osphronemus trouble

[JQuesada]

hello folks. im justin, new here. i have had an osphronemus for about a year its about 6-7 inches long,hasnt grown much, and is living in a 50 gallon with a 4 inch jack dempsey. i introduced another osphronemus of the same size into the tank and today i awoke to a tore up gourami. my original osphronemus is tearing the other one up and i have no idea why. i just rearranged the plants and added a couple more to give an extra hide space if needed. i know the other osphro is pickin on it because ive seen it, also the jack is a pansey. anyways, it looks like the new tank arrangement is working, if anyone can give me more insite into the behavior of these wonderful fish i would be most grateful.

~JQ~

 

[matsl]

how big is your tank? if the tank is big enough there should be no troubles with two or more giant gouramis...

 

[arapaimag]

hello folks. im justin, new here. i have had an osphronemus for about a year its about 6-7 inches long,hasnt grown much, and is living in a 50 gallon with a 4 inch jack dempsey. i introduced another osphronemus of the same size into the tank and today i awoke to a tore up gourami. my original osphronemus is tearing the other one up and i have no idea why. i just rearranged the plants and added a couple more to give an extra hide space if needed. i know the other osphro is pickin on it because ive seen it, also the jack is a pansey. anyways, it looks like the new tank arrangement is working, if anyone can give me more insite into the behavior of these wonderful fish i would be most grateful.

~JQ~

Yout Goramy can grow to over 24 inches. So your tank is too small to have 2 even though they are small now in the same tank. I found that 3 the same size reduces aggression. The 3 I have in my 15k I started together in a 180 gal tank and had no problems.

 

[guppy]

It might also help to remove both of them to buckets for a couple hours and rearrange the tank so that they both feel "new" to the tank when you put them back in.