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I would move the gourami to the 10g. You could maybe start with a trio(1male,2females) of guppies, they'll multiply fast.

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A 10g is too small for 2 male gouramis. A female might work but they are usually hard to find because they aren't colorful. Just a drab greyish color so they usually aren't sent to the stores. Cories need to be in groups of 6 like tetras which means only the smallest cories would fit in a 10g. The problem is the smaller the cory generally the more sensitive it is and the better it would be in a large tank since small tanks are harder to keep the water quality up.

the other was a platy but it died this morning:#(

but my gourami is doing fine

oh what do the female gourami look like?
or can i add another male in there or will they fight

Last edited by DwarfGourami at 07-Aug-2005 09:38

Last edited by DwarfGourami at 07-Aug-2005 11:34

Peppered Corys are not suitable for a 10g tank.
They are one of the larger species of corys.
My female is about 3.5 inches and is very robust.
Can you get Dwarf Corys such as Dainty Corys in your area?
They only grow 1-1.5 inches and you could have a full school in a 10g.
I have them in my 10g, they are such a delight! So much more active than the larger corys, and they swim everywhere not just on the bottom! Yesterday one of mine was hanging by his fins upside down on the amazon sword kinda swinging back and forth. Looked like fun!
I would recommend either Hasbrosus (Dainty, Salt and Pepper are the both common names), or Hastatus Corys (dwarf, pygmy cory common names). My Daintys were also cheaper than most of the other larger corys I had too, only 3.50 each.
So you have
1 10g tank
1 Dwarf Gourami
2 ADFs
What are you going to add here? You could get a female dwarf gourami and breed them!
The red bump on his mouth combined with the one on the other fishes head suggests your gourami attacked the other fish and both got fighting wounds. What type of fish was it?
The other tank go for this:
10 G
5 Male Guppies
6 Dainty or Pygmy Corys

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A cae would NOT be ok in that tank. Considering the size of a cae it wouldn't be much of a step up from the 1g and eventually the cae would kill all the other fish. If the gourami is a dwarf it's fine where it is. The cae just needs a new home because there is no place to keep it in any of those setups. The bloodfins are of 2nd importance needing a group or returned but would get along alot better in a 10g with other fish than the cae.

I suggest you try to find new homes for your Gourami. Where did the Bloodfins come from? Well if you want to do guppies I suggest you get rid of your Bloodfins and put your guppies with your ADF's in the 10g. Get a couple of nice male and female guppies and let them populate the tank. The guppies will stay near the top and the frogs at the bottom, you could even throw you CAE in there im sure he would like it much better than a 1g tank.

If it is impossible to find a new home for your bloodfins add about 6 more to the 10g tank and forget about guppies. Im not possitive that the Bloodfins will get along with your frogs as well as guppies would. But im sure if you add a couple plants for coverage you'll be fine.

Pet stores rarely give good or accurate advice. You should always double check anything they say and information on a fish species before you buy it.

well i got rid of the CAE eariler than i expected.

the bloodfins i didnt know they had to be in a bigger tank and in schools well ill find a home i guess for them too.

the pet place said they would be fine in what i got and as long as i got them in a pair. i guess they will go find other home.

You said you have 2 bloodfins. Bloodfins are tetras. You need 6 not 2 and that won't fit in anything less than 10g absolute minimum.

Gouramis don't belong in 5g tanks. A dwarf gourami may be fine in a 10g. Any of the larger gouramis would need 20-30g tanks or more. The cae better find a new home or either it's going to be dead in such a small tank or it's going to kill your fish off eventually if put in the 10g. They need more like a 55g or bigger tank. Tetras need a school of 6 so you need at minimum a 10g but most tetras don't even belong in a 10g. The 5g would be best with just the frogs in it. With the tetra school and gourami a 10g tank would be pretty much stocked.

It's a good idea to upgrade the 5 gal. tank, but you'll be overstocked aswell in a 10 gal. tank. The CAE will get too big for that tank & i would take him back to the LFS. The Barbs & Glolight Tetra's need to stay in schools of at least 6 & i wouldn't mix fish with Frogs.


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Perhaps them what you need to do is just buy a
bigger tank!
You could also put them in the newspaper for sale/trade/freebies



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do you have any small pet shops in your area that sell fish?
Take them there and ask for a store credit. Then you could probably take the CAE there too.
Thats what I do when I get rid of fish.


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"i have 3 tiger barbs 1 glowlight tetra and 1 dwarf gourami and 2 african dwarf frogs and 1 chinese algea eater"
Get rid of the Tiger Barbs and the Chinese Algae Eater.
CAE's need a tank at least 36 inches long and preferably 48 inches long to grow. They stop eating algae and grow very aggressive. They have been known to kill fish. Tiger barbs need a school of 8 to keep aggression amongst themselves, something that needs a tank size of 30G or more.
Heres what that leaves your for your 10G:
1 glowlight
1 Dwarf Gourami
2 Frogs
Now, add 7 more Glowlights and your 10g tank
is full stocked. Do not add another dwarf gourami.
OR, get rid of the 1 glowlight and get a female dwarf
gourami. (they are solid pinky golden not as colorful).
2 male dwarf gouramis will not have enough territory in a
tank that small and may injure each other. I have known some pretty aggressive DG's.
For the 5g tank, you could do dwarf puffers. I wouldnt add any ottos to this tank though. I dont see that working out, there simply isnt enough space.
You could add a pair or trio of ottos to your 10g:
6 Glowlights
2 Frogs
1 DG
2-3 Ottos
That would also fully stock your tank.
Hope this helps! Good Luck!
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and i was goinf to get like to more gourami and thats it,

Getting more gouramis is a bad idea, the dwarves don't like eachother's company.
The CAE is going to get much too big even if you get two 10g tanks. Just bag him up and take him in and see what happens. I doubt they'd refuse to take him if you aren't asking for a refund.

Yeah, I mean even the local chain store took my pleco...

Even if the store wont give you your money back for them, they'll probably take them if you bring them in. If not, another store will.

just getting back in the game kinda like learning a new thing but all over again

Exactly! If you're a bit rusty than jumping right into a fragile tank is not a good idea. Ottos are fragile as it is. Futhermore, it is not suggested to keep them in tiny tanks like 5 gallons, even for pros. If you wanted to do the puffer/otto mix, a 10, 15, or even 20 gallon would be your best bet.

How many fish are you planning on having? If you just do DPs in a 5 gallon, you can have 2, maybe 3. If you do ottos, I'd say maybe 1....

Yeah, puffers and ottos are not exactly fish for beginners. If you want to do puffers, that's going to be a challange in and of itself. Mixing with ottos would be nearly impossible.