gouramis

[candy]

what the most peacefull gourami....im thinking of geting 2 of the same kind(not a breeding pair) to share a tank with a blackghost knife.. they will be in a 35g.
buti want realy peacefull ones and is it better to get two girls or two boys?

 

[tekknocolor]

From personal experience I've had problems with 2 male gouramis. One being a blue three spot and the other being a gold three spot. Sorry that's about as much experience I can relate about gouramis being that I only have 1 now. But if you want to know more about a single instance of the blue three spot then I could help you

 

[ryan]

There is no Gourami species that stands out above all others for being peaceful. However, none stands out for aggression either. The level of aggression shown often comes down to the individual and its tank situation. If you keep males with males there will often be terriotorial disputes and so on. The best combination if you intend to keep more than one of the same species is two females introduced to the tank at the same time at a young age.

 

[cometcattle]

I've actually found sparkling gouramis to be peaceful, same with croaking gouramis.

Both would be dinner for your BGK, though.

 

[MAM]

agree with what ryan said.

i originally started out with 6 juvie gouramis in a 20 gal (2 blue, 2 opaline, and 2 gold). i did this since i found it difficult to sex them, but also so that i could observe behavior to make the decision who would stay and who would leave (its important to have an lfs that will take in fish....). i ended up with the 2 gold and the 2 opaline for a time. eventually i went down to one gold and one opaline. the golds chased each toehr, the opaline chased each other, but didn't chase the opposite (does that make sense). so now i have two gouramis in a 20 gal, and they do leave each other alone for the most part. i picked the one of each color that was more mellow. i think one may be a male and one a female, which may help. as said, males can be quite territorial with each other.

 

[Kerryk]

I've had a few...Here was my previous social hierarchy (sp)

#1 Male flame...bugged all the other male gouramis
#2 my 2 neon males were o.k with eachother but got picked on by the flame
#3 Sunset male...everybody loves him but he doesn't like one of the female dwarf honeys
#4 Snakeskin....gets along with everybody but the one female the sunset didn't like....

The most aggression I have EVER seen by my gouramis was actually between the two female honeys. One picked on the other...wouldn't let her eat, and when ever she would come out of hiding would get chased back in, and eventually it lead to death!
I actually found out afterwards that the males are more aggressive towards eachother in a fish book I read. I believe otherwise.

So I figure, if you want two males...as long as there isn't a huge size gap...go for it
And if you want a male and a female...that's even better

 

[lsmall]

My experience is that gold, blue, opalines are all pretty aggressive. Opalines probably least of the three even though they're all the same species. They will all be aggressive toward each other and other types of gouramis like pearl and dwarf gouramis.
Dwarf gouramis tend to be aggressive only toward other dwarves or dwarf variants like flame gouramis.
Pearl gouramis are quite peaceful for the most part and are very pretty.

LSmall

 

[candy]

thanks for that everyone ..iv made the choice of geting an african buterfly fish to go with my BGK.then there will be no fighting or eating.

i think when i set up my next tank it will have to be a tank with gouramis..i think they are lovely fish but at the moment idont have the tank space and mum is freeking out about the fact the floor wont be able to hold anymore tanks so im gettign a new room ..im not complaining.lol ....

if i ever do get around to getting gouramis u will be the fist to know