smallest gourami????

**squirt_12** · 02-02-2008, 07:56 PM

ok so i know that i have been talking about getting some honey gouramis for the 10g BUT....i have been thinking about something.....

What is the smallest gourami you can get???
what min. size of tank can it go in?? 10g?
tank mates????
specific decor?? eg...planted?

you win.....pm me for some points

thanks.

**shockshockshad** · 02-02-2008, 08:02 PM

I would say honey gourami. Floating plants, peaceful fish, min tank 5gallons.

**squirt_12** · 02-02-2008, 08:03 PM

I thought that there were smaller gouramis???

**shockshockshad** · 02-02-2008, 08:05 PM

I don't know of any others that are smaller. Dwarfs are actually bigger than honeys.

**Tolley** · 02-02-2008, 08:05 PM

Dwarf or Honey but i've seen Bigger Honeys.
5g minmum for 1 but bigger is always better.
Floating plants for cover.
Does better with well oxygenated water.

**Fishalicious** · 02-02-2008, 08:06 PM

The Trichopsis pumila is the smallest there is and very pretty - sparkling dwarf gourami

They make little croaking sounds now and again which can be heard across the room (I have some here LOL) Sounds very much like the sound Predator makes in the movies.

You could keep 5 easily... with some floating plants

**squirt_12** · 02-02-2008, 08:06 PM

Thans Fishalicious...could i keep a few in a 5g?? like 2???

EDIT - cause i am thinking of getting a little 5g for either a betta or something else....what do you say??

**Tolley** · 02-02-2008, 08:08 PM

ah forgot that one, its upto you really. its not tht much smaller maybe half an inch. probably have to keep in same tank size.

**Sasquatch** · 02-02-2008, 08:11 PM

I beleive that Sparkling Gouramis are the smallest.

The issue will not be bioload so much as territoriality among the gouramis. You can put 1 dwarf gourami (or honey, or sparkling) in a 5g, but you'd probably be better off with a 15-20 if you want two, just so they have space apart.

On the other hand, you can have one gourami as a "central attraction" and a school of other small fish as well. Pigmy cories, neons, cardinals and other small fish can be put in schools of 6-7 along with the gourami to add life to the tank.

In a 10g, you could probably get away with 2 Sparkling gourami if there's some cover. 2 honeys or dwarfs might be pushing the territoriality a little.

**Fishalicious** · 02-02-2008, 08:13 PM

The Trichopsis Pumila only grows to 1.3 inches.... and they are very slender (betta shape) unlike the chuna..

Maybe you are confusing the Pumila with the Vittata or Schalleri Tolley which grow slightly larger but look identical.

You could easily keep 3 Pumila in a 5 Gallon - try to get 1 male / 2 females