Angelfish or Gourami?

Start with the smallest possible angel and gourami you can find:)
 
Just to correct information above, most gouramis stay 5" or smaller. The only larger gouramis are the true giant gourami, the snakeskin gourami (really peaceful), and the kissing gourami. All others would work fine in your tank. I agree with the comment above that a pearl gourami and an angelfish should be fine in a 37 gallon tank.

Eric

And just to correct your comment I was just telling them that if they get a gourami to make sure what species it is so they don't end up with a giant gourami....I'm pretty sure I made that clear, lfs sometimes have a habit of mislabeling or giving ppl wrong information.
 
And just to correct your comment I was just telling them that if they get a gourami to make sure what species it is so they don't end up with a giant gourami....I'm pretty sure I made that clear, lfs sometimes have a habit of mislabeling or giving ppl wrong information.

Giant gouramis look nothing like pearl gouramis. At all.
 
Angelfishrock - I only made my comment because your first post makes it sound like there are either dwarf gouramis or gouramis that grow huge. While there are many dwarf species (from croaking to the classic dwarf gourami), blue/gold gouramis, pearls, moonlights and others are not considered dwarf gouramis and are of reasonable size for most aquariums 20 gallons and up.

Clearly, your intent was different than my interpretation of what you wrote. No harm meant.
 
My tank setup plan is, 2male platies (one died last night for an unknown reason) 4 female platies, 4-6 corydoras, 1 Angel and 1 Pearl. I will be trying to get a striped angel, if i dont find one, ill settle for a marbled
 
id persanlly do both. but get one first to let it get used to the tank, then get the other a week later. or both at the same time lol
 
id persanlly do both. but get one first to let it get used to the tank, then get the other a week later. or both at the same time lol

IF you get 1, then it will assume itself to be king of the tank, so both is better and small as possible.
 
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