Dwarf Gourami and Friends

[Chester Copperpot]

i have a 180L tank currently with
2 swardtails
4 phantom tetras
2 upside down cats
3 zebra dianos
4 guppys
13 neons...

Im looking to add 2 dwarf gourami to it along with a khuli loach to that and mabee 1 candy striped pleco..

Would this be ok???

Andy
:flipa:

[Drumachine09]

I have no idea. Thats a hobbs/jeff/ummm everyone but me question.

[Abbeys_Mom]

Looking at your list, you should be ok. If you don't let your fish breed, you won't get overstocked. I would get more then on kuhli though, they liked to be in groups.

[Chester Copperpot]

hey....thanks for that
i think my budget can stretch to another one then.....

andy

[jeffs99dime]

hey....thanks for that
i think my budget can stretch to another one then.....

andy

just make sure you keep an eye on the gouramis' aggression, as they can be!

[Drumachine09]

Good luck with that one.

[Severus]

You should be alright. The dwarf gouramis tend to be not too aggressive. Maybe at first but they should calm down in a day or so. As AM said, definitely a get more than one kuhli.

[freshwaterfishlover]

Dwarf Gouramis are very aggressive. Also are Bannded Gouramis. I tried 3 times to have 2 Banned Gouramis. First time one got its tails eatten and died a few weeks later. second time samething happened. Third time both died.

I still have 2 Peral Gouramis and they NEVER fight.

[Severus]

Dwarves are less aggresive than most full size gouramis. From my experience... i guess all fish can be different though

[Abbeys_Mom]

My male dwarf gourami chases everyone, but never for long and never does any damage to the other fish. Even the smallest fish in my tank has all it's fins intact.

[Severus]

Thats how my dwarfs used to be when i had them. They would chase their tankmates but soon give up and go back to floating...

[Chester Copperpot]

still....think with mixed reports ill take the soft option and not bother...will have to go back to the drawing board on this one!
:confused:

[Incredulous_Ed]

I had two honey gouramis and the only aggresion shown was to the zebras that keep chasing them.

[Severus]

Yea, if you want to play it safe you might just want to keep them out.

[jman]

anything dwarf issssss grreeaatttt!

[Severus]

Not anything...


What if you had a dwarf bank account?

[kimmers318]

I've never had any problems with the dwarf gourami I have had either....but it is always up to the individual fish.

Great shot in your avatar Abbeys_Mom of your sparkling!

[Abbeys_Mom]

Thanks Kimmers :11:

[jman]

Not anything...


What if you had a dwarf bank account?
lol than i wouldn't be hear talking to ya about it! lol

and also anything esle dwarf would just be out of my pockets

[Severus]

haha. That is true

[Chester Copperpot]

what would everyone suggest i add then?
going to get my pleco in a couple of weeks....excitement!

[jman]

Rams!!!!!!!!!

[jman]

Or Cackatoo's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AuroraAustralis]

I have had dwarf gouramis that were lovely placid fish and I have one dwarf gourami (who was solely responsible for the second ones death) that is now in a 5 gal on his own because he cannot be trusted with any other fish. He harasses all fish I have placed him with. He is pretty but is a right git all the same. Like all fish it depends on the individual in questions personality. Rams can be aggressive too. Mostly toward each other when not ready to breed (if a pair) and toward all others when they are breeding. I have never kept cockatoos but I assume they would display the same agression when breeding as rams. Absolutely no agression in a tank is a difficult thing to achieve tho IMO because it depends on individual personalities and the all important pecking order the fish establish. A single ram of either sex is unlikely to be overly aggressive but there is always the exception to the rule lol

[Chester Copperpot]

well i thought i had achieved a peacefull tank until this morning when i noticed one of my neons had gone and one of the others had half of his back fin missing....who could of done this?

[Drumachine09]

The tertas were probobly quarreling within themselves.

[Chester Copperpot]

true...they seem to get a bit nasty when the light comes on in a morn but soon settle down.
will it grow back?

[jman]

depending on the health of a fish determines if and how long it will take for the fish fins to grow back...

i brought two kribs with fins clipped so bad it became the only reason for why i brought them. now the fins are so closed to repaired after 2 weeks they are fine and don't even look like they was that way. i love treating fish with problems and trying to make them the best that they can be.

[Severus]

When i bought my pleco his fins were real torn up. About 5 days later he was perfect.

[vdub]

you should be ok with 2 dwarfs just make sure you give them their own place to hide, my dwarfs all have their own spot for resting. from wha i read they are territorial and need plants to hide in. i hope this helps:19: