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Would a Pearl Gourami be okay with a Swordtail in a 10 gallon tank? I'm probably just going to put the Gourami in by itself, but if they wouldn't kill each other, and if that would be enough room I'll get both.
>> Anonymous
I kept a gourami with a male and female swordtail and they did just fine together. It sometimes depends on the specific fish though.
>> Anonymous
"I find that gold gourami are best kept with mollies, swordtails and fish of that nature. In my opinion the gold gourami should be the largest fish in the aquarium."
Pearl and Gold Gourami are almost exactly the same, so I would say it'll be fine.
>> Anonymous
>>270247
How big was the tank?
>> Anonymous
>>270252

10 gallons.
>> Anonymous
Pearl grow too large for 10 gallons, I am afraid. Try dwarf, honey, croacking gouramis.
>> Anonymous
I've decide on a Gold Gourami and a Swordtail. Would 5-10 ghost shrimp be alright too, or would those fuckers get eaten in no time?
>> Anonymous
decided*
>> Anonymous
>>270792
They will be eaten with time, especialy when they are molting, but if you provide them lots of hiding place (driftwood, plants) they will survive for a while.
Anyway, gold dourami gets too big for 10 gallons. Are you planing to upgrade, or you just like to torment fish/dont care?
>> Anonymous
I guess I'll go for a honey or dwarf gourami then. Any type of invertebrate/crustacean that would be better suited for a swordtail and some variant of a gourami(honey most likely)

and I haven't bought anything yet, so different fish suggestions would be welcome as well
>> Anonymous
>>270803
Good choice, golds grow to 5 inches, besides dwarf gourami look better.
Regarding crustacean - no shrimp is sfae from fish. Whenever they have to mold, shrimps are totaly unprotected against fish. So just have lots of hiding places (plants work wonderful), do not have big fishes together with shrimp, and dont put a $300 shrimp with fish in case something goes wrong.
For 10g with small fish ghost shrimps or amano shrimps would work great - they are not small enough that fish would swallow them, and cheap enough to replace if shit hit the fan. Their only negative side is that they will not reproduce in freshwater.
>> Anonymous
What would be a good number of amano or ghost shrimp for this setup? I don't want them overpopulated it.
>> Anonymous
>>270886
I'm just full of typos today
OVERPOPULATING*
>> Anonymous
>>270886
Shrimps do not produce much of ammonia, so you can put quite a few in there. But I would be conservative and put ~ 3-5.
Also, amano shrimps are sometimes more expensive then ghost shrimps, but amanos are much better algae eaters - or, at least, they are consistent algae eaters. With ghost shrimps you never know what you buy - there are many different species going in the trade by common name "ghost shrimp".
>> Anonymous
>>270248
Are you kidding me?? Pearls and Goldens are nothing alike! Pearls are timid and shy model community fish, while Goldens are much more like their Opaline and Blue brothers...fuckmean

dipshit

Dwarfs are a good call..you got the normal, the red, and the powder blue (normal looks best IMO) Honeys are hard to find and less hardy might I add. Also, I wouldn't consider swordtails one of the more more tiny-shrimp-friendly fish.