TaILless platy

[xDestro]

Today I noticed that my biggest platy has almost all of his tail missing and I'm not sure what could have done it, I have around a 2 inch opaline female gourami and 2 small rose lines that have been in there for almost a week and a small around 1 inch striped raphael catfish that I put in 2 days ago, all the other platies (15 ish total) don't have any nips at all so it's just kinda weird. Most if not all platies will be gone in a week or 2 but I still don't want aggression in my tank if I choose to add smaller schooling fish. IF you have any idea who the culprit is any suggestions would be great! I was thinking if it's the gourami maybe add a slightly more aggressive fish to make the gourami back down?

 

[ehh]

we used to get those gouramis donated at our store all the time because they were too aggressive for people community tanks.

 

[xDestro]

Would a gold gourami be better? Or is there anything I could add to calm it down now?

 

[ehh]

ime the blue gourami are the worst. but the gold ones can be pretty nasty too. honestly, if one or both of them are already harassing the fish, id remove them. we called them "tank killers" because of how often they'd get donated to us.
pearl gourami are way more docile. i think they're prettier too.

 

[Wailua Boy]

Yeah, I've owned some pretty agressive gourami. I do think the females seem to be less scrappy.I do agree with ehh the pearls are usually friendlier

 

[kewpiefishypewpie]

Agreed with all statements, as far as "peaceful" community fish go Gourami's can be stone cold killers.