Gouramis And Angels?
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4 guppies
10 guppy fry
1 pleco
2 platies
3 platy fry
1 red tailed shark
2 cories
2 angels
Your tank is about 70 (US) gallons so it's large enough for a trio of (don't attempt a pair unless both will be female) gouramies. Having said that, which species were you considering? I'd suggest avoiding three-spots (trichogaster trichopterus) and don't go for anything too small such as honeys or dwarfs. I'd personaly reccomend moonlights (trichogaster microlepis) and banded (colisa fasciata). Either does well as a trio and can generaly handle even aggressive angels while remaining quite peaceful themselves.
Just a note - your guppies (the males) may be attacked by fully grown angels. Also, it's best to keep livebearers at a ratio of 2 or more females per male and cories like to be in groups of 4 or more. I would suggest finding homes for the guppy and platy fry you have - except keep a couple of guppy and platy females to correct the ratio of females to males - and add a couple more cories. If your angels breed, the more cories there are, the less likely they are to be bullied.
4 guppies
10 guppy fry
1 pleco
2 platies
3 platy fry
1 red tailed shark
2 cories
2 angels
Your tank is about 70 (US) gallons so it's large enough for a trio of (don't attempt a pair unless both will be female) gouramies. Having said that, which species were you considering? I'd suggest avoiding three-spots (trichogaster trichopterus) and don't go for anything too small such as honeys or dwarfs. I'd personaly reccomend moonlights (trichogaster microlepis) and banded (colisa fasciata). Either does well as a trio and can generaly handle even aggressive angels while remaining quite peaceful themselves.
Just a note - your guppies (the males) may be attacked by fully grown angels. Also, it's best to keep livebearers at a ratio of 2 or more females per male and cories like to be in groups of 4 or more. I would suggest finding homes for the guppy and platy fry you have - except keep a couple of guppy and platy females to correct the ratio of females to males - and add a couple more cories. If your angels breed, the more cories there are, the less likely they are to be bullied.
Yes they are my present fish. Thanks for the info but didnt get this post in time as I brought 2 golden gouramis yesterday. They seem ok at the moment chasing each other about abit. I think one is a male and the other a female going by info on here. As for my guppies the ratio is working out fine. I know i said fry but now they are slightly bigger than neons and 8 are females. I am going to add to my cories at a later date that will be my last addition to my tank as it looks just right. Thanks again.
Do you think golden gouramis were a good choice?
Gold gouramies are a color morph of the three-spot (trichogaster trichopterus) so, without meaning to sound blunt, no, I don't think they were a good choice.
Having said that, that's the simple answer. It also might work out ok - I just wouldn't have reccomended that particular species with angels.
Don't get me wrong - three-spots are beautiful fish and I'm not surprised you picked them out. It's just that they are not the best for this set-up.
The trouble with three-spots is that they become increasingly aggressive as they mature and, if they spawn, the male is liable to kill many of his tankmates. Because of their aggressive and territorial nature, they will also be competing with your existing angels for space. That's not too big a problem in a large tank like yours though.
Actualy, my main worry is that you have bought a pair - try to sex them deffinately (post pics if necessary) - males are prone to fighting to the death once sexualy mature.
If you have a male and female as you suspect, you could always just add a couple more females (if you add just one, the newcomer may get bullied - it's always best to add new gouramies to or more at a time to devide attention).
If you wouldn't mind doing so, consider replacing the suspected male with a couple of similarly-sized females - 3 females should be relatively peaceful together, are less territorial so won't be competing with the angels as much and, as they'll never spawn, shouldn't pose a threat to non-gourami tankmates.
The upside to this species of gourami is that they are ludicrously hardy - they can live through almost anything - and can handle any angel aggression very efficiently. They also won't normaly harm tankmates (provided they are not in 'spawning mode'
) and are the perfect 'centerpiece' fish as far as looks and general behaviour goes (IMO anyway). In that sense, yes, you made a good choice
Having said that, that's the simple answer. It also might work out ok - I just wouldn't have reccomended that particular species with angels.
Don't get me wrong - three-spots are beautiful fish and I'm not surprised you picked them out. It's just that they are not the best for this set-up.
The trouble with three-spots is that they become increasingly aggressive as they mature and, if they spawn, the male is liable to kill many of his tankmates. Because of their aggressive and territorial nature, they will also be competing with your existing angels for space. That's not too big a problem in a large tank like yours though.
Actualy, my main worry is that you have bought a pair - try to sex them deffinately (post pics if necessary) - males are prone to fighting to the death once sexualy mature.
If you have a male and female as you suspect, you could always just add a couple more females (if you add just one, the newcomer may get bullied - it's always best to add new gouramies to or more at a time to devide attention).
If you wouldn't mind doing so, consider replacing the suspected male with a couple of similarly-sized females - 3 females should be relatively peaceful together, are less territorial so won't be competing with the angels as much and, as they'll never spawn, shouldn't pose a threat to non-gourami tankmates.
The upside to this species of gourami is that they are ludicrously hardy - they can live through almost anything - and can handle any angel aggression very efficiently. They also won't normaly harm tankmates (provided they are not in 'spawning mode'
) and are the perfect 'centerpiece' fish as far as looks and general behaviour goes (IMO anyway). In that sense, yes, you made a good choice ringham
Fishaholic
I think that having gourami in with angel fish would be fine. I have
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Fish Crazy
I have 2 red-fire Dwarf Gouramis in a tank with 2 Angels. The Gouramis mainly chase each other around every once in a while but the Gouramis and Angels don't interact at all.
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