Fish managing and fish being in the best environment are very different things.
I'm going to start paraphrasing this. It's a great point
Fish managing and fish being in the best environment are very different things.
I'm a little worried about the dwarf gourami's aggression towards the female but I suppose the tank will be planted so it should be ok. All I'm worried about with that is finding female dwarf gourami! All I've seen in fish shops are males, presumably because of their brighter colours. I may only be able to get the one male. On a completely different note, I've been looking at shell-dwellers online and they seem pretty cool but I was worried that I'd never be able to find any. However, I recently found a pet shop which sells a lot of different species of fish- including some lamprologus. Unfortunately I was a bit pressed for time so I didn't get to actually see the specific species. They were sort of a bit blue? I think they could have been Neolamprologus Tretocephalus but I'm not completely sure. Would a pair of those maybe be OK, either with or without the dwarf gourami, with the cories and rasbora? Edit: I've just looked them up and they get to about 6 inches and I think that may be too big for my tank. Would another sort of smaller lamprologus be ok in my tank?