3 German Blue Rams In A 35 Gallon Community?

[juhason]

So after having to move my Dwarf Gourami from that community from harassment (one particular serpae tetra didn't like him), I moved him into my 10 gallon tank with a german blue ram and rummynose tetras. So now my Dwarf Gourami has established his territory, and while he is not really bullying my german blue ram, he is definitely trying to start fights with him. He'll go up to him and peck on his body (obviously not hard as the GBR just sits there and takes it). But im worried that eventually it will escalate and one or the other will end up hurt. So I was thinking of moving my German Blue Ram into the 35 gallon community tank and buy him 2 females (or should I get 3 females and have 2 pairs going?) Here is the current stats on my 35 gallon:
 
8 serpae tetras
2 gold dust lyretail mollies
1 powder blue dwarf gourami
 
(and I plan on getting some sort of bottom feeder like a small pleco or catfish)
 
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[BerryAttack]

if you get a pair then the ones that have not paired will have the aggression right at them. what i would do is put the gourami back in the tank, then find the tetra that is going at him and switch him out for another tetra at the store.
i find that those type of tetras are very aggressive towards fish.. at least mine anyways, and personally do not like them, but i find that it would be better then getting more rams.
then as a sucker fish i'd go with a rubber lip, they are a small breed and work great.

 

[hobby5]

If you want to move your GBR and get him company, than only get him ONE female. But chances are the serpae will go after your GBR too. Imho opinion I would do nothing and wait. The gbr and the dg will get used to one another. A single rummynose in 10G is bad too.

 

[CSnyder00]

You have to be careful by saying only get one female. Sometimes they won't pair up, and then you are left with a male and a female that want to fight. If you put a fish into a tank with mate and that mate is not desireable, you can forget them pairing up.

 

[juhason]

Ok thanks for the input everyone! I guess I'll just see if they get used to each other in the 10 gallon. I only assumed it was a particular serpae tetra cause he's the only one i witnessed attacking the dwarf gourami, however by he looks of his fins I don't think it was just one. Also I have 5 rummynose tetra at the moment, not just one. I had 6 but one died. And BerryAttack I was looking at the rubberlip pleco and the clown pleco, is one particularly better than the other (behavior-wise and clean up wise?)

 

[nortonmad213]

if your lfs gives you the option to return them then buy 3-4 females and once you have a successful pairing return the other females
thats what i did and now they wont stop flaming spawning