Gourami And Paradise?

[Starywary]

I have an albino paradise, and I picked up a red flame gourami last week. ( yeh I know that was probably stupid since I thought I heard they don't do well together, lol, of course, this was after) I had my gf's angel in the tank because it was getting beat up by the tiger barbs and convicts in her tank. The angel is pretty big, maybe like 4 inches. when I put the gourami in, the angel started picking on it and the paradise, which it had been fine with prior to this. The gourami had been hiding out in the cave and in the plants pretty much all the time. I finaly got the angel out and into another tank, but after a day the gourami was still hiding. The paradise, who had started hiding a bit as well wasn't hiding very much anymore. Then last night I noticed the gourami on it's side, dying. This morning he was dead. I thought it might have been stress from the angel, but my gf ( who has tons of fish experience- I really should start listening to her more) said it was probably from the Paradise. SO I am going to bring in the dead guy to the LFS to return it but not sure if they'll just try to give me another gourami. I really did want a gourami, but obviously if I can't I can't. But I was just wondering if anyone had experience with or knows of a gourami( preferably dwarf as it's a 30 gal) that might be compatible. IF not, what else could I add to the tank to give it some color that would get along with the paradise. Here's what is in there as of now:
1 albino paradise
1 chocolate pleco (only about 2 inches or so...for now)
1 albino BN pleco
7 gold pristella tetras
8 serpae tetras
2 albino corys
1 cory melini
4 cherry barbs
5 harlequin rasporas
Note- I do know I need to add a few more corys and maybe a couple more barbs and rasporas, but I also don't want to overstock. I just wanted one single fish that would add some color.

 

[interpet123]

Hey, i would say that your best option....... is probably Blue rams as they are bursting with colour and have read that they should go fine with the Paradise!!

Alex.

 

[Starywary]

thanks Alex!! I'll check it out. Yay I have a friend on TFF! lol. thanks for the add.

 

[interpet123]

Anytime, if you ever have any questions, i will gladly try to answer them!!

 

[roadmaster]

I believe your tank to be well stocked as it is now, and would hesitate to suggest another fish especially the Blue rams who require soft acidic water with temps that some/most of your other fishes would not enjoy.
Were you to find another tank to house the pleco as it becomes larger,,you could increase the number's of barbs,and rasboras.

 

[Carlovel1]

1 albino paradise These are subtropical fish (need low temps) and very aggressive so get rid of it
1 chocolate pleco Will grow big and produces lots of waste, get rid of it too
1 albino BN pleco FINE
7 gold pristella tetras FINE
8 serpae tetras Nippy but FINE
2 albino corys Need to be in a groups but fine
1 cory melini Same as above
4 cherry barbs Same as above
5 harlequin rasporas Fine (spelling is Rasbora BTW)

There are a lot of shoaling species above. So best thing is to reduce number of species and get proper schools of the shoaling species.

Here is a slightly better stock list:
4 Honey Gourami 1 male, the rest female
2 Apistogramma Agazzisi a pair
8 Gold Pristella Tetras
6 Cory Melini
6 Cherry Barbs
1 Albino BN pleco

 

[Carlovel1]

I have an albino paradise, and I picked up a red flame gourami last week. ( yeh I know that was probably stupid since I thought I heard they don't do well together, lol, of course, this was after) I had my gf's angel in the tank because it was getting beat up by the tiger barbs and convicts in her tank. The angel is pretty big, maybe like 4 inches. when I put the gourami in, the angel started picking on it and the paradise, which it had been fine with prior to this. The gourami had been hiding out in the cave and in the plants pretty much all the time. I finaly got the angel out and into another tank, but after a day the gourami was still hiding. The paradise, who had started hiding a bit as well wasn't hiding very much anymore. Then last night I noticed the gourami on it's side, dying. This morning he was dead. I thought it might have been stress from the angel, but my gf ( who has tons of fish experience- I really should start listening to her more) said it was probably from the Paradise. SO I am going to bring in the dead guy to the LFS to return it but not sure if they'll just try to give me another gourami. I really did want a gourami, but obviously if I can't I can't. But I was just wondering if anyone had experience with or knows of a gourami( preferably dwarf as it's a 30 gal) that might be compatible. IF not, what else could I add to the tank to give it some color that would get along with the paradise. Here's what is in there as of now:
1 albino paradise
1 chocolate pleco (only about 2 inches or so...for now)
1 albino BN pleco
7 gold pristella tetras
8 serpae tetras
2 albino corys
1 cory melini
4 cherry barbs
5 harlequin rasporas
Note- I do know I need to add a few more corys and maybe a couple more barbs and rasporas, but I also don't want to overstock. I just wanted one single fish that would add some color.

Paradise fish do better in species only tank due to the fact they prefer cool water. They are also very aggressive and like most other anabantoids, they do better alone. Its usually not a good idea to mix different species of Anabantoids.

 

[Paradise3]

1 albino paradise These are subtropical fish (need low temps) and very aggressive so get rid of it
1 chocolate pleco Will grow big and produces lots of waste, get rid of it too
1 albino BN pleco FINE
7 gold pristella tetras FINE
8 serpae tetras Nippy but FINE
2 albino corys Need to be in a groups but fine
1 cory melini Same as above
4 cherry barbs Same as above
5 harlequin rasporas Fine (spelling is Rasbora BTW)

There are a lot of shoaling species above. So best thing is to reduce number of species and get proper schools of the shoaling species.

Here is a slightly better stock list:
4 Honey Gourami 1 male, the rest female
2 Apistogramma Agazzisi a pair
8 Gold Pristella Tetras
6 Cory Melini
6 Cherry Barbs
1 Albino BN pleco

I was just going to do something like this... I agree get rid of the paradise fish. They are aggressive and I should know, I have 2. I keep mine in a species only tank due to the aggression and the fact that I breed mine.
Just a question, is it a male or female?

 

[H.D.C.]

1 albino paradise These are subtropical fish (need low temps) and very aggressive so get rid of it
1 chocolate pleco Will grow big and produces lots of waste, get rid of it too
1 albino BN pleco FINE
7 gold pristella tetras FINE
8 serpae tetras Nippy but FINE
2 albino corys Need to be in a groups but fine
1 cory melini Same as above
4 cherry barbs Same as above
5 harlequin rasporas Fine (spelling is Rasbora BTW)

There are a lot of shoaling species above. So best thing is to reduce number of species and get proper schools of the shoaling species.

Here is a slightly better stock list:
4 Honey Gourami 1 male, the rest female
2 Apistogramma Agazzisi a pair
8 Gold Pristella Tetras
6 Cory Melini
6 Cherry Barbs
1 Albino BN pleco

actually,paradise fish don't "need"low temps,but they are ok with low temps.

here in china,from where paradise fish come,we keep it alone in a small tank,only in this way can paradise fish be in the best condition,

in general,paradise fish are easy enough to keep alive,but require great patience and care to be really colorful and atractive

 

[Carlovel1]

actually,paradise fish don't "need"low temps,but they are ok with low temps.

Well, in the wild in China and other countries , they come from sub-tropical waters, so that is what I would recommend. I imagine this is the best temperature for them. And it probably isn't too good you keep them in small tanks, since they grow to a chunky 4".