I will try aqadvisor again tomorrow (suddenly stopped working) and see how many glow light danios I can add to my 46 gallon with my 2 gouramis. I went to see them today and they are very little, if I get them I will have to get them to grow because they are teeny tiny fish right now
Fish compatibility
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Personally, I believe both setups can work, except for the rainbow fish. I think you should go with dwarf rainbows instead. I also think that pearl and blue gouramis would be perfectly fine in a 45-gallon.
I recently lost my blue gourami and now my pearl is alone. I never got any fish so if you could suggest any fish I could add to the tank so that pearl is not alone I'd appreciate (interested in small schooling fish, but open to suggestions)
Can you please refresh our memories on the fish you have vs what you wanted from almost a year ago? I reread the thread & I'm still confused. What tank size? What other fish? I think you signature is out of date, lol.
I really like rasboras for schoolers. Several species might be good, but we need more info please.
I really like rasboras for schoolers. Several species might be good, but we need more info please.
right now I only have 1 male pearl gourami. Tank size is around 45 gal.
I saw some white cloud minnows but they look way too small and I fear my pearl will pray on them. Also my trank is "tropical" and every profile say they like cool water, which I don't have.
There are some rasboras that are similar in looks to white clouds. I had red tailed rasboras (rasbora petensis) that were very nice, good schoolers, but tropical temp. As adults your pearl shouldn't try to eat them. Gourami mouths are small compared to their body size. I've never had a pearl try to eat any fish, but maybe baby guppy size fry? I'm doubtful...
I'm a rabora fan (can you tell?) so maybe harliquin or espei instead. Taller bodied than petensis, all are pretty, & fairly good schoolers. Say 10 or 12 of any 1 species.
What are the dimensions of you 45g? 4ft? A 3ft breeder tank? Or a very tall 30 inch tank?
What about some bottom fish? They are my favs. Little loaches? Corydoras?
I'm a rabora fan (can you tell?) so maybe harliquin or espei instead. Taller bodied than petensis, all are pretty, & fairly good schoolers. Say 10 or 12 of any 1 species.
What are the dimensions of you 45g? 4ft? A 3ft breeder tank? Or a very tall 30 inch tank?
What about some bottom fish? They are my favs. Little loaches? Corydoras?
tank dimensions: 92cm x 35cm x 55cm // 36'' x 13'' x 21''
I was thinking some corys too, but I don't know if my sustrate is good for their bodies
I misspelled the red tail rasbora name, it's rasbora borapetensis, sorry
Your gravel isn't ideal for corys but it looks rounded not sharp. Sand is preferred. Do you deep vacuum the substrate every water change? It's often corys' whiskers get infected by bacteria in the fish poop not from the wear by the coarse substrate. A long time ago some on AC did an amatuer study keep some in glass bits but well vacuumed & some on a bare bottom tank with no vacs. It was the no vacuuming tank that had barbel infections. The link is gone now
Your gravel isn't ideal for corys but it looks rounded not sharp. Sand is preferred. Do you deep vacuum the substrate every water change? It's often corys' whiskers get infected by bacteria in the fish poop not from the wear by the coarse substrate. A long time ago some on AC did an amatuer study keep some in glass bits but well vacuumed & some on a bare bottom tank with no vacs. It was the no vacuuming tank that had barbel infections. The link is gone now
my gravel looks like sharp sand and no I do not vacuum it because of the plants also I'd lose a lot of substrate because it's not that heavy and suction would get most of it out.I misspelled the red tail rasbora name, it's rasbora borapetensis, sorry
Your gravel isn't ideal for corys but it looks rounded not sharp. Sand is preferred. Do you deep vacuum the substrate every water change? It's often corys' whiskers get infected by bacteria in the fish poop not from the wear by the coarse substrate. A long time ago some on AC did an amatuer study keep some in glass bits but well vacuumed & some on a bare bottom tank with no vacs. It was the no vacuuming tank that had barbel infections. The link is gone now
