New Tank, Thinking About Stocking

[Pleccy]

Both species of loach can grow to 12cm/5", so you ideally need a 90cm tank to keep them successfully.

 

[murphyk32]

if they had no gold gouramis, they may have had blue/3spot/opaline gouramis, which are a blue equivilant to the gold gouramis. i have 2 stores near me, one carries opaline, the other carries both varieties.

 

[bordercollie05]

Okay, so I guess the bottom feeder will be revised to either chain loaches or some type of cory.

I'll look at the gouramis next time I go to the lfs. I think they have the blue/3spot/opaline gouramis. How do you sex these gouramis by the way? The only gouramis I've had are dwarf and sparkling (easy to sex or doesn't matter much) Does the sex combination matter? It seems like I've heard trios are best, but that seems like too much for my tank....maybe just one would be the solution?

Laura

Just to keep things straight in my head:
3 mollies
4 guppies
2-3 gouramis or keyholes
5-6 chain loach or cory
possibly a school of danios/rummynose/cherry barbs

 

[Pleccy]

Males often have more pointed fins but this won't be evident in young specimens, your best bet would be to get a trio.

 

[ChilliPepper]

If getting Opaline Gouramis please make sure you only get one male as I learnt from personal experience two males do NOT work

 

[murphyk32]

yes with the majority of gouramis (gold, opaline, dwarf, etc..) one male and 2 females, or just one male.

 

[bordercollie05]

If getting Opaline Gouramis please make sure you only get one male as I learnt from personal experience two males do NOT work

Will do for sure!

yes with the majority of gouramis (gold, opaline, dwarf, etc..) one male and 2 females, or just one male.

Mk, sounds good. Thanks for confirming that.