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Could a pair of pearl gouramis live happily in a 20-gallon long tank? They'd be the only fish in there.

I have to move them, because they're picking on other fish in their current tank.

Yup, two pearls would be just fine in there. If you have two males, they may spar from time to time, but no real damage typically occurs. Pearl gouramis only reach about four and a half inches, and twenty gallons is plenty of space for two.

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I agree with sirbrooks
Pearls are my favourite of the gouramis, good choice

I have a two males and a female in my 30 right now and I have to separate them because one of the males picks on the other, who won't come out of hiding.

I think I'd rather move the pair than the single, but I may change my mind.

The dominant male is very territorial, but right now, he takes it all out on the younger male. If I split them up, will he now start picking on the female?

(Maybe I should move the female and the younger male ...)

Last edited by lmuha at 03-Feb-2005 21:01

You can move a male & a female in the 20Gal. tank. You can also add some floating plants, maybe they'll mate.



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Ideally, it's best to have like 2 females to a male. Then again, I ended up with 4 males and 3 females in my big tank this time..and they're fine. The girls are the ones that get roughed up a bit. I'd not do them in a 20 gal,sure they'd be ok, but I like giving them more room than that. The males I've had , at different times,ended up being 5-6" w/out fins..females a little smaller. One of my fave fish by far. Had them spawn once-when i had temp raised for ich.. put babies in a net later, as this was a community tank and they wouldn't have had much of a chance..but think the net holes were too big and they got out

Last edited by girlunderrainbow at 11-Feb-2005 22:25

I also have an empty 55. I'm thinking of trying the three of them in there to see if that's enough room for both to have a territory. They don't fight -- it's just that the dominant male keeps the younger male restricted to a very small area in the bottom corner of the tank. In the bigger tank, not only would they have more room, but I could add a couple more females. It THAT doesn't work, then I can always transfer the lone male to the 20 gallon along with a couple of platies. Does that sound like a reasonable plan?

Sounds good...the more females the better..imho.for the males and females.