I have 3 dwarf gouramis in my tank with HC and everyday after work I come home with HC floating around in my tank. Is this normal behavior of gouramis to nip on HC and yank it from the substrate? They also chase each other around and all of them have ripped whiskers from these fights. I don't know how to sex these fish. Any insights on their behavior?
anabantoid fish like to build their bubblenests with the help of plant bits and things like that, so I imagine the gourami(s) pulling out the hemianthus is doing so because there are no floating plants already to be added to a nest. The females are very drab in color when compared to the males.
My Dwarf Gouramis always tore up my plants, from ground cover to stems. I eventually caught them all and returned them to the LFS.
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