aggressive gourami-territorial

[bgcat249]

My opaline blue 3 spot gourami has now gotten as large as my gold gourami (about 4 in) I had a pearl gourami but he was submissive to the other 2 and I believe they may have killed him. The blue is aggressive towarda the gold gourami now in my 60 gallon tank. I have put some floating plants on the surface to break up his line of sight; it has helped a little but don't know what else to do except take him back.

[bikeguy33]

this aggression probably won`t stop till one of them is harmed or killed. i would recommend returning him if its an option or finding him a new home.it is a crappy thing to have to do....but the good of the fish outweighs this.