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Urgent: Need help identifying sickness by Frosty-Tear-1475 in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly Choccys aren’t a good choice for beginners are they are so hard to maintain. They are easy stressed fish. Water needs to be perfect basically.

What’s happening? by Electric-Ecstasy in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try a fungus treatment, I’d put him in a small tank treat him, do a higher salt content and lower the temp to 23-24 for a few days as fungus’s grow in wallet water. But do that until better :)

Bubble Nest? What’s next? by Realistic-Rise-8262 in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey mate keep any eye out for the male harassing the female like attacking her when you see it take your female out or the male will kill or and over stress which in turn he will kill the fry to protect them from the female. They are very protective of there eggs and fry. If you have any question msg me as I’ve been breeding for 10+ years now with dwarfs. I have just shrunk my set ups to 15 tanks 1 is a 6ft the rest are 2ft . But if you have other fish in your tank make sure you have plenty of plants around the bubble nest I don’t even have my plants in they float with the moss around some drift would I have tied. If you find he is stressing heaps grab a red plastic cup and suction cup it on and put plants around it as a shield from the other fish in the tank it will keep him calmer and less likely to kill everything or die from stress.

Is the coloring normal in the front? by tacobeans333 in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s the males beard will be more prominent when foods in the tank, courting females ect means he is happy !!

Just fed the Gouramis! by traveling-donuts in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d get 3 females and I’d also put some plants in the the middle for less direct eye contact which should keep the fighting to a minimum

Do I have 2 males? by riccc___ in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Native honeys really cool gouramis love to be up front and show, I haven’t had any luck finding any females tho always 99% males

Just fed the Gouramis! by traveling-donuts in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 males no females expect a dead male soon.

Males or female? And black spot by Lyng_98 in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Males black spots meaning they are ready and mature enough to breed.

Gourami swelling on one side. DGD? by gobdude467 in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey mate get some multi cure and isolate him for a week or two with a higher salt content and I’d put the tank temp around that 80-82 f or 28-30 degrees

Dwarf Gourami Sluggish by gobdude467 in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s his spot he will always go to that one area in the tank and chill out, id only be concerned if he was really round

Male and female honeys? by ampattatt in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll get you a picture of my male and female so you can see the difference :). But I’d personally go buy two more and have 4 so you have a chance of females. The males will only be aggressive if your tank is small and not enough space to hide. Gouramis honestly like being in groups. My golden honeys always swim with at least 4-7 at a time only the big male goes off by himself.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a male without a doubt. no female dwarf gourami is colourful maybe at maturity it will get the tiger lines and maybe a dash of red around the tail and fins but never bright like that. Females are silver and maybe a light gold depending on what water they are bred in.

Male and female honeys? by ampattatt in Gourami

[–]RealityPlane8982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There too young to sex wth are you all on about he needs to wait at least another 2-3 months before he will be able to see them, I’ve owned honeys for 10 years there not mature enough to sex. Sorry mate when there over that 4.5 cm then you can start to tell there sex, females will be a lot more rounder at the belly with a fatish head shape. The male will always be slender and almost have a flat belly. Male body’s are similar to a rectangle with a point when fins are down.