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I'm not buying them or anything, but I just wanted to get my facts straight.

- 1 or 2 gourami?
I always thought dwarf gouramis died off if they were by themselves. But I've also heard reports that dwarves will pick on each other.

- 2 or 3?
Is it better to have a pair or a trio of gouramis? I've heard that a trio will allow a gourami to escape for a while while the others duke it out. However, I also heard that 2 gouramis might turn on the other.

- Does color matter?
I've heard conflicting reports on this... Is it better to have gouramis of different colors or the same? I've heard that gouramis may attack a fish that looks too much like them color-wise. And I've also heard that they attack gouramis that are different colors.

So, could you help me get my facts right? Which are true?

ime....i have one sunset dwarf in the tank...and it still surviving

and i got 2 on the other tank...the bigger one keep on chasing the smaller one..but at nite times...they r so close to one another like a couple (i got 2 males). id like to get another one or 2 but dont have space.

Last edited by tankie at 04-Aug-2005 10:56

I kept them in pairs but they always fought even a male and female(that i waited months for!). Eventually i gave the surviving male back to the LFS cos he was so nasty? but that is only one experience? back when my tank wasn't planted and didn;t have many hiding places?? i doubt that helped?

i have read recently that they are almost as agressive as male bettas and should be kept alone?

a trio sounds logical - to split the fighting, but you would need a pretty big tank?

i would guess 40G plus keep three, any thing less just keep one?

hope thats not too controversional!

GFG



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i have had two males dwarf gouramies, the colors didn't matter, b/c i had a sunset, and a neon blue. i have one living and he killed the other one. so they can live single. i would go with a pair.

My 2 female Blue Gourami used to chase each other alot, but when i had a pair of Pearl Gourami, they where fine together.


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Pearl Gouramis actually prefer to have more friends.

They're the oddballs out of all the gouramis, in that sense.

I've got 3 male Dwarves, a male Pearl and a pair of Thick Lipped.Some female Bettas in there too. All in the same tank. No problems at all. Used to be a bit of a chase between the males occassionally but even that's stopped and they often hang out together now.

I think the reason it's all so peaceful is that it's a relatively big tank very heavily planted. Gouramies love plants and interact with them a lot. They spend almost as much time working on the plants as the Otto's ! They are too busy hunting for hydra and bugs to be squabbling with one another.

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I have a single that has been alive for 1.5 years now. i used to have a second that got sick and melted on the heater.(but that was after 6 months together) they only fought occationaly and damage was rarely done. they mainly just pushed water at each other with thier fins. this is in a 15g too.

I don't think pearl is considered a dwarf. i think it is just the Colisa sp. but most of the time just Colisa lalia is reffered to as Dwarf Gourami.



Last edited by sonic2041 at 06-Aug-2005 00:16