Wife wants a dwarf gourami. Thoughts?

[Darter217]

It is a major shame. Theyre great personable fish, I had a female for 6 months, she was very interactive and friendly and one of my favorites. Unfortunately she died of DGD, and it was a major heartbreaker for me too.

If your wife is interested in gouramis though, there are some healthier smaller options.

Honey gourami (get a trio, theyre social, 1 male to 2 females)
Sparkling gouramis (be sure they can handle being around the barbs, I'm unsure on the size of those guys, so check that first. Adult Sparkling gouramis are the size of full grown neon tetras, aim for a trio or more, same gender ratio as above)
Croaking gourami (same ratio, bigger than sparklers)

I think I've decided against a dwarf gourami now, would my tank be big enough for a single pearl gourami? If they can be kept alone.

 

[Fish4dawin]

You could probably have one but a pair would be better though. Yes your tank would be fine but I'm concerned about your water parameters. What are they again?

seriouslyfish.com suggests 2-30 dH (I'm not sure what it is in GH someone else will know) 75-86 Fahrenheit and 5.5- 8.0 for pH

The link about above is here https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/trichopodus-leerii/

 

[Darter217]

You could probably have one but a pair would be better though. Yes your tank would be fine but I'm concerned about your water parameters. What are they again?

I only know my PH which is 6.8, I already have some five banded barbs and Juli Cory's in the tank who all seem very happy there. So I doubt my water parameters are an issue for other soft water fish.

 

[Fish4dawin]

I only know my PH which is 6.8, I already have some five banded barbs and Juli Cory's in the tank who all seem very happy there. So I doubt my water parameters are an issue for other soft water fish.

Try and find your GH and we can work from there @essjay knows a lot more than me about GH so should be able to help out better than me. It is usually obtained (your GH) from your water company, just put your location into it and it will tell you your GH. If it's from 30-200ppm then you should be fine with pearl gouramis.

 

[Fish4dawin]

By the way my profile picture isn't an angelfish I own... I stole it from Google lol

 

[Darter217]

By the way my profile picture isn't an angelfish I own... I stole it from Google

That's a shame as it's a lovely fish, when I upgrade to a bigger tank I'll definitely be going for a pair of angels.

 

[Fish4dawin]

That's a shame as it's a lovely fish, when I upgrade to a bigger tank I'll definitely be going for a pair of angels.

You might want to choose the tankmates with care though. If they end up spawning, they will aggressively chase away any other fish and that'll stress the fish out a lot and might (rarely) die. I actually picked up an angelfish for my friend but couldn't give it to him but probably next weekend. He's currently in my 33 gallon (only for a short period of time, don't yell at me lol) and he's pretty much the same but without the yellow eye.

 

[Darter217]

You might want to choose the tankmates with care though. If they end up spawning, they will aggressively chase away any other fish and that'll stress the fish out a lot and might (rarely) die. I actually picked up an angelfish for my friend but couldn't give it to him but probably next weekend. He's currently in my 33 gallon (only for a short period of time, don't yell at me lol) and he's pretty much the same but without the yellow eye.

I've narrowed my choices down to either 3 croaking or honey Gouramis, a school of hardy tetras or something else if I find any other options.

 

[itiwhetu]

Honey gourami's are great

 

[Fish4dawin]

I've narrowed my choices down to either 3 croaking or honey Gouramis, a school of hardy tetras or something else if I find any other options.

Be careful on your stocking. 3 honey gouramis will be fine. Maybe 6-8 rummynose tetras?

 

[Essjay]

We have already established that the water is very soft

Just did a search for our area on the Scottish water website and the water here is classed as soft. The number in the German degrees column is 1.83

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Hello everyone, After a bit of research I have decided that i'd like to start my own aquarium and have spent doing quite a bit of reading the past week about how to set up a tank, care for fish and what species of fish go together etc. I have narrowed my choices for my first two species of...

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GH = 1.83 dH or 33 ppm.

 

[Fish4dawin]

@essjay what is the calculation from dH to ppm?

 

[mcordelia]

https://www.waterhardness.net/calculator/show

1dh = 17.9ppm

 

[Essjay]

GH conversions are also in the calculator on here https://www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm

The boxes labelled GH and DH are the same and are dH - also called German degrees.
The box called mg/l CaCO3 is the same as ppm .
The box US hardness is grains per gallon.
Clark is a unit used by some UK water companies and is sometimes called English degrees.

 

[Fish4dawin]

GH conversions are also in the calculator on here https://www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm

The boxes labelled GH and DH are the same and are dH - also called German degrees.
The box called mg/l CaCO3 is the same as ppm .
The box US hardness is grains per gallon.
Clark is a unit used by some UK water companies and is sometimes called English degrees.

I just realized it's on the side I'm such a idiot.