Getting My Tank Soon...

[Jenga1234]

OK, I posted abou this a few weeks ago. And I have waited three LOOOOOOOOOOOONG weeks and my mom is suppose to call tonight about my tank( lady I am buying it from went on vacation...lol) But yea, it is a 35 gallon hexagon tank with 1 clown loach, 1 long-finned tetra, and 1 albino red-finned shark. I already know that i will have to get rid of the shark and loach so...yea. lol. Anyways, I was thinking about getting rid of all the fish and getting 1 dwarf gourami, 8 harlequins , and 6 bronze cories...what do ya'll think? ( i won't do this all at once or anything...lol) but yea, thanks for reading!!!

 

[Jenga1234]

Ok, I was looking in the fish index forum and I was wondering, is it possible to just have an assorment of different gouramis? J/w. THANKS

 

[SkiFletch]

Gourami's sometimes dont get along so well with each other, kind of like Bettas... Males will get territorial and fight if in groups of 3 or less. In larger numbers they sometimes mellow out or at least spread the aggression around

 

[Jenga1234]

OKey dokey, I was just a wondering. lol. So anyways, what do ya'll think about

Bronze Cory x 6

Harlequin Rasbora x 6-8

Dwarf Gourami x 1


??

 

[Ethos]

Well, I had a Dwarf Flame gourami, a pearl gourami, a gold gourami, and an opaline all in one tank once.

 

[yvez9]

methinks the tank will look empty

cories are fine, though i would add another kind of tetra in there.

Not sure if the tetras would nip the gourami's ventral fins though???

 

[Jenga1234]

How much more room would I have though? I was thinking about some lemon tetras? That do you think?

 

[yvez9]

yes, a school of 8 of each tetra would probably be nice.

I'd start by adding 6 of each though, then wait and see how the tank looks.

To give you an idea, I have a school of 7 glow light tetras and 6 black phantom tetras in a 20 gallon high (24x12x16)

The tank looks perfect this way. I find the fish are not very active and they school tightly so take up very little space. I had less then half that to start off and I added until I found it looked correct.