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Hari Seldon
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I have a 14 Gallon guppy tank.

I have 3 males and 5 females, and of course, they breed monthly (only about 3-6 fry at a time) and I usually use most of the fry for feeder fish in my cichlid tank.

I wanted to add a pair of Gourami's to the tank.

Would I be overstocking my tank? Its a Marina Aquarium, the one with the Orange hood and blue gravel (it was for my daughter ok!!!!)

I have live plants and some rocks in there.

Can I add the Gourami's?

72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.
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CucumberSlices
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What type of Gourami are you looking to get? And IMO any type of Gourami In the 14 gallon would be pushing it.
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Hari Seldon
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Sorry, I should have mentioned that I am considering dwarf gourami's - given the small tank size.



72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.
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What are the tanks dimentions? Sorry - not familiar with a 14.

If anything dwarfs would be the only type that would fit.

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Hari Seldon
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Its a funny little tank, given the curvature of it.

But the best average dimensions are:

H = 9 inches, W = 19 inches, D = 8.5 inches



72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.
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With that surface area you have room for about 13.5 inches of fish. Given that guppies are about 2" each and you have 8- thats already 16" of fish.

Your already pretty full to capacity- maybe 1 dwarf if you really wanted to push it and keep up to the water changes.

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I think that you should only keep the Guppy's & don't add any other fish.

It's better to be understocked.

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Hari Seldon
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Thanks guys.

I think in the back of my mind, I knew that, but I wanted to be sure.

I may end up giving away the guppies and stocking dwarf gouramies - I want something a bit more interesting, and generally want to redo the tank.

The challenge for me is - getting rid of the guppies without my 3 year old daughter noticing!

72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.
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new tank me thinks
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Dwarf gouramis do like to have scraps with each other unless it is a m/f pair. I got around the problem by putting 7 dw's, 2 pearl & 1 moonlight all in together. There is also a bn, 2 albino cories, and 2 pepper cories in the tank. Of course the pearl and moonlight have the option of a bigger tank when they get bigger.

Did I mention the tank is 10g? Oops, but everyone is fine and happy. I have extra filtation added, live plants and I keep a close eye on the water quality.

Here is a recent pic of my tank. I can only find 7 fish in the shot as I must have missed a couple of inches on the left side, but you get the idea.
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Another gourami you could think about is the honey gourami. They're peaceful and stay a little smaller than the dwarves.
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Hari Seldon
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Wow...All of that in a 10Gallon???

Glad to see I have some options in terms of what types Gourami's I can have.

Great Pic Brengun!!!

72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.
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I wouldn't get anything bigger than the dwarves or honeys unless you have a bigger tank to put them in when they outgrow the 14 gallon.
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Hari Seldon
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I have to keep the dwarves as my other 72gallon is a cichlid tank, and right now my Venustus is terrorizing the other cichlids....whole new problem.

But I started re-doing the 14G., I added a nice piece of driftwood to it, and cleaned up some of the plants - so I am really excited to add the gourami's!

Maybe in a month or so, once I've settled my Cichlid tank down a bit.

72G Bowfront. 1 Sunshine Peacock, 2 Yellow Labs, 1 Ps. Elongatus, 1 Blue Ahli, 1 Red Kadanga, 1 Mel. Exasperatus, 1 metriaclima emmiltos, 1 Ancistrus.

14.5G 4 Neon Tetras.
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