gourami and other fish

[pisan]

stocking 55 tank . need advise

55 with A C 50 x2 filters plus corner and air circle . looking for colorful easy to care for hardy fish for all levels plus need quantity recommendations

 

[fishliker]

I like pearl gourami, they are lovely and peaceful and get about 5 inches. Their downside is they are slow moving fish and don't care for zippy fish. I have Cardinal tetras with mine and bottom fish.

 

[Missouri]

Sounds like some angelfish might make a good fit for your tank. In a tank your size you *might* be able to stock maybe 3-5 (dont base yuur decision off my statement, please google it). Another option would be dwarf gourami, great looking things, however you will a little bit of territory for each fish so in a planted tank you mihht be able to get 5. Also some harlequin rasboras look great in schools and school tightly in bigger tanks

 

[pisan]

of course gourami catch the eye because of the color / beauty of them but I don't want fish killing one another just for giggles . with that said a little and I mean little aggression would be ok . what I want is a community tank with top dwellers , middle dwellers and some bottom dwellers . good color , nice movement , compatibility ease of care and most of all hardy ( do not want to make this my 3rd job with finicky brittle hard to care for fish ) I personally wouldn't mind a wet pet but wife wants a lot of smaller / schooling / shoaling fish with a couple med sized . I know hard order please give me your recommendations

 

[Missouri]

Harlequin rasboras are a great looking small fish that school together very tightly, for bottom dwellers corydoras are a nice schooling bottom feeder, if you want a few different school, other tetras such a penguin (hockey stick) tetras also school well.