Honey Gourami group size ok for tank?

antelope321

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I have a 75 gallon medium planted tank w/water lettuce floaters that house corys, tetras, cherry barbs. I was planning on adding 1 honey gourami but went to a new fish store over the weekend and really liked their stock/convinced to add several others to a total of 6. I believe I have 3 F and 3 M from what I could tell. They are all currently in QT and doing good.

But my question is did I get too many/in trouble when I add them to my 75gal community? My past research showed 1 center piece or 2 M/F is best but haven't seen much beyond that (especially 6). Anyone have advice or reassurance that they will do good together or am I in trouble in the future? I don't plan on breeding so when the males start their bubble nests/eggs in them I don't plan on keeping them if that'll help aggression.
 

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The best ratio is generally 1:2 or 1:3 m:f, but 75g is big enough that they should be fine
 

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At least with my Pearl Gouramis, I've found the ratios of 1:2 or 1:3 are more important with small groups. Once you get a whole school going (with sufficient space), the aggression seems to spread out more. I suspect Honey Gouramis would be similar. I've noticed that in bigger schools some of the males will act and look more like females anyway. So, in a way, if your school is large enough, you kind of end up with the recommended ratios no matter what.

Be sure to provide plenty of hiding places though. There's always that fish at the bottom of the social ladder that'll get bullied to death if it doesn't have any place to flee.
 
My males each had a spot….one on the right side and one on the left. The females went wherever they wanted. There was minimal territorial aggression with lots of surface vegetation and they are gorgeous. Years before them I had several shoals of Pearl Gouramis.
 
There is a good chance that it will be fine, It is ideal to have more females then males and you could likely even add a 2 or 3 more females But i am hesitant to suggest that whithout knowing how many other fish you have.
 
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