Stocking ideas for my 37 gallon tank
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Make sure you are actually getting a male and female pair of dwarfs - many lfs's do not carry female dwarfs as they are much blander-looking; and two male dwarfs will likely be aggressive towards each other. Ummm, you have tons of options - what other kinds of fish do you like? Tetras? Livebearers? Bottomdwellers???
The dwarfs are part of my existing collection. I'm actually sending the pair to the honeymoon suite tank this weekend.
I currently have livebearers (platys and guppies) - donations from my friends when they heard I was getting back into aquarium keeping. They are getting out of control so I'm segregating the sexes into separate tanks and will be culling them once grown and sending a bunch to my buddies fo bala shark snacks.
My water is on the hard side (PH 7.5) - I'll be pushing the rams a bit from their comfort zone but the rams I am getting are locally bred so raised in this water.
The tank will be kept around 28C (82F).
There are less options than one would think due to the tank environment. Like I said, corys are out because of the temp but so would tetras. I was thinking maybe loaches, but they'd be rough on my plants.
Basically, I think what would round out the tank nicely would be a small schooling fish as well as a few bottom dwellers.
I really am having a hard time with this.
I currently have livebearers (platys and guppies) - donations from my friends when they heard I was getting back into aquarium keeping. They are getting out of control so I'm segregating the sexes into separate tanks and will be culling them once grown and sending a bunch to my buddies fo bala shark snacks.
My water is on the hard side (PH 7.5) - I'll be pushing the rams a bit from their comfort zone but the rams I am getting are locally bred so raised in this water.
The tank will be kept around 28C (82F).
There are less options than one would think due to the tank environment. Like I said, corys are out because of the temp but so would tetras. I was thinking maybe loaches, but they'd be rough on my plants.
Basically, I think what would round out the tank nicely would be a small schooling fish as well as a few bottom dwellers.
I really am having a hard time with this.
Ever thought of doing shrimp? Bumblee bee catfish? Banjo Catfish? Kuhli Loach's? Clown Pleco? look into Debauwi catfish also, i havent ever seen any in my LFS's but i hear there cool. For a nice schooling fish, Danio's, Bleeding Heart Tetras, Rasbora's, Cherry barb's are nice (females are lighter red than Male btw and try to get only 1 male) Id personally suggest Krib's over Ram's but thats just me, i didn't like my experince with Ram's and i like Krib's better now, but to each his own 
Good luck, upload some pic's of your gouramis, id love to see them and your new tank to
Good luck, upload some pic's of your gouramis, id love to see them and your new tank to 
