Gourami Rivalry

As most of you know, my blue gourami pair has mated a couple times, once in a 10gal that I was expecting, and another time in a 28gal community tank that surprised me. After they mated in the community tank, he became aggressive and I moved him to a breeder net in a cichlid tank for about a week. Today, I added a female gold gourami in the community tank before adding the blue male, to try to lessen the aggression between the gold and blue males. No luck. Instantly, they both darkened up and began chasing each other, I witnessed the blue one grab the gold by his tailfin and drag him down a little. This is so much worse than it was before! Could having bred the blue male cause him to never again be able to be in a community tank with other gouramis? Could the blue female be the gem they are both fighting over? I don't want to get rid of any of these fish, but I also don't want them to be the only gourami in another tank, that just seems cruel and lonely for them.

I will wait a day to see if the aggression slows down at all, but I would also like to see if anyone had any advice on the matter.

maybe adding another blue female would help?

Lamental Jester wrote:maybe adding another blue female would help?

I don't have another blue female... Yet.

A couple hours after I posted, the aggression seemed to diminish. I will be removing all my floaters tomorrow to discourage the pairs from breeding, hopefully the peace lasts.

Hmmm..... I am getting a blue female... I think..... I dunno..... *not trolling just dunno if it's a female or male!*

Males have longer top fins than female. But it would be hard to tell if you don't have any other gouramis with it. Lol. Also, males get dark with a green line on their bottom fin when in breeding mode, which is another thing I enjoy about breeding.

Today there was absolutely no aggression. Both males had the green stripe and a little darker of colors, but they were right next to each other happy and content.