. i have a giant gaurami and his been acting wierd recently. over the past few days he doesnt seem to be eating much and he keeps going on a mad one and smacking off the tank. his quite bruised up on his head. his about a year and a half old. iv tested the water its fine, the other fishg in the tank are fine. i have a big tank about 500l plenty of room. just recently as in the past week or 2 his been going off like i said on mad ones. is this normal or has this happened to anyone else's?

thanks alot

steve

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[simonas]

how big is the gourami?

Only reason I ask is 500 litres is nowhere near big enough for a big giant gourami. I once had a 21 inch one in my 700 litre tank and it was far too small as they are such big bulky mobile fish

If hes not that big yet I can only imagine hes been spooked somehow and lost his confidence and darts around when frightened, is the tank in a busy room, any backing on sides etc?

 

[steeeee]

how big is the gourami?

Only reason I ask is 500 litres is nowhere near big enough for a big giant gourami. I once had a 21 inch one in my 700 litre tank and it was far too small as they are such big bulky mobile fish

If hes not that big yet I can only imagine hes been spooked somehow and lost his confidence and darts around when frightened, is the tank in a busy room, any backing on sides etc?

There's a picture of him in the link above. His about 1st 2 inch his very free in the tank. I just don't know.

 

[simonas]

I cant see a pic just a empty photocucket pic. is that 1ft 2 inches you mean?14 inches? if so hes getting big and will get much bigger very soon and will be too big for your tank. I hope youhave a massive tank ready for him when he does

 

[steeeee]

I cant see a pic just a empty photocucket pic. is that 1ft 2 inches you mean?14 inches? if so hes getting big and will get much bigger very soon and will be too big for your tank. I hope youhave a massive tank ready for him when he does

When the time comes I will upgrade but it doesn't help with what's going on with him now. His only just started doing what his doing. Not eating much?

 

[simonas]

it may if hes finding the tank too small hence my original post. As I said they can get spooked and feel unsure of themselves etc

Do you have a background on the tank or side covers as well if the tank is exposed?

Simon

 

[steeeee]

it may if hes finding the tank too small hence my original post. As I said they can get spooked and feel unsure of themselves etc

Do you have a background on the tank or side covers as well if the tank is exposed?

Simon

There's a dark blue background on it, nothing on the sides.

 

[simonas]

might be worth giving blocking the sides off a crack see if it makes it more secure in its surroundings

 

[Destination Doha]

might be worth giving blocking the sides off a crack see if it makes it more secure in its surroundings

i cant realy add to this as simonas is on the ball.and i have found this guy to be good in what the advice he posts. but as said steee you will need a bigger tank very soon if not now. mate i have only had my gg for a short while but speking to some other keepers when i was doing research b4 i got her one did say that thay can get a bit skitish in a tank thats to small for them . just one thourt could it have gill fluekes as i have heard this can make fish dart about.
i keep my gg in a 7x3x3 at the moment wich is fine for a adult tho this is not a tank for life i will go a bit bigger
also as has been pointed out even tho a gg is a big fish thay can be a bit timid so puting up a tank backing on 3 sides may help
good luck steee hope you get to the bottom of this mate
doha