Osphronemus septemfasciatus : King of the Giant Gourami

[SourAngelfish]

Any updates on this fish?

Unfortunately this particular fish passed away in a freak accident a few months back. Moved a few of my fish into a 3x5’ and while I was out of town the tank somehow crashed. Lost some nice catfish and the gourami.

i recently purchased a juvenile from the more recent batch and am planning to move this one into a 220 I am tossing up soon

 

[SourAngelfish]

I have preserved the gourami for now, just incase it is ever needed for the future. I loved this fish so the loss was pretty gut wrenching.

I’ve yet to find a nice jar to keep the fish in so it is currently preserved in a 5 gallon bucket

 

[SourAngelfish]

Here’s a photo of the new juvie, different colors than my first one which is interesting

 

[Backfromthedead]

Unfortunately this particular fish passed away in a freak accident a few months back. Moved a few of my fish into a 3x5’ and while I was out of town the tank somehow crashed. Lost some nice catfish and the gourami.

i recently purchased a juvenile from the more recent batch and am planning to move this one into a 220 I am tossing up soon

Very unfortunate, my apologies. Wishing you the best for the next fish.

Ive heard of territoriality becoming a problem as this species mature. Obviously it was a mess when you returned, but could the gourami have killed some cats and tank went septic in your absense?

Considering this species for a future borneo community tank with clown loach and bala sharks but hard to justify getting one if its going to be a problem community fish.

 

[SourAngelfish]

Very unfortunate, my apologies. Wishing you the best for the next fish.

Ive heard of territoriality becoming a problem as this species mature. Obviously it was a mess when you returned, but could the gourami have killed some cats and tank went septic in your absense?

Considering this species for a future borneo community tank with clown loach and bala sharks but hard to justify getting one if its going to be a problem community fish.

Territoriality was definitely an issue with this fish, I considered it may have killed the cats but both I had kept (rita and mystus) are quite robust species and didn’t have any apparent damage. I also preserved these as well.

I’m sure in larger well scaped tank they would do fine, they seem to go through a “puberty” stage where they get more aggressive and mellow out when larger

 

[Backfromthedead]

Territoriality was definitely an issue with this fish, I considered it may have killed the cats but both I had kept (rita and mystus) are quite robust species and didn’t have any apparent damage. I also preserved these as well.

I’m sure in larger well scaped tank they would do fine, they seem to go through a “puberty” stage where they get more aggressive and mellow out when larger

Thank you for the info. The new fish looks great.