Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Tanks and Equipment => Topic started by: Lynne W on April 10, 2019, 06:42:10 PM
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Hi all, it's been a while. I've been getting on pretty much OK (I'll post a separate algae problem post) and everyone is getting on OK.
You might remember I was down to 2 female pear gourami's, big girl still bullies little girl but they seem to get on much better. So to my question.....
I was going to try and get a few more girls and a male, but given last time I had a string of causalities I'm not putting any more fish in the tank without them being in quarantine first. But I've only got a 25 litre 47 x 25 x 28.5 cm, that had been used previously as a hospital tank.
I know it's too wee for gourami permanently but is it still too wee if just used for quarantine? If OK could I put 3 gourami in there or is that really pushing it? Or would one at a time be better?
If I need to get a bigger tank for this purpose what would be the best size and how long should I keep them in there, 4 weeks?
Thanks
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It does depend on how big they are. Very young ones could be OK - though at that age it would be hard to tell males from females. Or get the male and females separately. The females should be bought together - they are not usually as aggressive as males, but if you put one in the tank then a second a few weeks later the first one could object to another female in 'her' space.
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Thanks Sue, I'll check around some LFS have wee ones, and some have much bigger where the males are obvious. There is always the excuse to buy another tank!