graucow
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Hello, I was wondering what smaller schooling fish would be ok with a pearl gourami. I would like to get chili rasboras but am not sure if they would be ok with my pearls.
They would not bother with one another normally, but even if you're only talking about a school of only 6 Raboras with a pearl Gourami in a 10 gallon tank, your forcing contact that they wouldn't experience normally. Gouramis are normally peaceful but can get stressed and even aggressive when they want. As long as you are talking about at least a 20 gallon tank, then schooling fish would have no problem with a Gourami.Hello, I was wondering what smaller schooling fish would be ok with a pearl gourami. I would like to get chili rasboras but am not sure if they would be ok with my pearls.
The tank is a 40 gallon but chili rasboras are smaller than most schooling fish so I worry they may become foodThey would not bother with one another normally, but even if you're only talking about a school of only 6 Raboras with a pearl Gourami in a 10 gallon tank, your forcing contact that they wouldn't experience normally. Gouramis are normally peaceful but can get stressed and even aggressive when they want. As long as you are talking about at least a 20 gallon tank, then schooling fish would have no problem with a Gourami.
Not to a pearl Gourami. Gouramis are passive surface eaters. They may eat mosquito larvae or other small insects, but the more go for food that fits in their mouths, but they are not chompers that like to take bites out of other fish. But something as small as fry they would eat. You should be fine with keeping them together.The tank is a 40 gallon but chili rasboras are smaller than most schooling fish so I worry they may become food
Not to a pearl Gourami. Gouramis are passive surface eaters. They may eat mosquito larvae or other small insects, but the more go for food that fits in their mouths, but they are not chompers that like to take bites out of other fish. But something as small as fry they would eat. You should be fine with keeping them together.
Not to a pearl Gourami. Gouramis are passive surface eaters. They may eat mosquito larvae or other small insects, but the more go for food that fits in their mouths, but they are not chompers that like to take bites out of other fish. But something as small as fry they would eat. You should be fine with keeping them together.