how many...

[lnm130]

dwarf gourami's can go into a ten gallon tank? I do frequent water changes and such. are these fish like bettas, and dont really care for filters? or can i attach an established HOB? I'm only looking at dwarf gourami's.

 

[Jawz]

i believe u can get a pair in there but more than that and they might get a little nippy at each other. Gourami's can handle filters and don't really mind unlike the betta.

 

[FroggyFox]

I think I would go for 1 or 3. Having a pair sounds like its asking for trouble because they are nippy at their own kind...esp if you have two males...or one is a bit larger than the other.

 

[lnm130]

i was thinking:
1 male gourami
2 female gourami (all dwarf)
3 cories (maybe green...maybe albino)
4 tetras, not sure as to what type...

 

[Jawz]

i think its the other way around, that they should be in pairs cuz then the dwarfs swim with one another. Here's what i gathered from one of my sites:

The Dwarf Gourami, also known as the Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami, the Red Dwarf Gourami, and the Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami, is a peaceful, shy fish. If in a pair the two fish will swim together.

 

[Igor The Cat]

exept honeys you want 3 or you could put a M+F pair of pearl gourmis

 

[fishboy]

Pearl's get way to big. It gets around 4+inches so for a 10 gallon it will be way to big.

 

[Leopardess]

I would avoid keeping them in pairs. Try just one, or three. That way, the aggression is non existent, or is divided among three separate fish. Two males will not swim together or buddy up. They will pick on each other constantly (unless you get two very docile ones).


I think you can keep one pearl gourami in a ten. They are not big swimmers and would fit relatively comfortably in a ten gallon, but I'm not sure how they'd do with all the other fish you are planning on.

I'd just get one dwarf gourami and add maybe a few smaller fish BTW, the females are much less attractive than the males, in my opinion