Giant Gourami For An 8x2x2 Tank?

[mattsilvester]

Hi Folks,

I'm searching for ideas for an 8x2x2 tank - one of my ideas is a giant gourami - is anyone keeping one of these, if so what are you keeping with it, and do you have any comments / suggestions / recommendations?

Many thanks,

Matt

 

[Dan81192]

Hi Folks,

I'm searching for ideas for an 8x2x2 tank - one of my ideas is a giant gourami - is anyone keeping one of these, if so what are you keeping with it, and do you have any comments / suggestions / recommendations?

Many thanks,

Matt

Maybe 2 trio's of dwarf gourami, my personal favourite, or maybe some gold or pearl gourami,

 

[fry_lover]

Hi Folks,

I'm searching for ideas for an 8x2x2 tank - one of my ideas is a giant gourami - is anyone keeping one of these, if so what are you keeping with it, and do you have any comments / suggestions / recommendations?

Many thanks,

Matt

Maybe 2 trio's of dwarf gourami, my personal favourite, or maybe some gold or pearl gourami,

but don't over do it mate

 

[DiscusAngel]

Dan you do realise he is talking in feet so its around 200 gallons i think a dwarf gourami might look abit lost

anyway matt,

i think a large single gourami would look nice you could have a few different catfish (syno's or plecs) and maybe some silver dollars. or some sort of LARGE dither fish.

 

[Snowblind70]

I agree, a giant Gourami and Pleco combo would be fantastic...

Something like a Sailfin Gibbiceps Pleco would be great, or even the bit smaller Trinidad Plec.

Some Kissing Gourami might be nice too...

 

[severum boy]

A giant would work well alongside some other more sedimentary fish and dithers (big ones though) from the same sort of place. Maby Tinfoil barbs with a larger catfish or two?

 

[SJ2K]

Id have a shoal of around 10 silver dolla, maybe 1/2 other large fish such as oscars etc and 1/2 large pred catfish

 

[jayjay]

Id have a shoal of around 10 silver dolla, maybe 1/2 other large fish such as oscars etc and 1/2 large pred catfish

Half an Oscar and half a catfish, that's a bit silly Sam

What a pointless reply...

 

[SJ2K]

Haha, a half oscar and half pred catfish would make an interesting feature though

 

[mattsilvester]

To all you good people that sent me great replies, sorry for not replying sooner..... in part I had a change of heart and in part I have not had the time.

Soooooo....... I am liking the idea of the giant gourami, and a few tinfoile barbs - and a couple of pleco's and a few other nice sized interesting catfish or something. What I don't want is situations where I will be dealing with aggresion etc. I was at first considering a central american chiclid set up, but I've been there, done that and the territorial issues are soemthing that I would be weary of.

Does anyone have any pics or know of any websites with these types of fish? I'd like to show the mrs.

Cheers guys,

Matt

 

[rmanpf]

Dan you do realise he is talking in feet so its around 200 gallons i think a dwarf gourami might look abit lost

anyway matt,

i think a large single gourami would look nice you could have a few different catfish (syno's or plecs) and maybe some silver dollars. or some sort of LARGE dither fish.

I agree, i thought he was talking inches,

though it would be funny to see a dwarf gouramis in such a large tank.

 

[Jim Curtis]

It would be even funnier to see an 8"x2"x2" tank, a dwarf gourami wouldnt even be able to turn around.

 

[simonas]

I agree silver dollars would look good in a shoal but get a fagtail prochilodus as well. great fish

I saw a red fin giant gourami and he looked great

 

[england]

Osphronemus goramy, growing to a maximum length of 70 cm (28 inches)
The Gourami, in a community tank, will snap and charge any other fish which are small enough for it to bully. Like most aquaria dwellers, Giant Gourami will consider existing co-habitants as part of the furniture and so can be quickly raised with larger more passive fish. However, if other fish are added to a tank, either large or small, they might be killed within a short period.



maybe
1 gourami
6 tinfoil barbs or redtailed tinfoil barbs
1 sailfin gibbiceps
1 ornate birchir

 

[Davo86]

Maybe 2 trio's of dwarf gourami, my personal favourite, or maybe some gold or pearl gourami,

regardless of the tanksize these would probably become food quite quickly.


I think one thing that needs to be thought about is the fact that a potentially 2 foot long fish in a 2ft wide tank doesn't leave much room for other fish to swim past
I'd personally go for something like a shoal of Pimelodella cats, maybe two senegals, and then possibly a gibby or albino common pleco