Love Animals Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Hi all Such a nasty day outside thought I'd do some research on what fish I'm going to put into my tank. I have a Ar 620 (90L) tank, and am cycling it with 5 danios at the moment. Next month I would like to put in 6xneon tetras and 1xbristlenose plec. Once they're settled I want one or two fish that would be larger fish, not that busy, but happy with my little fellas, any suggestions? I was going for a couple of Dwarf gourami's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Dwarf Gouramis are a good idea, even some Dwarf Cichlids might be okay. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moya Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Dwarf gouramis are real cool. The downside is that 99.9% of the time we will only get males into the country. And the males are not too terribly friendly to each other. They do a whole 'this tank ain't big enough for the both of us' western showdown and the smallest of the two will generally lose out. If you would like to keep them try to keep a bunch of them so the aggression isn't so focused. Blue rams are perty. As are Keyhole cichlids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh_S Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I had 4 male dwarf gouramis in a 60L and they got along fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moya Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Yep, so long as you keep several or more of them they're pretty cool. Its just the one v one that ends badly most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 And the Gouramis would take up a different space in your tank than the other fish your mentioned which is all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 what about pearl gouramis they have nice colours or a few big rainbowfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 +1 to the rainbows. They are also a lot more hardy than gourami or rams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Rainbows might find a 2 ft a little restrcitive. Threadfins or Celebes maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Animals Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Thanks everyone! I will look into a few of the suggestions given. Would one dwarf gourami be happy on his own? If I got more than two I think I would be overstocking my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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