Dwarf Gourami in a Community

[Sixo]

Hi all,

Looking for people's experience with keeping dwarf gourami, in the past I've tried to keep what were probably 2 males, where one continually bullied the other. Removed the aggressor then the other turned to bullying my other fish!

My Honey Gourami are starting to get on a bit and I'm losing the odd one here & there. When they all go I may go back to the dwarves if I can work out a peaceful combination, is it one male/one female? One male/three females? All females? Or is it just a complete lottery?

[Gingerlove05]

After Marcellus (my dwarf gourami), i would try them as a group 1m and a couple of females. Marcellus ended up on his own because he was an angry lil bugger and in the same experience kept chasing everyone. You might be ok in a 190l though as there is more room than i had.
I’d be weary keeping them with cichlids though as the cichlids have attitude and so do they. I havent read many happy stories of dwarfs/gourami and cichlids living harmoniously.

[Sixo]

After Marcellus (my dwarf gourami), i would try them as a group 1m and a couple of females. Marcellus ended up on his own because he was an angry lil bugger and in the same experience kept chasing everyone. You might be ok in a 190l though as there is more room than i had.
I’d be weary keeping them with cichlids though as the cichlids have attitude and so do they. I havent read many happy stories of dwarfs/gourami and cichlids living harmoniously.

Love the name Marcellus!
The keyholes seems very placid if anything I'd be more worried about the dwarf gourami having a pop at them.

[Gingerlove05]

Keyholes are one of the more placid cichlids but i would keep an eye on them incase.
My OH named Marcellus (like she does most of the fish and i’m sure i’ve spelt it wrong lol) after Marcellus Wallace from Pulp Fiction

[Sixo]

Keyholes are one of the more placid cichlids but i would keep an eye on them incase.
My OH named Marcellus (like she does most of the fish and i’m sure i’ve spelt it wrong lol) after Marcellus Wallace from Pulp Fiction

I was gonna ask if that was from Pulp Fiction ?

[Sixo]

My LFS has just got young females in stock, in another time that would have been ideal to give them a try while they were small. I do likey Honeys as well to be fair would just be nice to have something a little bigger up the top with more character.

[Gingerlove05]

Loads of character in a dwarf, although i do love the placid calmness of the honeys.

[DoubleDutch]

One of the biggest issues keeping dwarfs is that we in general keep them too warm.
These fish are temp-sensitive as it comes to mating : higher temps mean that hormons take over and they'll show the behaviour as such. Building a bubblenest, defending, show agression etc etc..... Even without females (frustration will set in)

Temps we keep our fish in seem to become higher and higher (some keep their community at 27 - 30 degrees nowadays) this is killing for DG's and a drama for fish kept with them.



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[Sixo]

One of the biggest issues keeping dwarfs is that we in general keep them too warm.
These fish are temp-sensitive as it comes to mating : higher temps mean that hormons take over and they'll show the behaviour as such. Building a bubblenest, defending, show agression etc etc..... Even without females (frustration will set in)

Temps we keep our fish in seem to become higher and higher (some keep their community at 27 - 30 degrees nowadays) this is killing for DG's and a drama for fish kept with them.



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Yeah that's awfully warm.

[Sixo]

The dwarves are a bot more of a gamble that's for sure