From the article: Dwarf Gourami
Have you kept a Dwarf Gourami? If so, share your experiences about care, habitat, feeding and breeding of Dwarf Gouramis. Your knowledge could help other owners!
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amazing fish, but a warning
- I currently have my male powder blue DG in his own tank now because after his fins were sucked off my my algae eater he got very sick hes doing well now but i am weary to add any females for him to swim with because DG adenovirus seems to have plagued them :( Be careful with these fish because when you buy them they seem healthy and they will be dead within a few days!
- —Guest laren
Dwarf Gourami Facts
- 1. Males should NOT be kept together, unless you have a very large tank and multiple females per male. 2. Males are colorful (powder blue, neon red, flame); females are silver to olive green. 3. 20+ gallons is the optimal tank size. 4. To reduce stress, they should be kept in a tank with LIVE floating plants (such as hornwort) 5. Never believe the kid at the LFS. Do your research before you get to the store!
- —Guest Robert
Best fish :)!!!!!!!!
- I don't know why everyone on this page is having bad luck with them but I have had my 4 dwarf gouramis for almost 2 years now and they are doing grate. I have a 30 gallon tank with allot of plants and other tetra fish ( dimond,blood tetra ex) there hasn't bin any fighting or deaths must be something right I'm doing I also foun them very hardy fish to :(
- —Guest Bryan
Brand new fish!:)
- I just got a new Blue Powder Gourami with 2 Balloon Belly Mollies and a Micky Mouse. They are doinh great and none are territorial. DOING GREAT!
- —Guest Tazz
Keeping Dwarf Gourami
- I have purchased 4 of these beautiful fish, 1 red and 2 blue - they have all died. 1st to die had an ulcer on its head so purchased frozen brine shrimp which is supposed to keep them from getting ulcers. The other 3 that died had no signs of ulcers or any other illness. They just up and died. Very reluctant to buy more now.
- —Guest Fish mom
We have eggs!
- I bought a blue powder boy and then a blue and red one..thought it was a boy too but I was wrong. We now have eggs!! I have 60Litres tank set with 26 C and lots of plants
- —Guest Crissy
Re: Do they NEED to have more than one?
- Dwarf Gourami's will do fine on their own, but if you only keep one you should make sure that it's a female gourami, because the male can behave quite badly towards other fish when alone.
- —Guest Room
Male Arguements
- Sadly my experience with Gouramis was not a good one - I had two males and they fought till the death! However when not fighting they are a brilliant fish
- —Alxxx1
Dying Gouramis
- We have had about 10 Gouramis and all died- all the other community fish are fine. Love the fish, loath to buy more. Might need a special tank from what people say. Sad to see beautiful fish just disappear.
- —Guest tom samson
Dwarf Gourami
- Dwarf gourami are beautiful, peaceful fish. I love the graceful way they move. They can be territorial when adding new gourami to a tank where the originals are settled in. I gave my lone male a female tank mate and it was not a peaceful setting until he settled down (days later) with no losses. I had an aquarium water lily whose leaves partly covered the surface of the water and the gourami loved this part of the tank. Tank mates are a pair of Cory Cats and a few White Clouds, 2 "caves" and a few carefully chosen live plants, 2-7" mature height, planted in plain pea gravel that completed the natural look I was going for. It's a 10 gal. paradise where I can go to relax and forget my troubles. Well worth the effort.
- —Guest a.d.
SO far so good
- I added three to my 55 gal tank, that had only some barbs and danios in it. So far they are doing great! I did not realize how noise sensitive they are, but luckily we are a pretty quiet bunch. I think though that they gave me all males so no breeding going on here!
- —Guest guest H.T.
The proper way to take care a gourami
- Today I have kept gouramis over 21 years. There's not really many problems taking care of this fish. If you want to keep them by pair or male to male or female to female you should have a really big tank enough for them to have their own territory. If you want to have a pair make sure you put the female in first. After one hour put the male in. The purpose of this is to let the male think that the tank is the females territory so the male will be less aggressive to her. Otherwise give plenty of hiding places. I have one problem. Could uou help me determine the male red dwarf and the female red dwarf? Except for the pointed dorsal or anal fins. I'm a trained fish keeper, the only thing I want to know how to know if it's a female or male.
- —Guest alakararak lalaal
Lovely fish - but be careful
- I recently purchased a pair of these fish who loved each other. Unfortunately one died of shock after getting himself stuck behind the filter. So, a few weeks later I got a new pal for my other lonely fish, same breed. The new fish bullied the old one, and last night the old one nearly suffered the same fate as his first love, although he survived and is now barely alive and in isolation, breaking my heart, while the new one is happy in his tank by himself. The tank conditions are perfect, so I know culprit is the new fish. As lovely as they are, I have found these guys to be quite fragile fish, and definitely should remain in pairs from the same supplier. If one dies - don't introduce a new one.
- —Guest Cat
Trying again
- I had a pair of male fire dwarfs in the early days of my aquarium. A few days after getting them, the first started showing symptoms of a brain parasite, and died within 24 hours. The 2nd died a few days later. Now some 4 or 5 months later, I've just added another pair of males. They've both been in there for a week now, and both seem fine (though one appears to have lost part of one his pectorals). It's a 55 gallon tank with plenty of room, and a mixture of floating and rooted real and artificial plants.
- —Guest Wolfy
Do they NEED to have more than one?
- Hi. I have only 1 dwarf gourami. In a 6 gallon tank. I am only ten so I may not be the BEST fishkeeper but I really like fish so I'm givin it a go :) and I was wondering if a just kept 1 of them will he get lonely?
- —Guest Anoynmous
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