Local fish store....?.....

[trickbaby1019]

Love My New Babies!!!

Ok update.... I found a new home for the gourami and I am now the proud new mommy of two baby jack d. s and a green terror baby lol they are soooo cute and my gourami is living with a fish specialist who better to give her the care she needs! YEAH!!! :thm:

 

[liv2padl]

generally, most cichlids are incompatible with gourami. here are some 'smaller' cichlid species which can be maintained in a 55 gallon tank, given appropriate conditions. how they would fare with gourami i cannot say.

Archocentrus sajika http://tangledupincichlids.com/images/sajica.pair.jpg

Archocentrus panamense http://tangledupincichlids.com/images/panam.male.jpg

Archocentrus septemfasciatus http://tangledupincichlids.com/images/septem.male.jpg

Cryptoheros nanoluteus http://tangledupincichlids.com/images/nanol.fem.jpg

Cryptoheros myrnae http://tangledupincichlids.com/images/myrnae.pair.jpg

Cryptoheros sp. 'Honduran redpoint' http://tangledupincichlids.com/images/honrp.jpg

Thorichthys sp. 'Mixteco blue' http://tangledupincichlids.com/images/bluemixteco.jpg

 

[trickbaby1019]

Thank you.

 

[sicklids]

yeah theres something about gourami's that cichlids dont like, it could be they find them similiar looking, but even an angel fish will attack a gourami.
i thought of rams but then i wondered if the rams would be bullied by the gourami...
firemouths may work for a short time but once the firemouth gets bigger it may harrass it.
i have a 2" albino oscar growing out with a opeline gourami that used to beat everyone up in the tank, the gourami is like 4" and the baby oscar whips his butt, the baby oscar doesnt bother anyone else just him, so it could be the similiar appearance

 

[trickbaby1019]

thanks for all of your input i appriciate it