Dwarf Gourami

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Lyns

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Iā€™ve got Western Rainbow fish and albino Cory catfish and Iā€™m hoping to bu dwarf Gourami's but I donā€™t know whether I should buy all females because Iā€™ve heard they get on well with each other and if my Rainbow fish would attack them! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
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Iā€™ve got Western Rainbow fish and albino Cory catfish and Iā€™m hoping to bu dwarf Gourami's but I donā€™t know whether I should buy all females because Iā€™ve heard they get on well with each other and if my Rainbow fish would attack them! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Welcome to TFF. :hi:

I would not include dwarf gourami in with Western Rainbowfish (presumably the species Melanotaenia australis). One issue is the active swimming of the rainbows which would annoy sedate gourami. Then there is the possibility of diseased DG.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum :)

I agree with Byron on not keeping dwarf gouramis and rainbowfish. Dwarf gouramis are regularly infected with the Iridovirus and or Tuberculosis (TB). Rainbowfish are prone to TB and keeping the 2 species together is asking for trouble.

Rainbowfish and Corydoras need to be kept in groups of at least 6 or more of their own kind.

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