new fish

[fish boi]

i know that the fish in the store are babies, learned it the hard way... anyway, it is a bit of a problem to go to each store around, because of two reasons- 1. every pet store that sells fish are 15-40 minutes drive away from my house. 2. my only transportation is my dad, and i don't think he will take me to all the pet stores around, go back home and go again after i decide...

I had the same problem. when ever you can go to a pet store bring a book and write down all their fish and there price. but only right down fish that you can afford and wont grow to big for your tank. hope this helped

 

[tomer126]

i found a fish store with a nice verity, and a website with their fish. so by checking the fish i like that the store got in the seriously fish, i think i found a nice stock (if bad, please don't just say "it's not good" or something like that, but explain and maybe give an alternative)
dwarf gourami
glowlight tetra group
sterbai cory group (can handle the hardness of the water by seriously fish)
i am not really sure about how many fish in each group, but i guess that not a lot.

 

[fish boi]

i found a fish store with a nice verity, and a website with their fish. so by checking the fish i like that the store got in the seriously fish, i think i found a nice stock (if bad, please don't just say "it's not good" or something like that, but explain and maybe give an alternative)
dwarf gourami
glowlight tetra group
sterbai cory group (can handle the hardness of the water by seriously fish)
i am not really sure about how many fish in each group, but i guess that not a lot.

i have been told that most dwarf gouramis have an incurable disease. i would go with something like a honey gourami or pygmy gourami (not sure if they are suitable for your water hardness) glowlight tetras and sterbai corys will NEED to be in a group of at least 6

 

[tomer126]

ok, so if i can bring a honey gourami from another place, do you think this is a good stocking?
and in seriously fish they said that a tank of my size is enough for a couple, so the fish are: 6 glowlight tetra, 6 sterbai corys and 2 honey gourami. sounds good?

 

[Byron]

I would up the glowlights to 7. Cories at 5-6 are OK.

 

[tomer126]

another and probably last thing, what should be the male to female ratio?

 

[Byron]

another and probably last thing, what should be the male to female ratio?

If you mean either the glowlight tetras or the cory catfish...the girth of females is noticeable by comparison to the more slender males, especially when viewed from above. But very young fish, as one usually finds in most stores, will not be easy. There are no external gender differences in these fish. So I wouldn't worry; this is one advantage to larger groups, there is more likelihood of getting males and females.

If you meant the Honey Gourami, the male is more colourful. I'll attach a photo (upper fish is mnale, lower female), with the proviso that another member (essjay I believe) mentioned in another thread that in the UK this is not so easy. I don't know where you live.

 

[tomer126]

tanks byron, so there isn't a definite way to tell the difference between male and female young glowlight tetras and sterbai cory... i know how to tell the difference between male and female honey gourami, but i want to know if i should get a couple of males, females, or one of each, and if it's really matter...

 

[Essjay]

Yes it was me that mentioned honey gouramis in the UK. It is the natural coloured variety that is hard to find; the ones in Byron's picture. The yellow variety and the red variety are common, it is just the natural one that isn't.

I want some for my tank, so earlier this week I went to my favourite store (the one where one co-owner asked me about fishless cycling!) to see if they had any. They didn't, they had sold the last of them a week ago, the red variety. They were in the middle of doing this week's order so they said they'd make sure that honey gouramis were on the list, was it the red ones I wanted. No, I said, I want the natural ones, the tan male and silvery beige female. They were quite surprised that anyone wanted this variety.
It's a bit chicken and egg. Does no-one stock the natural coloured honey gouramis because customers don't want them, or do customers not want them because they are used to seeing only yellow and red ones?

 

[Byron]

tanks byron, so there isn't a definite way to tell the difference between male and female young glowlight tetras and sterbai cory... i know how to tell the difference between male and female honey gourami, but i want to know if i should get a couple of males, females, or one of each, and if it's really matter...

If this is the Honey Gourami, I would suggest a pair (male and female). There is not a lot of space, and males are territorial though less aggressive in this species than some other gourami.