Hi,
this is my first tank community with gouramies in it and i bought a blue drawf and he lived peacefully in the tank for a week until i added a second gourami this time a fire red. At first Oswald (blue) chased around and nipped at Sumo(red) so i panicked and moved him into a breeders net hoping they would get along and get used to sharing with each other. Today i moved Oswald back into the tank and now Sumo is the one chasing and nipping him. :( I thought Oswald was just being a bully but now theyve switched roles...Are they just getting used to each other or should i get a new tank for one of them? Will they stop nipping each other?
Thanks

Welcome to the site!

Unfortunately, Dwarf's do not do so well in a tank together and will eventually go until one of them is dead. They tend to be very territorial. I would separate or take the one fish back.

What size tank do you have?
I just wanted to throw out that when I bought my gouramis it's good to get the same size-ish. Also the guy told me to get one OR three or more. Because if you get just two they will eventually just bash each other to death. I have had 3 for over 6 months and they are just fine towards one another. But this probably would not work if you had a tiny tank.

What result of my gouramis will be happen if I change HPS to LED light ?

Male gouramis are territorial and unless you have a large tank I wouldn't recommend more than one male. If you have a tank big enough you could get more. If you get more than one gourami (3+ never buy just two imo) always make sure to get more females than males they are less territorial.

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welcome aboard!

hello and welcome

Welcome to the forums.

Welcome!

Gouramis are much like bettas in the sense they dont really get along with others of their kind.

Welcome to the forum.

I ended up separating them because Oswalds fins got roughed up. They were in a 30 gallon now one is in a 5.5 because it was the only other tank i had.

i have two dwarf gouramis, in a 29 gal. they are just fine, the horse around every now and then but no damage to fins or scales. i have had them for 3 months. who were their tank mates? i have mine in a peaceful community tank. i read somewhere that dwarfs generally mimic the temperament of the tank, however grouping males does tend to be an issue. i have bot found the latter to be true, as both mine are males.