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I want to know if they will be good togther i mean not bitting each other. Would my betta be happy. I have a 10 gal so i am thinking of restocking it with 2 gouramis and 1 betta would they be fine togther.

Paul
A big no several reasons, Gourami prefer to be in a school and that tank would be to small any way, also the Betta would be chasing the gourami all the time and possibly nipping their fins. Most gourami are a very peaceful and shy species and they would not be very happy as well.

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Keith

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Hang in there Paul! Keep asking those questions cause one of these days you're going to get it just right! I've been following your posts since you first started here....... & you ARE coming along! You actually gave up those goldfish!

Huh? gourami are schooling? Not really but they won't get along too well with a betta. Bettas generally shouldn't be mixed with any labyrinth fish(gouramis, paradise fish, other bettas.. ) because they are highly likely to fight. You also shouldn't mix most gourami species unless you know what your doing and know the disposition of the individual species. Alot of gouramis can be quite agressive toward each ohter. My blue gourami would be even more likely to tear up a betta than the betta is to tear him up. Plus most of the common gouramis(such as the 3spot/blue) won't even fit by themselves in a 10. To keep more than one you'd need at least a 29g possibly a 55g depending on species.

I think you need a much larger tank or to really start looking at some considerably smaller fish.

Paul- There is a lot of info. here on FP if you know how to look for it. When you are in any forum, if you will notice on the right side there is a tab that lists the topics for the last two weeks. You can change that tab to show all the topics for a mo. or year or just ALL of them. You can browse the topics & read just the ones you are interested in.

Also when you go to any forum if you look at the top left of the page you will see the word "search" among others. If you click that it gives you the option to type in any word you are interested in getting any info. on, such as fish. I typed in "10 gal." & a list of subjects came up where people were asking about what they could put into a 10 ga. tank.

These two things will answer a lot of questions that you have. But sometimes there are differing opinions on the same subject.............. so after reading all you can find on anything, you might still not be clear as to what you can have in that tank............ so come back to a forum & ask just to be sure that your final choice gets the approval of most of the people here. We will be waiting to hear from you. I'm sure your final choice will prove interesting.

Gouramis are not schooling fish at all. Some of them like to be in harem groups of one male and several females, but some are just plain mean and don't want to be with anybody.

I have kept a trio of Pearl Gouramis with a sinlg efemale betta for a few months now with no problems at all. Pearl gouramis are known for being a little more laid back than some of the other species, and I have an unusually social betta, so it works out in my tank, but in general mixing labrynth fishes doesn't usually work so well.

If you do try it, have a contingency plan in place in case it doesn't work out.

Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...

OK I will change the word "schooling" to "prefer to be in groups".

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It's possible, sure. But I wouldn't try it in anything less than a 55 gallon with lots of hiding spots. I am thinking of adding a betta to my 55 gallon, but it doesn't have any gouramis in it.

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