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07-04-2008, 01:52 AM
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| Little Fish  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Midland, MI
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|  Kissing Gourami Eating Plants Hi all, my kissing gourami is eating most every plant I put into my tank. I have tried a few different plants and each have been munched on severely. I currently keep the Anubias v. nana, amazon sword, and java moss, with minimal signs of picking. I was wonderine of plants that would be less likely to be eaten by fish. Any suggestions are great, thanks.
__________________ 2.5g(cycling) 10g(7 convict fry, 6 blue platy fry, bn pleco, 2 mystery snails) java moss 29 gallon( Kissing Gourami, BN Pleco, 3 otos) Anubias Nana, Java Moss, Amazon Sword, Corkscrew Vals 55 gallon(Albino Chocolate Pleco, Oscar(Vinny), Jack Dempsey, Blood Parrot Hybrid) Anubias Nana, Java Moss, Wendti Crypt, sag. subulata, corkscrew vals, hornwort and unknown sword 90g (5 Otos and 2 Rubberlip Plecos) Madagascar lace, glossostigma, sag. subulata, Amazon sword, pennywort, giant hairgrass |
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07-05-2008, 11:48 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jun 2008
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| my favorite family I keep anabans as a staple in my 180. I found keeping ceratopteris thalictroides in the center of my tank getting all that light puts the gouramies at bay some . It grows like mad and they like to shread the baby plant off for nests . Also i found plantin things like rotala you have to spread it around . They may leave it alone some places and not others . Lastly kissing gouramies will never go in my tank for that and more reasons ( they are cool though). Oh by the way four leave clover must be the tastiest plant ever they say haha. |
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07-05-2008, 11:52 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern California
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| Gouramis tend to go for fine-leaved plants most of all. Other anubias species, Java fern, and mosses will be your best bet. You might get away with swords, if you can get large ones. I did read somewhere that they shred plants to provide more cover. If you add a lot more plants, they may stop (but no guarantees). |
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07-05-2008, 04:03 PM
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| Little Fish Join Date: May 2008 Location: Midland, MI
Posts: 159
| Thanks for the replies. I was looking at java fern and have a sword in the tank right now. It has been thinned a bit and some leaves have been chopped down, but it still has lots of good leaves and new growth daily. I like to have a bit of height to the decor in the tank, will a java fern be tall enough(close to top of 29g)?
__________________ 2.5g(cycling) 10g(7 convict fry, 6 blue platy fry, bn pleco, 2 mystery snails) java moss 29 gallon( Kissing Gourami, BN Pleco, 3 otos) Anubias Nana, Java Moss, Amazon Sword, Corkscrew Vals 55 gallon(Albino Chocolate Pleco, Oscar(Vinny), Jack Dempsey, Blood Parrot Hybrid) Anubias Nana, Java Moss, Wendti Crypt, sag. subulata, corkscrew vals, hornwort and unknown sword 90g (5 Otos and 2 Rubberlip Plecos) Madagascar lace, glossostigma, sag. subulata, Amazon sword, pennywort, giant hairgrass |
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