tigerbarb1
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Hi everyone,
This is in part an introduction since I am new to this forum and the fish keeping hobby.
I have recently setup a Juwel Rekord 700 tank with several rocks, a piece of driftwood and fairly heavily planted. Still with plenty of open swimming space. The tank is 70 litres, which I believe equates to approximately 15 gallons, whilst I would have loved to purchase a larger tank, I unfortunately live in a one bedroom flat so space is limited.
I did as much research as I could prior to purchasing and setting up this tank as well as on breeds of fish and care. I also made sure that I did a fishless cycle prior to adding any fish.
Unfortunately I was poorly advised from my lfs when purchasing my initial fish and went with 2 male dwarf gourami (one blue, one red). Despite my research I did not encounter anything stating that this is not recommended at the time as they will fight.
As of yet the fish have been very active and seem happy enough. They have both taken to their own sides of the tank, both of which provide substantial plant life and shelter, and they both actively participate in feeding. Occassionally one will chase the other if it strays too far across and a few small comotions take place, although nothing in my opinion that would seem to be of huge concern. This occurs fairly regularly although they are not in any way constantly fighting.
My question therefore is whether it will be ok to keep these fish in this setup or would this be ill advised? If possible I would love to avoid returning either fish as they are both my favourites and really beautiful examples.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, apologise that this post is so long but many thanks for taking the time to read.
This is in part an introduction since I am new to this forum and the fish keeping hobby.
I have recently setup a Juwel Rekord 700 tank with several rocks, a piece of driftwood and fairly heavily planted. Still with plenty of open swimming space. The tank is 70 litres, which I believe equates to approximately 15 gallons, whilst I would have loved to purchase a larger tank, I unfortunately live in a one bedroom flat so space is limited.
I did as much research as I could prior to purchasing and setting up this tank as well as on breeds of fish and care. I also made sure that I did a fishless cycle prior to adding any fish.
Unfortunately I was poorly advised from my lfs when purchasing my initial fish and went with 2 male dwarf gourami (one blue, one red). Despite my research I did not encounter anything stating that this is not recommended at the time as they will fight.
As of yet the fish have been very active and seem happy enough. They have both taken to their own sides of the tank, both of which provide substantial plant life and shelter, and they both actively participate in feeding. Occassionally one will chase the other if it strays too far across and a few small comotions take place, although nothing in my opinion that would seem to be of huge concern. This occurs fairly regularly although they are not in any way constantly fighting.
My question therefore is whether it will be ok to keep these fish in this setup or would this be ill advised? If possible I would love to avoid returning either fish as they are both my favourites and really beautiful examples.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, apologise that this post is so long but many thanks for taking the time to read.
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I am working on the rule of 1inch of fish per gallon, however, I have done alot of reading that states with modern bio filters this rule can be a bit more slack and (within reason) more fish can be introduced to a setup? I'm sure this is probably a cause of many debates, just wondering peoples opinions?
