Can Dwarf Gouramis Live Together? Tank Mates?

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I've decided to try a different species of fish other than Bettas. Dwarf Gouramis caught my eye. I have a 20 gallon that is currently in a cycle. No other fish are living in it at the moment. My question is can they live with each other? I was hoping to get 2-3, but if that won't work 1 is fine. I'm also wondering about other tank mates if I can only get one. I have two extra snails I planned to put in there. 
 
Thanks. x

 

[ZephyrStarPlaties]

I would stick to just one. Theoretically you can keep multiples with two females/one male, but in 20 gallons there would almost definitely be aggression issues.
 
As for other tank mates, you'd be fine with a school of corydoras and pretty much any peaceful schooling fish - guppies, platies, neons, or harlequin rasboras to name a few. These should also all work with the snails.

 

[techen]

To be fair, When introduced into the tank at the sametime they'll be fine, sometimes not. I'd keep an eye of them. Twos always a good shot if you can see two paired up in a tank.  I'd always get a couple, Make sure your the LFS is willing to take one back if they fight and see how it goes.

 

[Fishmanic]

I have 5 harlequin rasboras, 4 julii cory, and one dwarf gourami in my 10 gallon.   They all get along fine..   The gourami usually does laps from side to side at the front of the tank...a real centerpiece fish.   I think in a 20 gallon, you may be fine with a male/female pair of dwarf gouramis..Do some research and you can read up on how to sex them...it's fairly easy.   Like another poster said, just ask the store if you can return it for credit if having a pair doesnt work out.
 
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlKOsFO3Wk

 

[Byron]

As other members have noted, the real risk is with the male.  One male, fine; one male and two or three females, maybe fine.
 
But at this point I would suggest you look to other species of gourami.  The dwarf is still a known carrier of iridovirus, for which there is no cure.  If you know the source of the fish, meaning the breeder, it is (or should be) safer to acquire those fish.  But stores likely get their fish from SE Asia, and that is a real risk.
 
The Honey is a beautiful gourami, and a trio in a 20g would be fine, one male and two females.  Rasbora are quiet fish, meaning not active swimmers, so these make good companions for gourami.  A small group (6-7) of the Harlequin, or better yet a group of 8-9 of the two closely related species Trigonostigma hengeli or T. espei.  Corys in a group of at least five will be fine.
 
Byron.

 

[NickAu]

 
 Rasbora are quiet fish, meaning not active swimmers,

Sorry to disagree the Rasboras in my 6 foot tank are quite active swimmers especially at feeding time when they dart to the surface to get food.