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well if u dont like guppies and the swords get too big for a school why not plattys? or mollys? if u dont want the fry the betta will take care of those

I'm surprised your male betta will live with 2 gouramis. My female betta really didn't like my gourami, but they kind of ignore each other now (they're in a 33 gallon tank). I don't think my males would tolerate them

I wouldnt put gouramis in not good.
I would put bottom fish in only

My betta drowned 2 day so this thread is now and void

The male betta flipped the female gourami over and I saw little things come out.

are you sure they bred? hahahahahahahahahaha.

a applesnail would eat eggs, anything would eggs, and besides, i said my kuhili loach ate the eggs not the snail
but they did breed, i swear

.. betta do not breed with gouramis. Snails won't eat labyrinth fish eggs anyway since I do have applesnails in my tanks and have about 800 paradise fish fry. Betta and gourami eggs are in bubblenests at the top of the tank. If you did have fry then you probably have a male and female gourami and the betta probably ate the fry. Your kuhli would love more company and would be more active. I don't think the neons or your labyrinth fish will be happy with this idea but good luck.

i've already got a kuhili loach and a snail
i also have the top covered with duck weed, the bottom with aponos, hornwart and anacari, i also have a sponge filter, and a penguin 125, so i'm going to go ahead and get my school of neons

PS my betta and gourami breed but the kuhili ate the eggs

The betta and gouramis should not have been put together in the first place but since it works I guess I'd leave them together. You have no space in a 10g for more middle-top swimming fish if any fish. Tetras and schooling fish are out with no room to make a good school or space for them to swim. Guppies.. swordtails... so forth won't have a whole lot of room either and they may get attacked by or nip at the betta. Whether there's space for a cory school is debatable but could probably be done. Myself I'd toss in a few applesnails and call it done. Maybe khulii loaches or a few otos? yoyos really need at least a pair and they are very active taking up probably more swimming room than my congo tetras. My opinion is you got lucky your betta and gouramis get along and you should leave it alone before someone feels cramped and starts fighting for territory.

What does a 10 gallon for feeders have to do with tankmates for your bettas?

Besides, you shouldn't add any more to that tank. The stock of it is already badly thought out.

EDIT: Like you said:

royal cichlid (08/10/04 01:18): guppies can survive equally as long in BW as SW

Real promising.

[span class="edited"][Edited by Janna 2004-08-09 19:20][/span]

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

a 10g is perfect for swordies that are going to be feeders any way

We got off the point again


[span class="edited"][Edited by royal cichlid 2004-08-09 19:12][/span]

I'm not going to go into the brackish guppy thing, since I've already made a poll on it, and quite clearly, you are wrong.

Swords just get too big for a 10 gallon, I don't know what having a seperate 10 gallon for them breeding has to do with anything.

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

guppies are to a brakish fish

i have a sepperate 10g for swordy breeding


[span class="edited"][Edited by royal cichlid 2004-08-09 18:05][/span]

Well, swordtails don't fit in a 10 gallon. Guppies aren't brackish, but their tails would get mutilated by the betta. I'd say you are fully stocked now, what with 3 fish that get about 3 inches long.

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

We're getting off the subject people, my betta's and gouramis get along fine, and the reason i want swords is because my cichlids can see them better and they're easier to breed because they're not brakish like guppies

What would be some nice fish to put in to a 10g tank with a Male Betta and 2 female dwarf Gourami, the tank is soon to be semiheavily planted.

Please help me

It really isn't a good idea to keep bettas and gouramis together, especially in that small of a tank. There isn't enough room for the 2 male gouramis to establish territories, let alone 3 labyrinth fish. I'd just have one of those fish, and then add a school of small cories. That would pretty much stock that 10 gallon.

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

i don't hate anyone

I have 3 peppered corys with my betta in an 11 gal aquarium.