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ok. i have a 29 gallon i've had set up for a few months now. i had 4 dwarf gouramis in it, but one of them died (i think it was foul play). the 3 of them that are left constantly fight amongst themselves. they don't bother the ohter fish in the tank, but just whenever one goes somewhere, the ohter 2 seem to want to follow and they always cause trouble. it's not just one doing it, it's all of them. one is deffinately the alpha, but they all just can't seem to be happy together.

any ideas what would settle them down?

maximadriver.

To start off with what mix are they M&F. Is you tank planted and areas where they can call their own? If it is always same one I personally get rid of it and replace it with another one if that is possible.
Some times one can be very aggressive. When I buy any fish I will watch the tank for some time trying to eliminate having any aggressive fish in my tank.

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all 3 are dwarf.one is a powder blue, one is just a regular neon blue w/ red stippes and the ohter is a red flame or fire. i've seen them called several names. but the red flame is the alpha. mostly it's him and the neon one. the powder blue one every now and then gets into the mix too. he doesn't mess with the red flame, but he will mix it up with the neon.

i have a mix of real and fake plants in the tank. but only the red flame has staked an area out for his own. whenever the others comes into it, he will chase them out. but the he goes into the other areas in the tank and chases them out too. they don't appear to be getting hurt from it, but it's just something i was wondering about since they've been doing it for a long time.

they're probably all males. It's hard to find females at any lfs, in 4 months of looking I've not seen one. The males are territorial and do chase each other around. I had two in my 29 gal tank and they each staked out one end of the tank for themselves, often meeting in the middle. If its just one giving you a problem you can try exchanging him (I hate that) or try planting more broad leafed plants. They love them. Its funny, I had to move my pair of males into a ten gallon tank, with a small rubbernose plec and my last molly (only a temporary move, till I get another tank) and they get along great in the small tank, MUCH better than they did in the bigger one.

Ive had Dwarfs before and found the males got along ok. The females look very bland in colour.

I think that they are all males & maybe they are fighting over territory. It's better to have 1 male & 2 females.



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