I went to the fish store to get my rasboras but the rasboras looked not good and the fish guy said that they had the whole tank under quarantine. (btw, I like this place, they have a set up where they can isolate tanks without moving them...kinda spiffy) Anyway, since the rasboras looked ill, I went ahead and got the two dwarf gourami 
Here's where the bad comes in....
As good as they are generally, somebody at the store really seems to dislike bettas, or at least that's all I can figure. They had 7 bags floating in the plant tank, each with a betta in it. Of the 7, 5 were dead. Of the 5 dead ones, at least 3 had been dead long enough to start seriously decomposing. As far as I can tell the reason they died is simple starvation. It looks like no one opens the bags to feed them or change the water....at all. I had a moment of righteous indignation and bought one. The reason being that I had been thinking of getting one anyway. I forgot I'd been thinking either betta or gourami, not both. So oops, now I have both swimming around in my 20gal. I wonder, however, how long peace will reign supreme since they are both semi-aggressive and both bubblenesters....
So now I'm kinda stuck, I hope they get along but if they don't, I can temporarily put the betta in my little 2 gal. Ultimately I'd have to find a home for him because I'd rather have a close encounter with a skunk than take him back.
Incidently I think the betta has a crush on the female gourami.
Here's where the bad comes in....
As good as they are generally, somebody at the store really seems to dislike bettas, or at least that's all I can figure. They had 7 bags floating in the plant tank, each with a betta in it. Of the 7, 5 were dead. Of the 5 dead ones, at least 3 had been dead long enough to start seriously decomposing. As far as I can tell the reason they died is simple starvation. It looks like no one opens the bags to feed them or change the water....at all. I had a moment of righteous indignation and bought one. The reason being that I had been thinking of getting one anyway. I forgot I'd been thinking either betta or gourami, not both. So oops, now I have both swimming around in my 20gal. I wonder, however, how long peace will reign supreme since they are both semi-aggressive and both bubblenesters....
So now I'm kinda stuck, I hope they get along but if they don't, I can temporarily put the betta in my little 2 gal. Ultimately I'd have to find a home for him because I'd rather have a close encounter with a skunk than take him back.
Incidently I think the betta has a crush on the female gourami.
