flame gourami

Serpio

Large Fish
Oct 22, 2002
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#1
Hi everyone...
I have recently bought 2 flame gouramis to add to my community tank. I thought their colour would add a contrast to my tank and they did. However, after a night of hiding and then exploring, one of them killed a neon tetra and attacked one of my cory.  :-[
Now my questions, are flame gouramis naturally aggresive?
And how would dwarf gouramis fare in my tank instead?
 

Serpio

Large Fish
Oct 22, 2002
117
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Malaysia
#2
uh...
After posting the above message, I went looking for more info and guess what?
According to thetropicaltank, the flame gourami is just a variety of dwarf gourami, the blood red type.
Now what am I going to do? They are supposed to be community fish.
DANG!
 

Oct 22, 2002
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#3
sorry to hear about the neon. I have had dwarf gouramis, mine were rather shy tho. Some fish just decide to act different than whats norm for the species. I have bought fish that were supposed to be peaceful before, to find i brought home the bully of the bunch.