powder blue dwarf gourami not doing well

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elfuego
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Post by elfuego » Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:07 am

I swear to God I have seen him do it! :o And I see him eat regular fish food as well. ( I spend a lot of time observing my tank as the behavior fascinates me). Little minds and all :roll:
If there is something wrong with him well then so be it. He is healthy happy and keeps everyone else happy.
I also saw him clean the Sids before. They rolled over on their sides and he cleaned them up, when he was done they move on and the next one rolled over.
Some time I will send a pic of my "freak" SAE, but Shari saw him and said thats what he was. (The fish store told me it was a flying fox.)
Anyway, I will not put one in the 20 gal. I will look for an oto.
I do have one more issue :roll: ...... The 30 tank is in my living room-Lots of action, me always looking in, 3 large dogs barking, traffic area etc.
The dwarf gourami is very social, like my bettas. Comes to the tank when I come over I can darn near hand feed him, very active, eats like a pig, gets along well with the other fish except the pearl, happy to be alive and swimming not frantic.
On the other hand, the pearl is very shy, hides a lot I don't see a whole lot of him. I have a large group of java moss in there and he spends a lot of time in there. Due to my observations, he is NOT picked on by the dwarf, in fact, it is the other way around. The pearl is the fin nipper. The pearl will come to the top to get fed but is not thrilled with the amount of time my big face spends looking in. He does get along with the other fish or rather he just ignores them. Long story even longer...That is why I was going to put the pearl into the 20 gal which is in the very peaceful spare bedroom.
More suggestions?
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Post by elfuego » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:29 pm

Apologies and Thanks to Diana and everyone!
Due to my efforts to further my education at such a late stage in life I have found that my brain sponge is more than full thus making simple decisions very difficult. :roll:
I shall put my big girl panties on and make some decisions on my own. :o
Suggestions always welcome anyway.
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Post by Diana » Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:02 am

Suggestions and ideas and information are about all we can offer.
The final decisions are always up to the fish keeper. Welcome to the grown-up world.
It can be fun up here.
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