gouramis

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you put a kenyi in with a dwarf gourami!!!!!! guys come on, no one even thinks to mention this?????

this is an aggressive cichlid the gourami is a peaceful community fish.

kissme the reason all this has happened and the reason why you now have to kill your fish is because you went out and made the biggest mistake you can make in fishkeeping. you really MUST (i cannot stress this point enough) research the fish you are buying. if you had done this on the gouramis and then the kenyi you would have known not to mix them. honestly when reading this thread i thought it was a joke but it turs out you really did mix those two fish....

dwarf gouramis are fragile to water conditions anyway and very succeptible to dropsy and a few other ailments. also two males will fight. these are the kind of things you need to know when you buy fish. now you have a choice. you either keep the kenyi and keep other cicchlids from the same area or you get rid of the kenyii and keep your tank a community tank.
 
kissme_419 said:
the kenyi bit off most of the fins he has on his belly and there not growing back and since i moved him in with a small male guppy he doesn't eat that much.
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Howdy,

If I understand you correctly, you separated the dwarf gouramis and the kenyi. That's a good first step. Keep an eye on the gouramis fins. Are they red/inflamed, or do they show fungus (white fluff)? If so, then check out our Fish Disease and Health forum. I am not en expert on treatments (fortunately, I may add). No reason to kill it, yet.

This is a hard lesson to learn, and danny boy phrased it in his own words (...). I guess we all made that mistake when we started this hobby. Don't purchase fish under pressure ("wanted to get out of the store"), and do some reading before you choose. I sometimes go to a fish store, check what they have, read up at home, go back a few days leter, check if the fish are still healthy etc.

And please hold back with new purchases until you have an idea if the gourami will make it or not. They like to be kept in pairs, but there is no point in purchasing a new mate for a sick fish. Do regular water changes and reduce any stress it might experience.

Good luck,

HarleyK
 
danny boy said:
you put a kenyi in with a dwarf gourami!!!!!! guys come on, no one even thinks to mention this?????

this is an aggressive cichlid the gourami is a peaceful community fish.

kissme the reason all this has happened and the reason why you now have to kill your fish is because you went out and made the biggest mistake you can make in fishkeeping. you really MUST (i cannot stress this point enough) research the fish you are buying. if you had done this on the gouramis and then the kenyi you would have known not to mix them. honestly when reading this thread i thought it was a joke but it turs out you really did mix those two fish....

dwarf gouramis are fragile to water conditions anyway and very succeptible to dropsy and a few other ailments. also two males will fight. these are the kind of things you need to know when you buy fish. now you have a choice. you either keep the kenyi and keep other cicchlids from the same area or you get rid of the kenyii and keep your tank a community tank.
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You didn't listen i already moved the gourami. In a totally different tank now. My only prob. is the fins aren't growing back. They don't fungus and they aren't red or anything there just really short. And no i don't have to kill my fish cause there is nothing phisically wrong except the bottom fins.
 
Howdy kissme,

Good to hear that the fins are not causing problems. They are not highly vasculated, thus, regrowing them might take quite a while. Be patient and also pay attention if the fish's appetite it okay. Dwarf gouramis have tiny mouths, so it's good to offer some small flakes. In a few weeks, when the gourami has recovered and has started to feel at home with the guppy, you can think about getting a mate. Is it a male or female?

HarleyK

ps
quite the sig you've got there ...
 
kissme_419 said:
You didn't listen i already moved the gourami. In a totally different tank now. My only prob. is the fins aren't growing back. They don't fungus and they aren't red or anything there just really short. And no i don't have to kill my fish cause there is nothing phisically wrong except the bottom fins.
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well i hope you are listening to my advice for the future or you may as well carry on buying expensive feeders for your african cichlid..
 
HarleyK said:
Howdy kissme,

Good to hear that the fins are not causing problems. They are not highly vasculated, thus, regrowing them might take quite a while. Be patient and also pay attention if the fish's appetite it okay. Dwarf gouramis have tiny mouths, so it's good to offer some small flakes. In a few weeks, when the gourami has recovered and has started to feel at home with the guppy, you can think about getting a mate. Is it a male or female?

HarleyK

ps
quite the sig you've got there ...
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Well he's still kind of a baby. I'm not sure how to sex them. Does any one else know. Cause i would feel really bad if i hurt my fish.
 
the dorsal fin is pointed if the fish is a male and rounded if female but you'll want another opinion from some one else im sure
 
Sometimes being given fish is not really a great thing but it does show that the thought was there. The long "feelers" are not all that essential for swimming though they do help with balance, they will grow back slowly, if they were totally gone it can take more than a year, and they often grow back wavery or crooked but as long as the fish can stay up right and the fins don't get infected with fungus the the fish will survive, I had this happen some years ago to a honey dwarf that was nipped by blackskirt tetras (they were introduced to my RPBs). The gourami only had about a 1/4 inch left of each of the feelers but both grew back to almost full length but it took a long time.
 
it's feelers are about a half an inch long right now but they don't look infected at all, he appears to be happy and healthy in his new tank, he also has a less aggressive tankmate, a guppy
 
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