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June 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Gourami themed tank?
Hi
I have a 29 gallon tank with 2 common plecs, 1 black skirt tetra, 1 albino skirt tetra, 1 RTS, and 1 powder blue gourami. Unfortunately I have been forced to rehome my beloved plecs as they have definitely out grown my tank. So I was looking to have a gourami based tank as they are my favorite species of tropical fish. I was wondering if I could fit 1 opaline, 1 sunrise, 1 powdered, and gold into my tank and if so what order I should introduce them to reduce stress and violence. Thanks. | 
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June 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I think mixing types could go wrong. They are aggressive towards their own types, like DG's will fight other DG's. They are lovely fish, but I think generally, it's best that you just have one. I'm not sure how well they interact with their subspecies, try it if you wish, but it could go quite badly.
Also, my RTS, before I rehomed him, hated my DG with a passion so I;d watch out if you do go for it. | |
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June 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
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Originally Posted by ABCDemily  I think mixing types could go wrong. They are aggressive towards their own types, like DG's will fight other DG's. They are lovely fish, but I think generally, it's best that you just have one. I'm not sure how well they interact with their subspecies, try it if you wish, but it could go quite badly.
Also, my RTS, before I rehomed him, hated my DG with a passion so I;d watch out if you do go for it. | I have kept a sunrise, gold, and blue for about 3 years before and they seemed happy, but I don't know if i just got lucky with all docile fish or not. The sunrise I had before also got along with my RTS. | |
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June 9th, 2009
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Originally Posted by BrendanIgnatius I have kept a sunrise, gold, and blue for about 3 years before and they seemed happy, but I don't know if i just got lucky with all docile fish or not. The sunrise I had before also got along with my RTS. | Yeah, my DG is very docile, but my mega experienced next door neighbour in a 250 gallon tank had about five DG's, and one killed all the others. You'd think there was enough room wouldn't you lol! | |
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June 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Wow that's insane... and some call this a community fish. | |
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June 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I had 2 in a 55 gal., and one killed the other. So personally, I would advise on only having one. | |
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June 9th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Amanda I had 2 in a 55 gal., and one killed the other. So personally, I would advise on only having one. | OK, based on you guys, I'm only gonna get 1 since I don't really like fish parts drifting around in my tank.  | |
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