We have a Giant Gourami, approx 50cm in length, he's about 10 years old and kept in a 1,200L tank (7ft long x 3ft wide x 2ft deep). For the first 10 years we have not had a problem with him up until recently. He has all of a sudden started trying to jump out of his tank, very violently and quite often. He has cut his head on the glass edgings (now covered in soft foam), he splashed water all over the room and even though he sounds like hits the glass hard enough to knock himself out, he keeps on trying. Its a clear glass tank with no gravel in the bottom, no logs and just one plant. I've had the water tested and was told the PH levels were too low so I have been doing much more water changes and it levelled out the PH levels a fair bit but it hasn't seemed to solve the problem. He is still very uneasy in the tank. I feel cruel watching the poor thing try to escape and am hoping to find him a bigger and better home but have not yet had any luck with this either. Nobody seems to want the responsibility of a monster like him! There isn't much of a network of Giant Gourami breeders/owners in my area so if anybody here has any advice for me it would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Thank you.
