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RE: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 16:00 pm
by DoubleDutch
[quote="Sixo" pid='40910' dateline='1572002883']
The dwarves are a bot more of a gamble that's for sure
[/quote]That you seldom will win !
Sent from the other side of the North Sea
Re: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 18:25 pm
by Sixo
Lost another two Honeys think the group might be getting on a bit. Think when they all go I'll get a single male and hope for the best.
Re: RE: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 23:16 pm
by Sixo
Gingerlove05 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2019 22:10 pm
Loads of character in a dwarf, although i do love the placid calmness of the honeys.
Same GL, the yellow colour breaks up the reds/blues/greys of what I have in there. In two minds whether to stick with honeys or get a single flame dwarf and see how it goes at some point down the line.
Re: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 19:19 pm
by Sixo
Well after losing another couple of honey gourami (down to last 2) I was out at maidenhead looking at decor when I saw a tank with 2 dwarf gourami in amongst some tetras. One was harassing the other, it only had one feeler. Knew it was a gamble but decided to buy the victim. Been a couple of days and no sign of aggression with the honeys or from the cichilids think I might have been lucky.
Re: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:28 am
by plankton
Fingers crossed it recovers and doesn't pick on the honeys.....
Re: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:28 am
by Ric
Fingers crossed.
It is still early days so keep an eye out for when he has settled in properly and recovered a bit.
Re: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 17:22 pm
by Si4geckos
I may have read somewhere the best bet is to get a female powder blue dwarf gourami. They have decent blue colour, but generally lack the aggression of the male dwarfs. Pretty sure that was the outcome of my research. I've never had great success with any gourami. They do ok, but just seem to have a short shelf life. I've got 5 female honey gourami left and may get something else yellow to replace them when the rest pass on eventually.
Re: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 17:47 pm
by Sixo
Si4geckos wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 17:22 pm
I may have read somewhere the best bet is to get a female powder blue dwarf gourami. They have decent blue colour, but generally lack the aggression of the male dwarfs. Pretty sure that was the outcome of my research. I've never had great success with any gourami. They do ok, but just seem to have a short shelf life. I've got 5 female honey gourami left and may get something else yellow to replace them when the rest pass on eventually.
I quite like the powder blues. Nice in their own way,
Never had them but people big up lemon tetras on here a lot, will definitely look at them at some point in future.
Re: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 16:38 pm
by Sixo
Re: Dwarf Gourami in a Community
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 14:53 pm
by Sixo
Lost him today, he always looked a bit tipsy from day I got him. Least he had a had a good home for the last part. Think I'm done with dwarf gourami hear so much about this virus and how they never last long.
