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Plant cover for Gourami in quarantine
Hi! I was just wondering if it might be ok to float a leaf of romaine lettuce in
a quarantine tank with a single Golden Gourami just to give it some
cover. I don't have a plant to put in at the moment. Thank you, Steve
<Hi Steve. This may be more trouble than it is
worth. The leaf would have to be rinsed really well to make sure
there were no pesticides on it. It would not take it long to start
decaying so it would have to be replaced frequently. I would probably
just pick up some plastic plants next time I was at the fish store. -Gage>
Gourami question
Hi all,
<Hello Mark>
Can't say enough good things about the amount of help you've given us fish
lovers.
<You would, perhaps will do the same>
I've got a 10 gallon freshwater tank. Some fish have come and gone, but the
mainstays in the tank are a 2 1/2 inch Gold Gourami and a 2 1/2 inch
Iridescent shark.
My problem is that I've recently begun to add fish to the tank...I added a 2
inch silvertip shark who gets along great with everyone one, but the Gold
Gourami seems to be attacking a 1 1/2 inch Blue Gourami that I added.
<Mmm, really, the root of the difficulty here... the size of the tank... too
small>
The
Gold Gourami has always been aggressive to smaller fish (small leopard
puffers and mollies). I figured that adding a larger sized fish (the Blue
Gourami) would help to calm the Gold Gourami down, but he just cant seem to
break the habit of chasing all of the other fish around the tank.
<It might work... to isolate the original... gold Gourami... in a breeding trap,
or even just a good sized net, hung on the corner of the tank... for a few
days... This often re-sets the "dynamics" in a system>
Barring total isolation of one, is there anyway that I can keep the
Gourami's together? The attacking never goes beyond chasing and the
occasional nip, but I'm just afraid that the stress will do him/her in.
Thanks for the help,
Mark
<You are likely right... try the isolation trick... and if this doesn't work?
Perhaps a larger system? Or a trade-in. Bob Fenner>
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