gourami compatibility

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Solarris

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I am getting ready to order 4 of these to go in my 55 gallon. I had read that you don't want to keep more than 1 male because they will fight and that you don't want to have 4 of the same type of gourami because they will gang up on the other fish. I was hoping someone with experience in keeping gouramis could let me know if this is true. It just seems strange to me that all the stores I see carry only the male gouramis if this is the case. Now I'm finding sites that say the gouramis could be kept in groups of 4 of the same species but doesn't say anything about keeping males together.
 
What species of gourami? It is a pretty large and diverse group.
 
Well, I wasn't really sure. I was originally planning on a male and female pearl gourami with a couple other females, like maybe a banded and gold, thrown in. I really like the pearl gouramis so if I can keep 4 of those together that would be just fine. My question then would be would it be safe to keep 2 males and 2 females together?
 
I'm currently housing a gourami species tank than contains blue, golds, pearls, platinum and moonlight's with no aggression issues at all. I tend to overstock the gourami tank like a mbuna cichlid set up with a 3 female to 1 male ratio to reduce aggression. The tank has been running for years like this for years.
 
Well, I wasn't really sure. I was originally planning on a male and female pearl gourami with a couple other females, like maybe a banded and gold, thrown in. I really like the pearl gouramis so if I can keep 4 of those together that would be just fine. My question then would be would it be safe to keep 2 males and 2 females together?

3:1 would probably be better, but I think 2:2 will be fine in a 55.
 
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