Hi Folks,

I'm searching for ideas for an 8x2x2 tank - one of my ideas is a giant gourami - is anyone keeping one of these, if so what are you keeping with it, and do you have any comments / suggestions / recommendations?

Many thanks,

Matt

Maybe 2 trio's of dwarf gourami, my personal favourite, or maybe some gold or pearl gourami,

but don't over do it mate

Dan you do realise he is talking in feet so its around 200 gallons i think a dwarf gourami might look abit lost

anyway matt,

i think a large single gourami would look nice you could have a few different catfish (syno's or plecs) and maybe some silver dollars. or some sort of LARGE dither fish.

I agree, a giant Gourami and Pleco combo would be fantastic...

Something like a Sailfin Gibbiceps Pleco would be great, or even the bit smaller Trinidad Plec.

Some Kissing Gourami might be nice too...

A giant would work well alongside some other more sedimentary fish and dithers (big ones though) from the same sort of place. Maby Tinfoil barbs with a larger catfish or two?

Id have a shoal of around 10 silver dolla, maybe 1/2 other large fish such as oscars etc and 1/2 large pred catfish

Half an Oscar and half a catfish, that's a bit silly Sam

What a pointless reply...

Haha, a half oscar and half pred catfish would make an interesting feature though

To all you good people that sent me great replies, sorry for not replying sooner..... in part I had a change of heart and in part I have not had the time.

Soooooo....... I am liking the idea of the giant gourami, and a few tinfoile barbs - and a couple of pleco's and a few other nice sized interesting catfish or something. What I don't want is situations where I will be dealing with aggresion etc. I was at first considering a central american chiclid set up, but I've been there, done that and the territorial issues are soemthing that I would be weary of.

Does anyone have any pics or know of any websites with these types of fish? I'd like to show the mrs.

Cheers guys,

Matt

I agree, i thought he was talking inches,

though it would be funny to see a dwarf gouramis in such a large tank.

It would be even funnier to see an 8"x2"x2" tank, a dwarf gourami wouldnt even be able to turn around.

I agree silver dollars would look good in a shoal but get a fagtail prochilodus as well. great fish

I saw a red fin giant gourami and he looked great

Osphronemus goramy, growing to a maximum length of 70 cm (28 inches)
The Gourami, in a community tank, will snap and charge any other fish which are small enough for it to bully. Like most aquaria dwellers, Giant Gourami will consider existing co-habitants as part of the furniture and so can be quickly raised with larger more passive fish. However, if other fish are added to a tank, either large or small, they might be killed within a short period.



maybe
1 gourami
6 tinfoil barbs or redtailed tinfoil barbs
1 sailfin gibbiceps
1 ornate birchir

regardless of the tanksize these would probably become food quite quickly.


I think one thing that needs to be thought about is the fact that a potentially 2 foot long fish in a 2ft wide tank doesn't leave much room for other fish to swim past
I'd personally go for something like a shoal of Pimelodella cats, maybe two senegals, and then possibly a gibby or albino common pleco

This post has been edited by Davo86: Jun 24 2008, 11:42 AM