How Many? 55 Gallon

[taterbugsmoma]

I have a 55 gallon tank with 2 pleco, a south african draggon, a paradise , a gold and an opaline. I love my gouramis and would like to have a female (after looking at the pics in anogther post I am sure mine is male with the lyre tail).

I saw what looked like a moon light or moon gourami in a tank today that had to be 6 inches long ( I was impressed). I knew they were large fish but didn't realize they were that large. How many can I put in my tank.

I would love to have babies but I will read up in the forum latter on that I guess.

I was told today by a coworker that an opaline and a blue are the same. Mine was sold to me as an Opaline but I found it in a booklet at work as a blue.

Here are some pics. The paradise is a camera hog where the other two swim away quickly lol.

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[diademhill]

"a south african draggon" is this the dragon goby in the pic under your name? If so this will need brackish conditions ( & isn't South African).
Your gouramis are a possible male gold and a female blue opaline - these are the same species Trichogaster trichopterus, just different colour varieties. These can get over 5" in size. (Moonlights can get to 8") - sizes don't include tails. You could add one more female of any colour but another male would fight.
The paradise fish is a male and I'd advise against adding a female.

If you want to breed you will need another large tank and a way to dispose of 100's of fry.

Do you know what plecos you have? Whether you can have more fish depends on what they are & how big they grow - if they are commons or sailfins you already have too much fish mass in your tank.

 

[taterbugsmoma]

That is what I thought. I just have fallen in love with the gouramis. The plecos are commons but I have a place for them to go when they get bigger. I have somewhere for the fry to go also. I work at a pet store that will take them and there are a few others around who will aslo take them.

You might be right on the draggon and yes it is the one in the pic. I was just going by what it was sold to me as. I have seen them since and never seen them in bracish tho but that doesn't really meant that they aren't. Have any suggestions on that. He has been there 4 months and seems healthy.

 

[taterbugsmoma]

That is what I thought. I just have fallen in love with the gouramis. The plecos are commons but I have a place for them to go when they get bigger. I have somewhere for the fry to go also. I work at a pet store that will take them and there are a few others around who will aslo take them.

You might be right on the draggon and yes it is the one in the pic. I was just going by what it was sold to me as. I have seen them since and never seen them in bracish tho but that doesn't really meant that they aren't. Have any suggestions on that. He has been there 4 months and seems healthy.

So much for listening to what pets mart has to say. I wish they wouldn't call them by the wrong name.