blue paradise gourami
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You sure are hard headed. Numerous times you've been told your tank is well stocked as in no more fish or your system will crash. But if you insist, they are both the same though the paradise will be fin nipped for it's long flowing fins. This wouldn't be the case if you had a larger school of tigers in a bigger tank. IMO dwarf gourami will also be picked on because they are peaceful fish unlike their larger cousins.
lol :[ well because a lot of people also tell me, that its not so much how big the tank is, just how much effort im willing to put into like doing water changes and etc, keeping my bioload down.
Well bioload would be correct if the tank were larger. In this case it is the size of each fish. Remember each barb gets 3" long. You want 8 of them. It really wouldn't be a problem but you have a 20 gallon high. If it were a 20 gallon long then you could worry about bioload because now you have space. These fish use lateral space not vertical like angels and discus fish do. You also need to remember that barbs and gourami use the same swimming space which is middle. Why don't you just upgrade to a bigger tank? Even a 29 gallon would allow you to do most of the things you want to do.
Agreed, this is going to be the biggest concern. Bio-load you can fix if you know what you are doing. A lack of territorial space you can't do much about.
You have two scenarios here. 1: The gourami is more aggressive and chases your barbs around or 2: The barbs are more aggressive and chase your gourami around. If there is not enough space for one to get away from the other then you will have problems. I wouldn't suggest anything less then a 2.5'-3' tank personally, unless you went with a smaller gourami. The Tiger Barbs will spread out across about 1-2' of the tank area (technically they'll move across the entire area, but claim about that much space as their personal space) and the gourami will claim about the same amount. With only 2' or less of space their territory will always overlap no matter where they go.
plague, thank you. but you have misread. my tank is actually a long, not a high. i would like to upgrade to a bigger tank, i might have room for a 29..but would that 9 gallons make much of a difference?
ill hold off on the gouramis, unless i get a bigger tank. right now i do have two peppered cory cats, but i discovered they arent too happy being in a group of 2, and 6 would be too many in my tank.. i just think i really want some more activity other than barbs. others said kuhli loaches would be okay. im just really wanting somethign else added to the tank.
ill hold off on the gouramis, unless i get a bigger tank. right now i do have two peppered cory cats, but i discovered they arent too happy being in a group of 2, and 6 would be too many in my tank.. i just think i really want some more activity other than barbs. others said kuhli loaches would be okay. im just really wanting somethign else added to the tank.
The 9 gallons would help bio load wise. A 20 gallon long and 29 gallon are the same dimensions except for height. The height and added water would allow for more load and space. A 20g long would allow for only the barbs though unlike a 20H which wouldn't support barbs.