So My Gouramis Have Gone.....

[Orbit887]

Well, after taking some advice on here, I've had to do what I suspected - and give my 3 Three-spot gouramis back to my LFS for small credit note (Thanks Maidenhead aquatics!). I originally got them after not researching properly before buying them and also bad advice from a different LFS (WofW), but they're too big and too aggressive with each other for my tank.

The tank itself is 29 Gal, 30"x12"x18" and is currently stocked with 6 medium sized neon tetras and 6 small panda corrys (all about an inch long).

It's medium planted, with variety of smaller + medium plants and also some bogweed. Majority of the substrate is gravel, but have now added a sand area for the corry's to play and mess about it.

What should i replace these gourmais with, any suggestions? (know how much you all love stocking questions!)

I'm open to all suggestions, whever it be for a totally community schooling tank, or something different with only one centre peice fish or whatever!

Any idea whould be welcome, I'm off to LFS tomorrow to pick up new tank mates for the neons and corrys!

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[richchappy]

live bearers are very colourful and breed easily so always a good edition

 

[Yetti]

How about a dwarf gourami, there are many colorful kinds of dwarf gouramis. I have one honey dwarf gourami and he gets along with cories, plecos and everything else in my aquarium.

 

[Orbit887]

I was thinking at dwarf gourami's today in the LFS, looked nice and some had amazing colour.

Would I be able to just add one, or a pair, or is it adviceable to have trios - 2fems & 1male? Think they could make a nice 'centre-piece' style fish.

Livebearers are another option, but I dont know too much about them, appart from the basics - guppys, mollies and plattys. All look v nice, especially some of the guppys. If i was to get a school of livebearers such as guppys, I assume it'd be adviseable to get an all female or all male group, as dont have space for any offspring. Also if I was to get a school of something such as livebearers think i'd still wanna leave a bit of space for a diferent fish, maybe more individual and had personality, if you get what I mean!

 

[Shaun]

You can have Dwarf gouramis on there own, or as a trio (1 male 2 females) i wouldnt get 2 males as they will be aggressive towards eachother. As you said they would make good 'Centre-piece' fish

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[t.ropical_m.istx3]

dwarf gouramis are awesome. either that or some livebearers. honeslty, i'm in love with my male guppy *points to signature pic*. he's the purdiest guppy i've ever had. and yes, they are amazingly simple to breed, just stick a male and two females in together. mine were pregnant when i bought them

 

[Yetti]

If I were you, I would get maybe 3 males. I had 3 male dwarf gourmis and they never were aggressive towards each other. If you want to give a shot at breeding them, then get 1 male and 2 females.

 

[gsta13]

i wouldsuggest against the more than one male, male and female fine, more than one male,usally means one will be hampered, talking from persnal experience.....
Greg