[Male gourami attacking female... what to do?]

My pair have just hatched a spawn, the male is being super aggressive to all the Neons and has possibly chased an SAE to death. Have guppies that have also spawned so my tank is way too full at the moment. Hillstream loaches x 3 and 2 x Corydoras doing fine , there are 7 Neon Tetras and 5 Cardinals also fine.

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[Aggressive honey gourami]

Thanks for this posting people , am going to add Honey Gourami to my community tank eventually. At the moment it only has 10 neon 6 Cardinal and 3 Hillstream loach. The details you have given are very helpfull.

[Test result reading please]

I use the JBL Proscan kit, all the results are shown on your Phone app. Works for me as I have a degree of colour blindness.

 

[New tank, high pH - too soon to adjust it?]

I have the opposite problem, Fluval Flex 32 gal set up before xmas. Have tap water at 6.0 ph. Have  put crushed coral in the filter and am at 6.4 now, only added 10 Neon Tetra and 6 Cardinal Tetra with 3 Borneo/hillstream loach. Am doing a water change about 25% every 2  to 3 days. All seem to be ok so far, planted tank and snails reproducing and small amount of hair algae so far. Will let it run for a few weeks more before adding anything else.

Was thinking to add a pair of Angels if I can and about 6  albino cory cats, does that sound ok?

Having just thought about this I will substitute the Angels for Gourami or Platies.

[Loaches with bristlenose ?]

Thanks James, yep I mean the 32.  Was thinking of some danios and maybe a pair of gourami as well.

 

[Loaches with bristlenose ?]

Hi everyone, am just setting up a mega flex I got for my birthday over a year ago. Haven't had an aquarium for 18 years so a bit out of touch. Just going to put together a community setup and wondered if I can house 4 or 5 dwarf chain loach with a bristlenose ?

Thanks from New Zealand