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can i add some gouramis to my 55 tank with my mollies???

Last edited by chelaine at 02-Dec-2005 02:50

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Kinda depends how many mollies and how stocked it is now as well as what species of gourami you were looking at but probably. Also if you are adding salt to the molly tank the gouramis won't lik it but most mollies have been tank bred so long they survive just as well in complete freshwater as brackish. Gouramis usually don't like to be cramped with alot of similar sized fish and also usually not with many other gouramis. The largest and the smallest of the common gouramis tend to be the most peaceful. The most common gouramis are usually the dwarf and the 3spot/blue gourami but they are more agressive than some of the others. Sometimes you can only fit 1 per tank. I have a blue gourami in a 90g that kills any other gourami I add aside from the sparkling gouramis which are maybe 1/10th his size and not a threat. Other times you can keep 3 in a 29g tank without problems. It depends on personality and how much space you have as to how many can be kept.

Last edited by sham at 02-Dec-2005 03:11

My tank mates would be six adult mollies (two sailfins)
two white skirt tetras
three dwarf sunset platies
two danios (one zebra one leopard)
one common pleco
and about 10 juvenile molly fry

Last edited by chelaine at 02-Dec-2005 03:38



::edit:: oh... and i DO put salt in my tanks, about two teaspoons.

Last edited by chelaine at 02-Dec-2005 03:49

*Chelle*
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I have a pair of Moonlights in a 40G with some sailfin mollies and everything is great They're even nest building

Moonlights are extremely peaceful and full of personality. I havent mixed them with other gouramis but I think they'd go well with Pearls.

I found 3 spots to be incredibly aggresive towards other gouramis. IMO dont even try it. Dwarf Flame gouramis are borderline.

Good Luck

Add more Danios & Tetra's, as they like to school with other fish of the same species.


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How many tetras are considered a school? my two white skirts are fairly large, and i can't ever find any in the stores that look quite like them, they're long-finned white skirts? here i'll link pics.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-8/1065763/skirttetra2.jpg
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they're a little bigger than a silver dollar, i'd say about an inch and a half nose to tail-tip.

thanks!

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long finned white skirt tetra-u can look at petsmart..i almost always see them in there.

i think ive mentioned this in ur other thread...a shcool is 5 or 6 at least...they school much more in the wild.

Last edited by tankie at 03-Dec-2005 09:08

will they still school, if mine are dramatically larger than the ones i purchase?


when i DO see them, they're usually pretty small, thats why i'm asking..

Last edited by chelaine at 03-Dec-2005 14:31

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At least, you need 6 fish of the same type, to make them school.

Size & age can be different, but the fish colours must be very close.


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two white skirt tetras
three dwarf sunset platies
two danios (one zebra one leopard)
one common pleco
and about 10 juvenile molly fry

If i were you i would up the number of white skirts
to at least 6- regular white skirts, black skirts as well,
will both school with your fish. They are the same species.
I would also up the number of danios to 6.
Then you could consider adding a gourami or two or three.
I particularly like Pearl Gouramis, they are gorgeous,
not too big, very friendly, and very peaceful.
They grow to about 4 inches, and you could easily add 2-3 females and 1 male to your tank.
If you were to go with any of the larger gouramis, like blue, gold, cobalt, snakeskin, moonlight gouramis, I would do either just 1 of them, or a pair, 1 m 1 f.
You dont really need to add salt to your water. I would begin to slowly wean your fish off it, by not adding any more. Water changes will slowly remove it over time.
The tetras and any gouramis, and particularly the pleco will appreciate no salt in the water, and mollies dont really need it. They do fine in freshwater, I keep sailfins in full freshwater and they are exceptionally healthy and long lived, some are 3 years old!


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