2 gouramis in 10g?

I've kept 2 dwarf gouramis in a ten gallon heavily planted tank for a while now. they seem to each stay out of each others way and I don't notice any aggression towards each other. A lot of other people have had problems with 2 or more gouramis in a ten gallon, but I think that if you have plenty of plants in the tank to breakup sightlines it can be done.

your current gourami is probably just curious as to what is in the bag, a lot of my fish will not leave the bag alone while its floating in the tank (my angels are notorious for this, as well as my puffers). one thing I've done when adding fish that may be looked at as food (because the established fish are used to food coming in from the top of the tank, and naturally think anything introduced is just that, food) is to feed the fish before I release the new fish into the tank. then I feed again to introduce the new fish (lightly both times, this isn't a meal it's just a distraction)


I'd recommend getting more khuli loaches, they like to be in groups and won't hide as much as single specimens. and tigers are notorious fin nippers in small numbers (less than 6) but I don't think you'll have enough room for 6 of them.
HTH

It's so cool to watch fish, especially gouramis and cichlids, swim up to check out the new fish.

You could rearrange the decorations in there. That way, the new fish won't be at a disadvantage, because they will all need to stake out new territories.

I had the same problem in my 29g. I only could keep one gourami otherwise the other one would get harrassed.

same thing happened for me as well. I had one 3 spot Gourami that terrorized my gold one that I bought , both for my 20 gal. I got frustrated watching that happen , so i went out and bought another tank for some of my platys and the gold gourami to have. I haven't gad too many of them and haven't been keeping fish too long, but in my experience I wouldn't try putting two inthe same tank again. They are sooo docile with all my other fish too!!!

steve