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	Need tank mates for a Gold Gourami
pitbullriot Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Aug-2004	I need a few tank mates for my golden gourami. I have a twenty gallon. It's a fairly planted tank with one big rock. There is one otto in there also. I was thinking about a school of Tiger Barbs because they are so active, but I would like to have one or two bigger fish. Maybe a Rainbow fish or a Krib. I like the Paradise fish, but would that species be too aggressive? Thanks for your help!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i would go with a pair of paradice fish. the other types u have listed i am not so sure about the numbers. but the paradice fish sound good.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	I hate to be obvious here, but a few more golden gourami's might be nice, give the loneley dude something to do, and a social life he can be involved in rather than just watching other fish swim around. Never know, might get some little gourami's Nice thing about labyrinth fish is that you can push the water quality a little. Dont overdo it in a 20 gal tho as you might get a few territoriality issues. Last edited by longhairedgit at 21-Sep-2005 20:32
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	I'd add some sparkling gouramis, and more otos. The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
pitbullriot Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Aug-2004	Thanks for your suggestions! I ended up getting another golden gourami and two paradise gouramies, but they look like the blue variety of my golden ones.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
i_spaz_out Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 67 Votes: 1 Registered: 10-Jul-2005	i probably would have gone with the kribs, to cover the middle/bottom... but a pack of gouramis would look nice too. Last edited by i_spaz_out at 26-Sep-2005 09:56
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	just watch out fro kribs, one pair can be agressive to the others during breeding.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
pitbullriot Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Aug-2004	My peppered cories have been breeding for the past month, so I planned on putting about three of them in my twenty in a few months when they are big enough, that should take care of the bottom area. Thanks for the thought though!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	You can also add more Ottos, as they like to stay in groups. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	It's not so much taking care of the bottom area but otos tend to get quite stressed being on their own As a general rule it's not a good idea to mix labyrinth fish. If you take a look at the profile [link=here]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/bluegourami.xml" style="COLOR: #993333[/link] you'll see blue/gold/three-spot/etc gouramis can vary widely in temperament. Paradise fish are similar to bettas in the fact that males will fight and shouldn't be kept together. Even when breeding they can be rather rough with the female. You might be able to get by with a small group of sparkling gouramis if there are enough plants/hiding places. I'd be concerned with tiger barbs being nippy with the gourami, I'm not sure. Rainbow fish generally have to be kept in groups. A krib by itself might be ok; a breeding pair would become very agressive. It really depends on the individual fish...I have a 20g with a honey gourami, sparkling gouramis, and a betta coccina along with other fish. The honey let everyone know he's the boss but otherwise I haven't had any problems. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:56


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