I Think I Got It Right This Time....correct Me If Im Wrong

[Imcanadieneh]

I have a 10 gallon tank heated and filtered. I want to put in two dwarf gouramis and 5 glowlight tetras. The gouramis are going to be one male and one female so they don't fight and one will be power blue and the other red. I want 5 tetras because I read that 5+ tetras should be in a tank because they like to be in schools. I am going to be going to be buying silk and plastic plants because I also read that the gouramis "MAY" bicker if they were both male, but I'm going to be doubly sure they don't have a problem with eachother. will this work?

 

[Ficious]

sounds ok with me...and im all about overstocking tanks for some reason...theyre all working good still.

id say thats about it...unless you can find a small shy algae eater. rubbernose pleco are very shy so they stay out of everyones way..max out at 4-5 inches...

if you dont wana deal with the pleco what about some amano shrimp too?? its good to have a clean up crew. to be sure they will last dumb a few ghosts in there and see if they survive for a month or so--not sure the gouramis will pick at them or not

 

[starrynightxxi]

If you can find a female dwarf gourami, I don't know that she will be red. All the ones I have seen are sort of silvery, in general they certainly aren't as colorful as the males, and they aren't carried generally by your run-of-the-mill pet store for just that reason. You may have to see if you can have them ordered in, or try to find a more specialized store, or Aquarium Society in your area if possible.

Can't give you any advice on the tetras as I've not kept glowlights.

 

[OldMan47]

A female dwarf gourami will not have the colors of the typical males that are available in my LFS. I have not seen a female since I got back into the hobby 4 years ago. As starry night said, a female will be the basic silvery fish color.

 

[starrynightxxi]

yeah, I've only seen females in the tanks of a guy who did imports for breeders.

 

[pirate monkey]

I've got blue female dwarf gouramis, they're quite easy to get hold of here, don't know about over the water though...

Sounds like a nice stocking I agree with a small plec!

Just a tip for dwarf gouramis, it's better to keep 2 females to 1 male as one female may get harassed a fair amount, if you have two, then the attention is spread out.

HTH