Gouramis and Dwarfs

DarkTetra

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Greetings all.

I was wondering if anyone knows how a regular gourami would react to it's smaller cousins, dwarf gouramis? I have a 20 gal planted tank with one adult blue gourami. His tank mate died a while back and I think some dwarfs would look nice with him. Would they get along?

Tank PH, filtration etc are fine.
Thank you in advance!
 
I would not put another dwarf gourami with the blue gourami in a 20 gallon. The gouarmis can be feisty toward one another. I'd add something else other than a gouarmi.

I have two pearl gouarmis in my 55 gallon. The big chases the little one whenever he gets a chance. However, the tank is big enough for the little guy to hide if he/she needs to.

I have 3 dwarf honey gouramis in my 38 gallon tank. They can be mean toward one another, but I have plenty of plants for them to hide in.
I recommend glo lite tetras; small but dodgy fish. They do school well.
 
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Ditto!
Had two dwarfs in a 55g and added a Gold Gourami (3-Spot) and it terrorized those little guys all the time :(
 
whoa thats almost the same as me........when i fist got my 29 gallon i was a lot more ignorant and I got a pair of dwarfs and a pair of golds.....not a good idea. within a month and a half one of each of the pairs was dead. The funny thing is the dwarf manages to keep his "territory", and if the gold tries to chase him back into a corner or nip his fins he fights back. They have enough cover that im not worried about either of them dying though.
 
Thank you for the heads up. My tank is actually a 29 gallon, but from what you are saying that's still too small. Thanks again!
 
I have a male opaline gourami and a female gold gourami with a male dwarf powder blue. They had a rough start (the gold wasn't there yet), but they're BOTH fine now. And they're in a 29gal. They're actually FRIENDS now! lol they swim together (not as in chasing or anything) I would suggest the combo since they look great together. :D
 
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