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My young 8 month old angelfish "Rosy" is in my 75g tank. Recently a couple weeks ago she took a sudden hatred to my dwarf gourami male.
Now she totally harrasses him so much he hides in a corner except during feeding times. He is very stressed out and has a couple of small nip marks on his fins.
I am unsure what to do, but heres what I thought of:
I could swap my Paradise Fish from my 10g tank to my 75, and put the DG in my 10g with the hasbrosus corys and guppies (who are soon going to a new home)
My only other option is to put the DG in my 25 with Pete and Sid, my breeding angels. I dont think this is best option.
Should I swap the Dg and the Paradise? Do you think the Paradise would be ok with my 4 large pearl gouramis?
The female paradise fish is much larger than my little DG.


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So I tried it.
It didnt work, Angel went after the Paradise fish same as the Dwarf Gourami.
So, My boyfriend has decided I shall try the Paradise and the DG in the 10g tank.
So far so good, no signs of aggression whatsoever!
I am going to keep a close eye and see if it works out.
Perhaps it will because the Dg is male and the Paradise is female!
*crosses fingers and hopes*
If not, I will have to try one of them in my 25g with my breeding angels.
Sigh, fish are so particular and "quaint" sometimes.
]:| @ Rosy for being so mean


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Angels and Gouramis are both surface fish who are constantly after the same types of food, so there is naturally going to be aggression between the two. These two species of fish shoul dnot be mixed in a community tank at all. Sometimes it works out for some people, but most of the time you're just inviting a mini-war and dead fish in your tank.

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I have kep Angels & Pearl Gouramis together for a long time without any problems, but maybe Dwarf Gourami are different.



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All Perciform fish (such as gouramis and angelfish), in my experience, seem to know they're related. Sometimes this can lead to them considering their cousin to be a rival and they exhibit interspecies aggression, but other times they are peaceful with one another.

It all depends on the individual personality of the fish - some are more aggressive than others. Angelfish also tend to become more aggressive when they are older, which would explain why this behavior was not shown before. The angelfish likely won't stop harassing the "rival" until it is gone - You will probably need to find another home for the gourami.

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I have put the Paradise Fish and the Dwarf Gourami
together in my 10g tank, and they are still showing no signs of aggression towards each other, so far so good, its been 24 hours now!
Hopefully this will continue to work out.
Its odd that Rosy has a problem with the dwarf gourami.
Both of her parents (my breeding pair) were with dwarf gouramis for a couple of years without any problems at all.
Also, The male sailfin molly also was attacking the DG too.
Rosy and the Sailfin would tag team it into a corner where it would hide and sulk.
Strange.
Anyway everything is OK now!
The angel does not both any other fish just that one. Odd.


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Very starnge eh, my 2 pearls and 4 angels really enjoy the company of eachother, when i first got the gouramis they were very small and they werent getting too much food so they decided to eat the corys food instead of the flake, my biggest angel was fending off the corys while the 2 pearls ate the food, or thats what i precived it to be anyways.

My pearls get along just fine with the Angel.
Seems odd that she picks on the Dwarf.


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Sounds like territorial disputes, you could try rearranging tank decor to break the space up in a different way, but its likely youll have to seperate them.

long, ty, i cannot rearrange the decor in my 75g tank.
The gourami has been moved as I mentioned, and is now
sharing a 10g tank with a female paradise fish and that is going very well.


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