MY new fish...

[EdgarMedina1010]

Well i gave away my fish and i kept only 3 neon tetras.and bought 3 Harlequin Rasbora. now i want to get a Gourami but dont know which one is better (i like all of them,open to some ideas).. heres a link http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=882

 

[hc8719]

i like the chocolate gourami, although im very pleased with my kissing and moonlight gourami (dwarf gourami are kinda jerks, and i'd fear for the neons

 

[Andos99]

After much experience and headache with Gourami's.....I'm not a huge fan. I've only been able to keep the peace keeping a single gourami of a specific species per tank. I currently have a gold and a blue neon dwarf in seperate tanks that are doing great. They each had a partner to start off with, but the dominate gourami eventually killed off the weakest link.

 

[JustOneMore20]

What size tank is it? That will decide which gourami you can keep.

I'd personally add a couple more neons and rasboras. 3 isn't a good number for schoolers IMO.

 

[Musket]

I have a male and female honey dwarf, and 2 (not sure on sexes) irridescent in my 46g, no worries from anyone else in the tank, nor do they bother anyone.

The irridescents are both 4" now, and were 2.5 & 3 when I transferred them from my 10g where they grew up from .5".

Good luck on your decision.

 

[EdgarMedina1010]

its a 10 gal. tank ..its planted

 

[jibboo]

personally, I like the coloration of the neon blue dwarf and dwarf. I had some gold guaramis a while back ... they just picked on each other and the rest of the tank too much for my liking ... that's why I got cichlids ... LOL

 

[jibboo]

oh yeah ... if you decide on the chocolate, you might want to read up ... i remember something about them being picky with some water conditions

 

[JustOneMore20]

Ahh, a 10g. Personally I'd decide between the neons and harlequins and take whichever one you don't keep to the LFS and get 3 more of the ones you keep. A school of 6 is much better. Then you can get a dwarf gourami. The larger gouramis (opaline, gold, blue, pearl, moonlight) don't belong in a 10g.

I'd get either a dwarf, honey, or chocolate gourami.

If you can't part with the harlies or neons, I'd get 2 more of each type and not add anything else to the tank. 10g tanks are small...remember that. And research before you buy...3 isn't a sufficient number for a school.

 

[EdgarMedina1010]

thanks...

 

[rich311k]

If you decide to keep two small schools, a group of 3 panda cories on the bottom would work. If you do 6 of one and get a dwarf gourami you could up the cories to 5.

 

[tropicfishman]

I have yet to see a gourami in either of the pet stores around here, iono why but they never have them, they did have 2 a few weeks ago but they weren't for sale, I suppose they passed on since they looked pretty sick

 

[moose9]

if you can get your hands on the sparkling gouramis they are sweet, small and colourful, zero aggression and perfect for a 10gal