1gallon gourami
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Cycle and stress zyme are just a waste of money don't bother with them they will do nothing to help speed up your cycle. Bio-spira is the only product that has been show to actually work. The only problem with the bio spira is how the LFS stores it, If it's not kept refrigerated more than likely it will be useless too. If you really need to speed up your cycle you could try and talk your LFS or friend with a FW tank into giving/selling you a hand full of gravel from an established tank.jm1212 said:
Actually Bio-Spira is the only good product to help cycling. Cycle and the other products out there have bacteria that will eat ammonia, but it is not the right kind of bacteria and the effects are short term then the bacteria dies and contributes to the bio-load and you get ammonia and nitrite spikes after a few days. Bio-Spira has the correct bacteria and should be stored in the refrigerator by the LFS that sells it. If it isn't refrigerated, the odds are the bacteria are dead. You can do a search on Bio-Spira on this web site and find all kind of info.
jm1212 said:
No, a 10g is not enough, a single three spot gourami with limited tankmates needs atleast a 20g long or any other larger tank with a footprint of atleast 30"x12".
echoofformless
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dorkfish said:
I kept a 3 spot gourami in a ten gallon tank for two years before transferring her (and the other tankmates) into a twenty gallon long last year.
She has been the picture of perfect health since I got her, and seems no more thrilled in the 20g than she was in the 10g. She "owns" the tank and keeps the hierarchy in perfect balance. No one ever fights in my twenty gallon, but they know darn well that if Ms. Gourami is hungry, they'd better get the hell away from the food! :Angel:
echoofformless said:
I don't agree with keeping a three spot long term in a 10g, well, atleast I wouldn't dare recomend it. Tankmates would have to be very minimal (maybe a betta or some ottos) to avoid overstocking and most people won't set up a tank for just two or three fish, or they will add more than two or three fish to the tank knowing that they shouldn't.
Admittedly, I just moved my female three spot gourami out of a ten into a 25g (4 inches taller than a 20g long), and when she was in the 10g, if she was startled, she would run into the glass, and her health seemed to be slowly deteriorating (was rarely if ever spreading her fins). Well, she seems happy and healthy as ever in the new tank, and seems to be more active as well.
