Just a lil update and a few stocking questions

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Fishman1995

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May 11, 2010
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Hey all, thought id give a little update on all my fishy's :D Okay so all are doing fine and all are starting to get very comfortable. My Female pearl danio could possibly be pregnant, cant tell if she's just a pig or if she is starting to fill up with egg's. My cherry Barb's are still just as rambunchious and when i got them lol but at least the males arent chasing the big female as much since i added the 2 more females. Zippy and Rojo are doing GREAT *BOUNCINGS they havent fought since that one night i brought them home, they sometimes sleep in the same cave but now, Rojo has got in the habbit of sleep under and in plants instead so i can see him 24/7 except when i sleep. Lilly is starting to get some of her personality i noticed, she charged at one of the Barb's last night until he darted off. so everyone seems to be doing alot better. Now i have a few stocking question's, do i still have room to maybe add in an Opaline Gourami or Maybe 2 Dwarf's plus my snail's?
 

kenny1tothe6

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Glad to hear everything is doing good!

To be honest; I'd add a nerite snail and that be that for stocking. They eat algae, stay fairly small, and can't reproduce in FW[even tho they can lay eggs like crazy].

If you're dead set on a gourami tho, realize an opaline gourami is totally out of the question. They can be very aggressive in close quarters with other fish and get pretty big.

A single dwarf gourami might be ok but you have to remember it could still conflict with your ram so you'd have to keep an eye out for that.
 

aakaakaak

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Sep 9, 2010
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Opaline would be bad. A Dwarf Gourami is "possible" but mine didn't like my ram at all. Other people have had similar problems. Many people are of the mind that they're basically "betta lite". If it were up to my I'd go with a couple honey gourami, or if your tank would support it, a pearl gourami. Neither of those are that aggressive.
 

misterking

misterking

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Aug 12, 2008
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A 6 inch pearl gourami, or opaline gourami, will NOT be happy in a 20 gallon tank, and a pearl would hate the sparse planting and decoration of yours, they're quite shy.

+1 on big54bob's advice. You've got a nice balance at the moment and you don't want to upset that.
 

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