Different gourami species

[acjdagr8]

Hi evry1 hows it going?

i've a 23 gallon planted tank with a female three spot gourami, a male crowntail betta, a pair of sword tails, 8 neon tetras, two very small flying foxes, and a juvenile chinese algae eater. I was planning on introducing a pearl gourami into it as well... would this cause a conflict with the three spot gourami, mine is quite shy. also i've heard that pearl gouramis make excellent community fish, does this mean i can keep a male and female in the same tank?

Thanks in advance,

Acj.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I would stick with just one more fish, and get a female pearl gourami. I think you might have issues with a male and the male betta.

 

[Lotus]

I wouldn't put any more fish in that setup. It's already at the stocking limit.

 

[Mahamotorworks]

I would leave it as is.

MAHA

 

[Bandito_41]

In addition to not adding fish I would recommend getting rid of the Chinese Algae Eater. It will get large and agressive. Also the Flying Foxes will out grow the tank. If you got rid of those then you could probably put in another Gourami.

 

[acjdagr8]

righto guys. thanks fr that, yeah i was planning on getting rid of the chinese algae eater after a couple of months, i'm having a bit of a problem with algae right now but it seems the flying foxes and the cae are doing a heck of a job. also, do u guys recommend shrimp for algae removal?

thanks again guys,

cheers.

acj