michael.qian Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Saw some pearl gouramis and thought they'll be a nice addition to my tank, it's a bit short on numbers at the moment. Anyone had experience with them? Are they prone to any thing in particular? I've googled them and they seem to be pretty easy to keep. Below is a list of my fish, would they cause any problems? A bit worried about my columbian tetras, they are very fast and very good at stealing food from other fish's mouths, from what I've read pearl gouramis don't do well with fast swimming fish. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 i think they will be fine , a very good community fish not as aggressive as goldens and quite pretty as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted November 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 what about my angelfish? would they cause problems? With pearl gouramis should I have just a pair? I'm wanting to actually have about 4 of them as a group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 It depends on the temperament of your angels. They wouldn't last in my tank. I also think that 135l is too small for 4 gouramis and 2 angels - they kinda need their own space to be able to get a little agro if they need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Bought 2 pearl gouramis today. Really nice looking fish with very good colours. Seem to get along fine with the angels, they ignore each other just like every other type of fish. A bit disappointed though to find they are top to top-middle dwellers, had the impression somehow they are bottom dwellers, what about your pearl gouramis? Do they always hang around near the top of the tank? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffaDragon Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 thats were the air is lol :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Bought 2 pearl gouramis today. Really nice looking fish with very good colours. Seem to get along fine with the angels, they ignore each other just like every other type of fish. A bit disappointed though to find they are top to top-middle dwellers, had the impression somehow they are bottom dwellers, what about your pearl gouramis? Do they always hang around near the top of the tank? Cheers Hahaha, What gave you the impression they were bottom dwellers? Just like all gouramis they tend to hang around the surface where the air is, just like puffadragon says. They'll visit the bottom occasionally, but hang out mostly at the surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I've never seen my gouramis anywhere near the bottom. They are definitely mid to top dwellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 aww that's a sad thing to hear. In the shops I've always seen them near the bottom, maybe because their tank is pretty shallow. So now I've got lots of top-mid fish, but not much bottom fish, only a very friendly peacock eel and 2 GBAs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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