Hello everybody, my name is Rock am new to the box. Have 4ftL 60gal tank, new to aquariums in general.
Inherited some platies that just finished reproducing I think there are roughly 15 of them now + 8 zebra danios, 7 otocats, 8 glass shrimp and a dwarf gourami.
I had originally picked up 4 Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami’s; after a few days in the tank one of them, started going after the rest. (most colorful out of the bunch) Before I knew it I had 2 DG’s left, and one had a pretty good gash along its side just aft of its gills/side fin. The colorful agressor kept nipping at the wound so I removed the aggressor to a smaller tank/bowl and left the injured fish in the tank. The injured fish has been healing up.
I recently removed the injured fish and re introduced the aggressor. The aggressor has not been going after any other fish so far.
Reading more about the Dwarf Gourami’s it seems like the injured fish, the lightest / least colorful of the bunch could be a female? This explains the infighting? I would like to add the fish back into the tank, what would the best course of action be, getting some other females in there first?
Ph 7.5
Amonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate ~15 ppm
The tank is currently planted with some amazon swords, a moss ball, dwarf baby tears, new zealand micro swords and some brown algea. have some driftwood, petrified wood and a holey piece of limestone in there; the substrate is gravel that came with the tank second hand, and running a magnum 330 filter. ph is around 7.5. No CO2 yet dosing with flourish excel and potassium. Lighting is t5, 2 bulb overhead total to 72watt, 26000K.
Inherited some platies that just finished reproducing I think there are roughly 15 of them now + 8 zebra danios, 7 otocats, 8 glass shrimp and a dwarf gourami.
I had originally picked up 4 Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami’s; after a few days in the tank one of them, started going after the rest. (most colorful out of the bunch) Before I knew it I had 2 DG’s left, and one had a pretty good gash along its side just aft of its gills/side fin. The colorful agressor kept nipping at the wound so I removed the aggressor to a smaller tank/bowl and left the injured fish in the tank. The injured fish has been healing up.
I recently removed the injured fish and re introduced the aggressor. The aggressor has not been going after any other fish so far.
Reading more about the Dwarf Gourami’s it seems like the injured fish, the lightest / least colorful of the bunch could be a female? This explains the infighting? I would like to add the fish back into the tank, what would the best course of action be, getting some other females in there first?
Ph 7.5
Amonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate ~15 ppm
The tank is currently planted with some amazon swords, a moss ball, dwarf baby tears, new zealand micro swords and some brown algea. have some driftwood, petrified wood and a holey piece of limestone in there; the substrate is gravel that came with the tank second hand, and running a magnum 330 filter. ph is around 7.5. No CO2 yet dosing with flourish excel and potassium. Lighting is t5, 2 bulb overhead total to 72watt, 26000K.
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