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I HAVE 4 TIGER BARBS AND 2 COBALT BLUE GOURAMIES IN A 15 G

I THINK THERE DOING JUST FINE..

I WANNA ADD 2 CORIES

55 gallon 1 rtbsm, 2 khuli loaches,2 gold rams 1m1f,1 leapord highfin pleco,6 black phantoms
2 odessa barbs ,1 tire track eel,2 green severums

I CANT REEALLY TELL IF THE GOURAMIES R BOTH MALE OR 1 MALE N 1 FEMALE

I TOLD THE LADY AT THE LFS 1 MALE 1 FEMALE

I CANT REALLY TELL BOTH HAVE POINTS

1 LOOKS ALIL MORE ROUNDED BUT STILL POINT

55 gallon 1 rtbsm, 2 khuli loaches,2 gold rams 1m1f,1 leapord highfin pleco,6 black phantoms
2 odessa barbs ,1 tire track eel,2 green severums

Yes you are overstocked, as mentioned in the Getting Started Forum

Inky

This is the last time i'm bothering. YES, YOU ARE OVERSTOCKED, NO, YOU CANNOT FIT 2 CORRIES IN THERE.

Tiger barbs are fin nippers and should not be added to slow moving fish like gouramies. They need to be kept in larger groups than four. Send them back to the LFS. Cobalt blue gourami? Are you talking about a blue gourami? These fish need to be kept in a much larger tank than what you have as they get up to 4 1/2 inches and need a lot of space. If it is a dwarf variety, the 15 gallon should be fine, but if they are both males - you will need to return one.
You are definitely overstocked. Do not add cories to this tank since cories need to be kept in groups of at least six and your tank is too small.
You can do:
One dwarf gourami
5 small tetras that do not excede two inches. (neons, cardinals, glowlights, pristellas) Stick to one species - not one of each.
One Otto (tiny tank cleaner cat fish)

I wouldn't suggest neons or cardinals. Both feel more comfortable with larger numbers (i.e. 8) so they would not like only having 5. Also, they are very peaceful fish, unlike tiger barbs. They wouldn't have a chance at dinner time because the barbs are very greedy. My neons and glowlights are slow to come to the top for food, so I could only imagine that it would be hard for them to get enough food in a tank with tiger barbs.

Please just leave the tank like it is...as I mentioned in one of your other 5 posts. (sorry to exaggerate). If you have dwarf gouramis, return one because most likely they are both males. Keep the tiger barbs and one gourami and leave it at that. Don't add anymore fish. Tiger barbs should be paired with fish similar to them...like Serpae Tetras, Buenos Aires tetras, Danios...fish that will compete with them. The problem is, you have no room for these fish. If you had a bigger tank you could add more fish...but not to your 15g.

*Kristin*

I HAVE 4 TIGER BARBS AND 2 COBALT BLUE GOURAMIES IN A 15 G.

Yes, you are really overstocked.


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i have 6 tiger barbs now n 2 gouramis

im good

theyll adapt

55 gallon 1 rtbsm, 2 khuli loaches,2 gold rams 1m1f,1 leapord highfin pleco,6 black phantoms
2 odessa barbs ,1 tire track eel,2 green severums

i have 6 tiger barbs now n 2 gouramis

If we said you'd be overstocked with what you have, why did you get more?

They'll Adapt

....no, they'll die. I'm not trying to be rude, but you have too much in your tank.

Inky

I have to ask...why are you even asking for advice here?

I'm with beetledance,
if you are not willing to listen to their information then why even ask?

~MoFish


~Morgan~

if u ask me we should just ban him he obviously doesnt want any advice unless it reenforces wat he thinks is right also have u ever seen anyone turn into a well respected knowledgeable member with posts like this? i havent. hes only here for attention

no

55 gallon 1 rtbsm, 2 khuli loaches,2 gold rams 1m1f,1 leapord highfin pleco,6 black phantoms
2 odessa barbs ,1 tire track eel,2 green severums

This forum is for people who seriously care about trying to maintain a healthy eco system and you were overstocked with the four tiger barbs from the beginning, so why did you add two five inch fish in there? And if they are both males they will fight if they haven't already. All I can say is that I pity your fish, and can only hope that after these ones die, you won't subject any more fish to those conditions.

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