Tank Suggestions

[vancouver]

I'd go with the gourami over an angelfish every single day of the year.

 

[nadajdui]

I'm hijaking my own thread, LOL. Just wondering about how to choose a healthy gourami, and some signs to look for in good, happy ones?

 

[fishwatcher]

well, the best you could hope for is that it has a nice firm belly (no sunken in areas), no obvious marks or injuries, a nice coloration, the ventral fins should be nice and long, not broken off. And of course swimming around, not laying on the bottom or at the surface and of course not lying on it's belly or doing a headstand! Whenever you go in, ask how lond they've had them (my lfs will not release any fish until they've had them for 3 days and they all check out healthy.. if even just one gets sickly or dies they hold them longer). Also, they SHOULD have some sort of warranty, even if it's just a few days.

 

[scubadoo]

Well seeing as everybody else has had their two penneth worth, I'd go for serpae tetras - nice looking well coloured fish - a shoal of 6 or more makes an exciting addition to a tank. They are very active during the day and seem to constantly be chasing each other around to establich who's top dog.

Do keep at least 6 tho' and dont keep them with slow swimming long finned fish since they can nip at the slow coaches.