gourami and ????

[markiss]

i am setting up a new 10 gallon community tank, planted and thinking of having gouramis as the star of the tank. i would love love to add tetras, and fancy guppies. does that sound good? gouramis are pretty good with each other right? like having honey gouramis and moonlight ones. how about a goldfish with gouramis??? enlightenment needed! thanks!

 

[lisa1124]

I'm still learning about fish care and this site has been very helpful. I would wait to hear from an expert but it seems to me that 10 gallons is small. I have a 37 gallon at home filled with lots of beautiful fish.

 

[phOOey]

well you could certainly have a honey gourami in the ten, but moonlights get to big. gourami's dont normally get along, espiecally not males, they're very territorial with each other. the females are more peaceful but most people prefer the males as they are the nicer ones.

honey gourami's would be fine with tetras, prefarably some of the smaller peaceful ones like lemon or neons, as nippy ones like phantom tetras might stress out the delicate honey gourami. i think guppies would be ok as the honey is one of the more peaceful gourami's and shouldnt go after them.

no goldfish with gourami's though.

 

[hyunelan2]

I would agree - nothing bigger than honey gouarmis in the 10g. MAYBE a single dwarf gourmi without much else in the tank. I'd say stick to honey gouarmi though, if you really want to keep gourami.

 

[markiss]

ok, so no moonlights in the ten. can i have like 3female honeys and 1 male? how many more neon tetras or guppies could i add? what plants work best for gouramis?? will there be a chance of spawning considering the ratio i will have? sorry if i ask too many questions... thanks for the quick responses lisa and phooey!!!

 

[phOOey]

breeding can be complicated, as you will most likely have to move all the other fish out of the tank once the egss are layed as the male would become very aggressive in guarding the nest. if you wanted to breed them you'd have to set up a seperate special tank.

 

[Velvet AciD]

It is generally a 1" of fish to a gallon to balance out the bio-load. And then again you have to think about swimming space as well. If you wanted to keep Honey's, stick with one at first. They have inquisitive little personalities.

Also, a school of about 6 small tetras would be fine with one of the smaller gouramis. It is best to always add fish a little at a time and to always remember to check your water parameters for nitrate/nitrite/ammonia when adding fish.

 

[JNevaril]

hehe....you should ask delta about honey gouramis.....

 

[markiss]

thank u all for responding... btw, who is delta????

 

[phOOey]

he is a member here, he used to speak of his evil 'honey' gouramis, but in the end i think we found out that they were just blue gouramis.

 

[markiss]

are honey gouramis good with gold angel fish????

 

[phOOey]

generally gourami's and angels dont mix well.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I'd think honeys would be okay (it's the bigger gouramis that are occasionally problems), but angels get too big for a 10g.... they are a 20 tall minimum.

 

[phOOey]

forgot this was for a 10g, angels are a definate no then, much to big for a 10g i'm afraid.

 

[markiss]

im sorry for confusing u all... the angels are in the 33gallon tank @ school. i was thinking if i could add honey gouramis with the angels in that tank. im not crowding angels and gouramis in a 10 .

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Angels and dwarf gouramis or honey gouramis should do well together in a 33g. The little gouramis are fairly passive to other species, and angels also don't go after much other than each other.

 

[markiss]

thanks, capslock... sooooo glad to know that!!!*twirlysmi