Pure gourami tank

Scissors · 11-19-2004, 04:48 AM

I'm going with an anabatanoid (sp?) themed tank in my 60. So far I've got three female bettas, dwarf fire red gourami, dwarf powder blue gourami, dwarf gold honey gourami. Gouramis are all males so I'm thinking about adding 8-10 dwarf females in a polygamy fashion. Definitely staying away from the gold and albino gouramis but I'm wondering how many more dwarf males I can fit inside a 4ft tank without too much aggression. Of course, all of these fish will stay under 3".

DJ.net · 11-22-2004, 11:52 AM

i dont think theres any way to say exactly how many you can have befor they start fighting. a tank free of females shold be fairly peacful, but you never know exactly how each gorami is going to act. some are more agressive than others. my best advice is to watch how they interact with there tankmates at teh petshop. you wold defantly want to steere away form the ones who do all the chaseing. personaly i wold only get 2 of each color variation of the dwarfs and 1-2 perls. maybe a moonlight too if you have to room. tho i havent kept a moonlight, i have been told that they are a larger gorami and are also peacful.

11-19-2004, 04:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Scissors Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 64	Pure gourami tank I'm going with an anabatanoid (sp?) themed tank in my 60. So far I've got three female bettas, dwarf fire red gourami, dwarf powder blue gourami, dwarf gold honey gourami. Gouramis are all males so I'm thinking about adding 8-10 dwarf females in a polygamy fashion. Definitely staying away from the gold and albino gouramis but I'm wondering how many more dwarf males I can fit inside a 4ft tank without too much aggression. Of course, all of these fish will stay under 3".

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11-22-2004, 11:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
DJ.net Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 19	i dont think theres any way to say exactly how many you can have befor they start fighting. a tank free of females shold be fairly peacful, but you never know exactly how each gorami is going to act. some are more agressive than others. my best advice is to watch how they interact with there tankmates at teh petshop. you wold defantly want to steere away form the ones who do all the chaseing. personaly i wold only get 2 of each color variation of the dwarfs and 1-2 perls. maybe a moonlight too if you have to room. tho i havent kept a moonlight, i have been told that they are a larger gorami and are also peacful.

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