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	Hardy Gourami? Guppies?
hamstamasta Fingerling Posts: 27 Kudos: 17 Votes: 0 Registered: 19-Feb-2005	I'm thinking about adding a gourami to my 20 gal to eat some of my extra guppy fry... any ideas on a hardy one that might do well in my tank? Besides the guppy fry and the adult guppies, there's also a school of neon tetras. I was thinking honey gourami maybe, but I don't want a super-sensitive or aggresive fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	gouramis can n will eat fry bt theyre not the greatest at it by any means if u want a real nice fish to eat guppy fry an african butterfly fish is the best way to go when ever thefry come to the surface to eat they dissappear
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	I've found that simple danios will do the job, at least for newborn fry. My danios would snatch up the guppies within the first few days of birth, and whatever escaped them during those days were generally safe. That's how I wound up with two dozen guppies instead of two hundred! I started out with a trio (2f/1m) and thanks to my danios (The Terrible Trio), I wasn't completely overwhelmed by guppies! ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
gnr4ever8794 Enthusiast Posts: 253 Kudos: 222 Votes: 24 Registered: 12-Apr-2004	I keep the flame dwarf gouramis. I have them with guppies at the moment, and they used to be with neons, and they caused no problems. I've seen them hunt down fry pretty good, and in my experience they're very hardy.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Maybe you can add a Dwarf Gourami. http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
djtj Fish Master Posts: 1764 Kudos: 885 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Feb-2003	I'd add a dwarf goruami. Either a dwarf or a honey would be safe and hardy enough to live in that tank. However, a dwarf gourami is a bit hardier. If you put in any bigger gourami, like a blue or a kissing, they might eat the adult gouppies or the tetras, or at least kick them around a bit. Also, a dwarf is a bit bigger than a honey. A honey might not be agressive enough to eat the fry, but a dwarf probably would.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
girlunderrainbow Big Fish Posts: 323 Kudos: 230 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	varieties of Blue Gouramies, as well as Kissing Gouramies, are far too big to go in that size tank. Also, I've had Blue/3 Spot/Opaline/Lavender Gouramies in with Guppies and the never ate the fry. African Butterfly Fish would be cool..and would definitely take care of MOST of the fry..although they might occasionally injure an adult guppy enough to kill it (won't fit in their mouth but I've lost some males to ABF before). My Dwarf Gouramies wouldn't eat they fry ,either..but maybe mine were just odd?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
girlunderrainbow Big Fish Posts: 323 Kudos: 230 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	OH you have neons. The African Butterfly Fish would eat neons if they lingered near the surface (haven't had Neons, don't know if they'd linger or not though).
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