Celeste84 Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 well so much for my idea of a lovely planted tank =_= no one mentioned before that gouramis males are the aquatic version of the bush turkey! the damn thing has torn 60% of the moss off my log for his nests, and has created tunnels in the rest of the moss so that it looks so ratty, AND he keeps biting off the leaves of my banana lilies for that damn nest! the only thing he hasn't ruined is the anubias and that's because it's too thick for him to chew through >.< is there ANY way to stop him? or am i going to have to make this into a gouramis proof tank? also, would he rip up any ground cover i plant?? i had some kinda small plant in there (i think it was a val) and every time it sprouts he rips it's leaves off :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 What if u left some cheap plants floating around that he could use instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 LOL...I have given in to my gouramis and put in silk plants...I still see them having a chew and nibbling away at the leaves but they cant do any damage....I got sick of having to replant everything every day not to mention the cost of replacing plants . They still get their jollies though by chewing on the Indian Almond Leaf I put in with them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 stefan, i thought of that, only there aren't really any cheap plants around here now that elodea has been banned :-/ and deb, that makes me want to cry LOL i realllllly wanted a nice planted tank! maybe i'll just have to put a lot of anubias in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 lol or evict the gouramis for non-plant destroying fishies :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 unfortunately i can't stace, i've got nowhere else to put him! and he is so very pretty :3 i kinda thought he may stop the nest building once he'd killed the girl, but he just got even worse :-/ would adding more males to the tank fix the problem or just make it worse?? and would they fight?? he's a dwarf and i was thinking of getting another few males dwarf gouramis to try and curb his behavior??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted December 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 ok so i cleaned the tank today and decided to take a pic before the water went too dark again. as you can see, mr gouramis (in the front there) has a lovely sized nest. about 20cm in diameter and an inch deep. and all of it is thickly matted java moss >.< and see that log? it WAS completely covered in java moss about an inch deep before mr gouramis got to it =_= also the banana lilies are being picked at a lot - you can see where he's bit through the stems or nibbled at the leaves in the pic >.< and all the val is completely gone as well i added that hair grass today to see if he'd attack it :-/ for some reason, he won't pick up the java moss from the bottom of the tank, so i'm hoping the hair grass is safe that anubias (moved to the front today to give it more light) is the only thing he hasn't attacked! just as well i want a couple of A. coffeafolia's to pop in the back of the tank. is there any alternative weeping plant that i could pop onto the lower section of the log? i could let him have all the java moss if that was the case. please excuse the rubber bands, they're just to hold the plants in place until they've enough roots :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 he's started pulling up the hair grass T_T i guess my plan was a failure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 How about some floating plants eg. riccia or water sprite for him to use for nest building. That tank is still fairly sparsely planted. Water sprite and water wisteria are pretty cheap and fast growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettc777 Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 yeah i agree, put some cheaper floating plants that he can rip to shreds! Hope that draws his attention away from the good plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 i'll keep that in mind when i go to furrballs on thursday i honestly thought that with all that java moss still on the log that he'd just keep picking at that >.< and the banana lilies of course :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 try some hornwart maybe? another fast growing floaty plant :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 yeah, gonna raid furrballs tomorrow on the plus side, i think he's really lazy, because he's obviously decided the java moss is easier to pull out than the hair grass, and has stopped attacking it quite so much he only goes for it when he absolutely MUST have the hair grass to fill in some weird need for decor in the nest :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 lol! Let me know if they get any nice girlies in... I'm trying to stay away in case they get any nice boys but If they have Girlies there I'll go buy some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 i can get a boy if i want this week - one of my giants died :< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 oh no which one was it? you can borrow mine if you need them :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted January 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 the turq BF :< no idea what happened. he just stopped flaring and being active one day, stopped eating the next, and was dead the day after that - no sign of illness or disease at all T_T i think he may have been depressed and i didn't catch on in time T_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 well i got more plants for the tank today >.> mostly hair grass - i want to plant out the entire front of the tank with anubias coffeafolia in the back (moving the filter behind the driftwood, out of sight). i dunno what the tall plant in there is, but it's nice, so i may plant a few of those in amongst the hair grass. mostly it should be a gouramis proof tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebetta Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 looks good. Why is elodea banned???? I can still get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 The hairgrass looks fantastic....it makes the tank ....your an inspiration to this clueless aquatic gardener wannabe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Oh not sure but I think the elodea is stuffing up natural water ways....some silly people have let it escape from their ponds , but I have seen it lately on web sites selling aquatic plants. So not sure what the story is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebetta Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Oh ok I thought it was a native. There is a fair bit of it in the murray where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 it's only banned in certain states though not everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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