farmchick Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Hi all I am wanting to get rid of my 5 gouramis (all about 10-15cm) as all they do is hide in the plants and when they are swimming, its usually right behind some poor tetra swimming for its life :-? . They are just not appreciating their surroundings!!! :evil: What I want to know is what you guys would recommend as newbies for the tank? They would be housed with: 4 black widow 5 neons 5 black neon 8 lemon tetra 2 dwarf royal red (??) gourami 1 pleco Smine, the RTB shark 8) Arthur and Martha the 2 clown loaches and obi wan the goby (bumblebee) :lol: It is a 180 ltr 3ft tank. Any ideas? Im wanting something a little slower than the tetras and a lot more placid than the gold gouramis and the ever reclusive blue ones. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 The 5 gouramis you want to get rid of - what type are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 there are 3 gold ones, 2 females, 1 male (the 2 girls seem to have a very definite black tiger like striping on them) and 2 blue ones (sorry, I dont know the proper colour terminology). They have very pale black dots on them. Are they called 3 spot or something along those lines?? Im after some advice and ideas on what I can replace them with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Maybe the blue gouramis are being reclusive because there is not enough floating plant cover? If you are wanting to replace them with fish that hang in the upper part of the tank, maybe livebearers are a good choice: guppies, mollies or swordtails. Else, I think blue or bolivian rams would be a good addition - they are not too fast and fairly placid (except during breeding). They tend to be mid to bottom dwellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 They have been reclusive since they were moved to their bigger better tank. There are heaps of plants both planted and floating so Im not sure what their problem is. I have another 3ft livebearer tank with guppies, swords and mollies so Im not really keen to have these guys in both tanks. I was hoping to have some nice medium size fishies to take over display duties from the gouramis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 id get two more clowns, clowns like to be in groups of at least 3. other than that i dunno :lol: thought bout good old angels? they can eat smaller fish if they can fit it in their mouths and they can be nasty but theyre generally pretty placid IME good luck picking your new fishies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 More clowns? Really? How many bottom dwellers would be the max for a 3ft tank? I have the pleco and the 2 loaches. I would love some more clowns but the guy at the LFS told me 2 was enough for my tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Angl Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Clown loaches are recommended in groups of 5+ Stops too much aggro between the fishes and they generally get on and are very sociable. The more the merrier as they say. They should be fine in a 3tf tank, at least for the first 10yrs, they might start to outgrow it at that point.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 YAY :lol: LFS look out, here I come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I'm very surprised the guy at the LFS told you that, a) the info was wrong, and b) it did them out of money. :-? I have 14 clowns happily in my 4 ft 300L tank of varying sizes, just to compare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 haha, I was there about 15 mins before closing which could explain why "2 should be enough" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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