Small, Peaceful, Gourami Help

[beeboy]

I need a small, peaceful gourami. I have been having trouble with gouramis since my first one, a honey gourami. As soon as I introduced any new fish he killed them. I was devistated and just now my fire gourami and my dwarf gourami died. I am looking for a gourami with a lot of color but I just haven't been having any luck. Any advice will be apreciated.

BeeBoy

 

[diademhill]

I need a small, peaceful gourami. I have been having trouble with gouramis since my first one, a honey gourami. As soon as I introduced any new fish he killed them. I was devistated and just now my fire gourami and my dwarf gourami died. I am looking for a gourami with a lot of color but I just haven't been having any luck. Any advice will be apreciated.

BeeBoy

Please tell us about your tank, it's size, water parameters & occupants. What did your gouramis die of? - you shouldn't be adding more fish without knowing the cause of death.

 

[beeboy]

I have a 29 gallon tall tank. I have 3 corydoras, 2 algae eaters, 1 female platy, 5 saerpae tetras, 10 neon tetras, 10 black neon tetras, and 1 zebra danio. The cause of the death of the gouramis is still unknown to me. pH, temperature, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and water hardness was all fine. There was also no signs of illneses. The only thing I'm unsure of is a fluffy black algae that grows on my driftwood and I can't identify. I hope that answers your questions. Thanks,
BeeBoy

 

[sylvia]

You don't have room for more fish realy.

What counts as 'fine' in terms of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate?

Serpaes tend to be nippy and often stress gouramies.
Danios, besides needing to be in groups (get a couple more), compete with gouramies for space because they are top-dwelling so can also stress them.
What are your 'algae eaters' - are we talking 'chinese'? If so, those are aggressive when mature, stop eating algae and often attack smaller fish, as well as slow-moving ones such as gouramies. They often suck on slime coats and eyes on laterally compressed speces such as the majority of gouramies, angelfish, discus etc. They also grow large - 10" at least. Simiarly, if these are plecs, they may well be far too large-growing for your tank and need to be rehomed ASAP.

Any of these things can stress fish enough to make them more likely to become ill and die. Bad water quality, fluctuations in temperature and pH and medicating with the wrong drugs can equaly cause stress and result in death. Dwarf gouramies are especialy fragile fish and any stress can lead to death.

Don't add anything until you know what killed your dwarf gouramies and, even then, I'dd add a few more danios and then maybe a trio of sparkling or croaking gouramies at most as these won't be competingwith the danios for space and are unlikely to be nipped (though the algae eaters might still be able to eat them).

 

[DarkEntity]

I have a 29 gallon tall tank. I have 3 corydoras, 2 algae eaters, 1 female platy, 5 saerpae tetras, 10 neon tetras, 10 black neon tetras, and 1 zebra danio. The cause of the death of the gouramis is still unknown to me. pH, temperature, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and water hardness was all fine. There was also no signs of illneses. The only thing I'm unsure of is a fluffy black algae that grows on my driftwood and I can't identify. I hope that answers your questions. Thanks,
BeeBoy

Ouch i really wouldnt add anything to that tank...imo its rather full as it is and adding more will only make it worse. If you really want more fish get a bigger tank.

32 fish in that tank is pushing it somewhat