Debating on Sand Substrate

[angelgourami]

I have a 10 gallon aquarium with two dwarf gourami (separated at the moment, to let one of them grow a little further. Once I have the budget, I'm going to get a separate tank, to allow for my gourami to have better space. I'm not allowed any more gallons in my dorm however). I currently have black gravel substrate but I want to start planting.
Would the gourami be okay with the sand substrate and would that be better for plants?



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[serena00]

My gourami don't mind either way. Switched back to gravel is their tank because of my Amazon swords not loving sand. But all my other plants like the sand.

I did not full understand if you are putting the second gourami into the 10g with the other? If so they may fight bad. Even in my 36g I had three males and one of them almost got tortured to death before I saved him.


36g semi-aggressive
20g community
5.5g betta/ghost shrimp
3g betta
2g fry

 

[angelgourami]

Right now I have the 2 gourami in the same tank, but I have a divider in place until I have the funds and the space for another tank for one of them. One gourami is much larger than the other, despite having gotten them at the same time. When I first got them, they mostly stayed away from one another, but after I re-arranged the tank almost a month ago, the larger one started nipping at the smaller.
The nipping issue between the two of them got bad enough that the smaller's pelvic fin was badly damaged. Therefore I separated them. I'd get them in different tanks now if my dorm allowed me more gallons per room.


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