Red Fire Gourami

[alanox205]

Hi there. I've got 10 l tank and red fire gourami ( male ) in there. He started to making a buble nest. What to do? Shall I put to him female gourami? Because in my other, bigger tank ( 90 l ) I'vegot different gouramis. I don't know what to do now.

 

[Bugdozer]

It depends if you want - and have the facilities to look after - a bunch of baby gouramis! It might be best to just put the female in temporarily if you want them to breed.

 

[alanox205]

thanks

 

[Essjay]

When you say 10 l, do you mean 10 litres or a 10 gallon long tank?
If it's 10 litres, don't get a female. Male dwarf gouramis are pretty nasty toward females when they want to breed, and in a tank that size a female would have nowhere to hide. I personally think it is too small for a single male as well. I wouldn't even keep a betta in a tank that small, maybe some shrimps but that's all.
If you mean 10 gallon long, it's still to small for a pair, though a single male would be OK.

 

[Bugdozer]

Yes, I agree, I didn't notice the size was litres. That is too small for these fish.

 

[MellowMon]

A 10 liter tank is too small for even a single Dwarf Gourami, a 10 gallon tank is the absolute minimum for a single fish. That's about 38 liters.