Mixing Gouramis Species

[rwspear76]

I have several different types of gouramis in m5 55 gallon, the only agression i have seen is from one of the pink kisers, he is the biggest of them all, and i think he just likes being a pain in the a**, but he does no hurt the other fish and usually both pinks and the 3 spots swim together

 

[joylynn]

I have three male opalines I am moving to a 75G tonight. My original plan was to get 2 females for each to have a total of 9 opalines in the tank. After reading this post I am concerned that might not be the best plan for several reasons:

1. I do not want breeding going on,
2. Not sure I can easily find females,
3. It sounds like the aggression could increase with the addition of females.

Right now my 3 male opalines are in a 35G with tiger barbs and everyone gets along. The Male opalines chase each other a little bit, but no significant fighting. So now I am even more confused as to what to do It sounds like the answer fo rthe original poster is that you sort of have to try and mix and see what happens, sometimes it works out soemtimes it doesn't.