CHoffman

Well...I got new fish....I really really couldn't decide..I stood there forever..but for my 10 gallon empty cycled tank I got 2 powder blue dwarf gourami's and 3 ottos..They are settled in quite nice and here are some pics. My cycled tank has plenty of diatom algae on the rock for the ottos to eat..

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capekate

Congrats on your new fish! I know all about standing for hours trying to decide what to buy lol...
Your blue D. Gourami's are beautiful.. they look very happy! Your otos will clean up the diatoms nicely.
Your tank looks great! Good luck with your new fishys!

Shawnie

beatiful babies!!!!! love the blues....

pinkfloydpuffer

Congrats!
I think otos are adorable

Lucy

I've never been a big fan of dwarf gouramis, but yours sure are pretty. Are they male or female?
I agree with PFO, otos are so cute!

Nice job!

CHoffman

Me too...Ok PFP..They had dwarf puffers...or Pee wee puffers..lol...But no snails..I called all over and no snails??..What the heck.. didn't want to get them and not have food for them..SOOO...as soon as I get a snail source..I'll be getting two dwarf puffers. ..I have a empty 10gallon that I'm getting ready to set up....That will make tank #5..lol...They are the cutest things I've ever seen in all of my life..lol..the were so tiny I missed them untill I asked if they had them..

CHoffman

I wish I knew..lol..I'll have to look up how to sex them...The ottos are so cute..they seem to be doing good..I know they can be hard to keep.

Mike19

if there both males watch out for them dwarf gouramis, they looked flared up in that picture. I also own two of them beautiful fish.

from memory the females are more grey

CHoffman

Yikes..I hope I don't have any problems..But I'll be prepared If I do..thanks for the heads up..I've not seen any aggression so far but it's still early in the game.

I just went to the tank to see if they were still that way...But as soon as they saw me they flared up..lol..They aren't doing it to each other as far as I've observed...just to me.

pinkfloydpuffer

PFO, eh?

Um.... did you check their tanks? Especially around live plants?
I'm so happy you found some!

Mike19

you should be ok, they will most likely have their own territory and if one invade you may see a small peck or they might stare at each other and touch each other with their whisker things.

GouramiGirl1221

Yours are both male. Even though one of them has a bit of a rounded dorsal fin (the one swimming in the front of your last picture), the bottom fin on that one is still pointy and both are extremely long in comparison to a female, so you will soon see the top fin develop a point as well. Sometimes they can get the points of their fins nipped off from being kept with so many male DG's at the LFS or with other unsuitable tank mates such as barbs. If your boys aren't fighting yet, you'll probably be alright. From my personal experience, they either hit it off right away or there are terrible chasing issues right away, but it's definitely a good idea to keep a close eye on them for about a month. They're both gorgeous, best of luck to you!

CHoffman

Thanks guys for all the help!!!..Your all so awesome!!..I so wish I had fishlore on speed dial..lol...I could have used you guys today!!!..I'll keep a close eye on them..I think they are so pretty!!!..I fell in love right away..The otos are adorable too..They have swimmed around a little but mostly just been munching..

Mike19

haha, fishlore hotline.

Lucy

Oooops! Sorry

pinkfloydpuffer

Hahaha, I am now PinkFloydOppossum.