Ventuxio Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 (edited) Hello, not sure if this goes on General discussion but her it goes, I'm wondering if the fish that have in my tank is a good community combination: 2 Angel Fish 2 Red Platy 2 Golden Whonder Killifish 3 Neon Blue Gourami 5 Otocinclus 5 Nerite Snails 2 Mystery Snails 3 Silver Danio 1 Leopard Danio 3 Zebra Danio 3 Corydoras 10 Ghostshrimps (Or less) I want to add an apistogramma agassizii, it is a good Idea to add them to my tank? So far they seem pretty chill Edited June 11 by Ventuxio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 some quick question. How big is the tank? water kind of water hard or soft? no problems either way, it just affects recommendations. and are these fish already in the tank or is this just preliminary? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOLANANO Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Without knowing anything about tank size, I would suggest doing higher numbers of the schooling fish. So instead of 3 zebra and 3 silver Dania, do 6-8 of one of those species. Same for the cories do 5-6 instead of 3. Also I don't know much about Neon Blues but Gouramis can be pretty aggressive so I would be careful putting 3 in there with 2 angel fish. (Angel fish can get aggressive as well.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventuxio Posted June 11 Author Share Posted June 11 The tank is 40 gallons, and they are already in the tank Also the water is on 200 of hardness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOLANANO Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I could be wrong but I would say thats pretty full for a 40G. Agassizi are known to be some of the most aggressive Apistos so I would caution adding one to such a stocked tank. I would consider trading in some of the Danios to get more of the same kind and add some more Cories of the same kind. Pay attention to aggression levels of the Gouramis and the Angelfish. Often times everyone will get along and then one day, one fish will decide its boss and start attacking the others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 On 6/11/2024 at 10:08 AM, Ventuxio said: Also the water is on 200 of hardness yeah, so i'd stay away from apistogramma in that hardness. I have your hardness so... I'd also like apistos, but don't believe they'd do well for us. something like kribensis could work. Dwarf gourami get territorial. not so much picking on other fish, but on each other. if it's well planted with plenty of site break, should be no problem. I'd probably double or triple the number of corys, they feel more comfortable and less shy in bigger groups. I had 6 skunk in a 75g, they hid. i doubled it to 12. now they're all over the place or instead of apistos, bolivian rams do work in our water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumplkrum Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Agree with the above. Gourami and Angel fish mix is probably a blood bath waiting to happen. Even if things are fine now, when they get into breeding condition they'll become territorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventuxio Posted June 11 Author Share Posted June 11 Even if they are Dwarf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 On 6/11/2024 at 11:02 AM, Ventuxio said: Even if they are Dwarf? unfortunately dwarf gourami can be a bit aggressive. especially to each other. but oh, so pretty. pearl and honey gourami are the peaceful ones. now, not all dwarfs are aggressive. depends on the individuals. I have three together, they chase each other a bit. they have their own areas picked out. which works for now. but may not always. it's just something to keep an eye out for. hopefully doesn't happen at all and if you have different levels of male to female you could have serious aggression issues my dwarfs are all male. so no breeding aggression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumplkrum Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 On 6/11/2024 at 11:02 AM, Ventuxio said: Even if they are Dwarf? The Angel fish will get larger, so it's more likely the Gourami will be the ones to get beat on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 (edited) On 6/11/2024 at 2:06 PM, sumplkrum said: The Angel fish will get larger, so it's more likely the Gourami will be the ones to get beat on I have 8 angels currently. for the most part they're nonaggressive. they only become aggressive when they pair off to mate. then all heck breaks loose. depending on the pair. I had a non-aggressive koi pair. then I had a pair of marbled get really aggressive. to the point of pushing praecox rainbows to the bottom of the tank. they earned their own tank for that nonsense. Dwarf gourami's can be different. some of them are just born with a screw loose Edited June 11 by Tony s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 which is something @Ventuxio you'll have to watch out for. Most probably your fine with same sex, but you could just as easily get a pair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventuxio Posted June 12 Author Share Posted June 12 Thank you very much for all the information, helps a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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