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aggression in gouramis

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Question
Hi, I have a tank with eight harlequin rasbora, three white clouds, and three dwarf gouramis(two males and one female). Before I got the female, the two males got along fine. But after I got her, one of the males started to nip and chase the other one. First I thought about getting another female, but I didn't know if that would help the "picked on" one. Then I thought about going back to the fish store and replacing the more aggressive one with a female. I don't know what to do so please reply as soon as you can. Thank You!

Answer
Hi Gobind,
  It would be better to have two females and one male rather than two males and one female.  Personally, I would replace the weaker male, not the more aggressive one.

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