[AquaticLife] Aggressive Gourami
Your problem, as you seem to already know, is that you have a big fish in a small tank. It’s basic Darwinism at work… survival of the fittest. The gourami knows that it will have a hard enough time trying to live out its life in a 10G tank and having anything else in there only makes it harder for it to live so it kills off anything else. An Opaline Gourami (aka Three-spot or Blue Gourami) should grow to 6″ long and have a rather large body. You should have at least a 20-30G tank for this type of fish. http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Trichogaster_trichopterus.html
If you can’t get a bigger tank, then you should rehome the gourami and get fish that are more appropriate for a 10G tank.
On my blog, I have a long article with a very thorough list of fish that are suituable for 10G tanks. Go to my blog and on the right side under the “Labels” section, you’ll see the link to 10G Stocking Suggestions.
Lenny Vasbinder Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com (Links to articles referenced above listed on the right side under Archives - Year, Month and under Labels)
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