Dwarf Gouramis

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Pink_Hat

Discussion Starter · Sep 25, 2012

Can I put a Dwarf Gouramis in a tank with Black Mollys and Neon Tetras? It depends on what article you read. Some say yes others say no.

Can I have just one Gouramis? Again some say a male by itself is fine. Some say a pair is good and others say larger groups. Yet others say if there are several they will be territorial.:confused1:

Could I try one Male Dwarf Gouramis and see how he does?

What you do you think?

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l8nite

· #2 · Sep 25, 2012

I have a Dwarf Blue Gourami in a tank with Guppies, Neon Tetras, and 2 Dalmation Mollys.

So far (it's been 3 days) he's acted like king of the tank, going where he pleases etc, but ignoring the other fish completely.

mitchfish9

· #3 · Sep 25, 2012

yes just get a healthy fish from a reputable seller so it doesnt die on you

Phish

· #4 · Sep 25, 2012

yes you can with those fish and yes gourami's do great alone. I think they make a neat by themself king of the castle in their own way fish. The gourami will eat molly fry but who cares IMO good cheap food and will keep population under control. if you want to breed the molly's then that is a different story.

chew

· #5 · Sep 25, 2012

Yeah he might nip at them every once in a while but usually gouramis are only super aggressive to other males. Hell definitely eat some fry if there are any in the tank but not all if there is any sort of coverage.

Pink_Hat

Discussion Starter · #6 · Sep 25, 2012

Thanks

Excellent, thank you.

Do you think my 3cm young Molly will be okay? Should I wait until she is bigger?

mistahoo

· #7 · Sep 25, 2012

Pink_Hat said:
Excellent, thank you.

Do you think my 3cm young Molly will be okay? Should I wait until she is bigger?

Depends on the size of the gourami. I'd wait til the Molly is bigger though. It won't take very long

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drazend

· #8 · Sep 25, 2012 (Edited)

I have a male Dwarf Gourami, a male and female Opaline Gourami, 2 silver dollar fish, 3 Austrailian Rainbow fish, 2 black mollies, 1 lyretail dalmation molly, 3 different types of platties, 8 various guppies, 5 ghost shrimp and one large pleco. They all are happily co-existing, the only nipping in my tank is by the guppies (well and the silver dollar fish, on a plant every now and then)

The Dwarf is about 2.5", one opaline is about 2" and the other is 3.5". It can be done, but like someone else mentioned, make sure you get a healthy one, and one that doesn't seem to be very aggressive in the tank at the store, we always watch the fish for a while.

ON a side note... we think our guppies have become ich detectors, our LFS has a couple of tanks that i think are infected with ich, whenever we get a fish from one of these tanks a couple of the guppies (tequila sunrise) will ALWAYS nip at their scales, but ONLY on the fish from those certain tanks at the store. Well, these fish 98% of the time end up having ich, we move them to a QT, treat them, let them recover and move them back to the main tank, and all is well. It could be a coincidence, but it's an awfully consistent one.:smile:

I'm sorry, I just noticed that you said 3cm long molly... I'm not sure, the only things this small in my tank are 2 guppies.... I hope this helps.

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Pink_Hat

Discussion Starter · #9 · Sep 25, 2012

I am going to go back and look at the Dwarf Gouramis. I want to check for health and how active he is. I think he is still pretty young, so quite small. I don't want to miss out, because he is beautiful bright yellow.

I completly agree about the illness detecting fish. My big molly was ruthless with the smaller one. I didn't have much experience, so hadn't realized that she was sick. I nursed the little one for a while and As soon as the little one got better the big one backed off.

I really appreciate your input

devilduck

· #10 · Sep 25, 2012

Dwarf Gouramis run the gamut from super aggressive killers to peaceful. Take some time at the LFS and observe them, pick one that looks healthy but isn't being overly aggressive with their tankmates if your going to have them in a community tank.

CallMeEddie

· #11 · Sep 27, 2012

My Dwarf Gourami does just fine in my 55 with neon tetras, rummy nose tetras, dojo loaches, ghost shrimp, and red cherry shrimp. He just does his own thing, swimming around "looking fabulous", as my wife says.

mistahoo

· #12 · Sep 27, 2012

devilduck said:
Dwarf Gouramis run the gamut from super aggressive killers to peaceful. Take some time at the LFS and observe them, pick one that looks healthy but isn't being overly aggressive with their tankmates if your going to have them in a community tank.

This method is a crapshoot. The ones that aren't being overly aggressive is because the dominant and sub dominant fish are terrorizing the tank. After picking it out you therefore separate the fish from its dominant counterpart. It could desire to be that dominant fish in its new home. The odds are random.

I picked out the most aggressive and dominant dwarf gourami I found at the store and it was very passive in my tank. In fact, it was being bullied by my Mollys. Tankmates were Mollys, o cats, and plecos.

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tiggity

· #13 · Sep 27, 2012

I agree with mistahoo, when I added my dwarf gourami it was picked on by my molly for a couple of days. But he's been awesome and once in a while he will chase some of my platies if they get too close but most of the time peaceful.

I was afraid that he would eat the CPDs that I added but he just checked them out and left them alone.

SovXietday

· #14 · Sep 27, 2012

I have two male flames with neons, CPD, and a handful of cories. They don't bother the other fish at all. If one of them builds a bubble nest it suddenly will turn into world war 3, but as long as I take the nests out they don't really bother each other much. Didn't mean to get 2 males but such is online ordering sometimes.

ADJAquariums

· #15 · Sep 27, 2012

Their fine alone, i... Had... One for almost a year until Columnaris that the stupid neons brought in got him, but they can do fine alone and they are very energetic and "Happy Go Lucky" Fish

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