Red Flame Dwarf Gourami

[jiffy]

Here is my newest fish, a Red Flame Dwarf Gourami named Jacques. I have always wanted this fish and am very happy I finally got one. My cardinals and cories seem happy too as they are out much more often than they used to be with other tankmates.

 

[SPLiSH]

Jacques is beautiful! Lovely clear pic. I'm thinking of a DG as one of the inhabitants for my 7 gal... I hope I find one as cute as Jacques.

 

[SamUK]

u cant put a gourami in a 7 gallon!

hope u meant 70 or something.



lovely gourami neway.

i have a pair of cobalt blue dwarf gouramis and there really ace colours too.

 

[SPLiSH]

u cant put a gourami in a 7 gallon!

hope u meant 70 or something.



lovely gourami neway.

i have a pair of cobalt blue dwarf gouramis and there really ace colours too.

No, I meant 7. True, you can't keep most gouramis in a 7 gal. Pearls, snakeskins and the like would do very badly but a DWARF gourami would be quite comfortable with a 7 all to itself - well, itself and a pair of shrimp. DGs grow to a maximum of 2.5" and following the 1" per gallon rule- and considering there would be no other tank mates except the two or so shrimp - it would be fine. Two small shrimp, 2" total in size, and a DG, 2.5" is still only 4.5" of fish in a tank capable of housing 7" of fish comfortably. That tank could house 2.5" more fish but it won't.

So I don't see a problem... and still, it's only a possibility.

By the way, the minimum tank size for a DG is a 5, with no other inhabitants.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=129478

 

[Swart Skaap]

Very beautiful fish!!!

 

[clareriley]

u cant put a gourami in a 7 gallon!

hope u meant 70 or something.



lovely gourami neway.

i have a pair of cobalt blue dwarf gouramis and there really ace colours too.

No, I meant 7. True, you can't keep most gouramis in a 7 gal. Pearls, snakeskins and the like would do very badly but a DWARF gourami would be quite comfortable with a 7 all to itself - well, itself and a pair of shrimp. DGs grow to a maximum of 2.5" and following the 1" per gallon rule- and considering there would be no other tank mates except the two or so shrimp - it would be fine. Two small shrimp, 2" total in size, and a DG, 2.5" is still only 4.5" of fish in a tank capable of housing 7" of fish comfortably. That tank could house 2.5" more fish but it won't.

So I don't see a problem... and still, it's only a possibility.

By the way, the minimum tank size for a DG is a 5, with no other inhabitants.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=129478

isnt a snake skin a dwarf gourami. I have them in my local lfs and they have dwaft power blue gourami aka snakeskin. along side with the red neon dwarf

 

[SPLiSH]

isnt a snake skin a dwarf gourami. I have them in my local lfs and they have dwaft power blue gourami aka snakeskin. along side with the red neon dwarf

No snakeskins are a seperate species. They reach about... 4" I think.

 

[SamUK]

No, I meant 7. True, you can't keep most gouramis in a 7 gal. Pearls, snakeskins and the like would do very badly but a DWARF gourami would be quite comfortable with a 7 all to itself - well, itself and a pair of shrimp. DGs grow to a maximum of 2.5" and following the 1" per gallon rule- and considering there would be no other tank mates except the two or so shrimp - it would be fine. Two small shrimp, 2" total in size, and a DG, 2.5" is still only 4.5" of fish in a tank capable of housing 7" of fish comfortably. That tank could house 2.5" more fish but it won't.

So I don't see a problem... and still, it's only a possibility.

By the way, the minimum tank size for a DG is a 5, with no other inhabitants.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=129478

I stand corrected!

still doesnt seem right tho. i have 4 dwarf gouramis and there really active lil things.

 

[Cooky_luvs]

Good luck with your new dwarf, I miss mine. Yours is a cute one

isnt a snake skin a dwarf gourami. I have them in my local lfs and they have dwaft power blue gourami aka snakeskin. along side with the red neon dwarf

No snakeskins are a seperate species. They reach about... 4" I think.

Snakeskins can reach 7-8 inches

 

[clareriley]

Right so the powder blue is a dwarf and a snakeskin is a normal

 

[SPLiSH]

Thanks for clearing that up Cooky! 7-8" wow, that's a big gourami! I thought 4" was big!

SamUK, sorry if I seemed rude before. Didn't mean it to come across like that. As for them being active, you're really lucky! All the ones around here are kinda slow. Less active than my bettas!