Suitable Tankmates

Welcome to the forum.

To answer your question with another question..... do you have hard, medium or soft water? Rams prefer soft water while swordtails prefer hard water, so I presume you have medium water.

If you want a shoaling fish then something non-nippy like the fiveband barb or the lemon tetra would be good. But if you have pH7 and medium water then you could have just about any sort of tetra or barb.

Have you checked out the community creator on this site? It'll tell you your stocking levels and you can browse the fish profiles and check for compatability issues. It's here: http://www.thinkfish.co.uk/article/community-creator.html

Thanks for the replies,
 I inherited the pleco i didn't choose him (literally someone arrived at my place with it in a bag) and will look at rehoming it when necessary.  The Gouramis where among the first fish i had, the newest additions are the 3 Rams which are youngsters, the person i purchased them from said they would be fine in my community at 25 degrees :-(
My GH is 10
and my KH is 5?
my 3 spots are one of each sex and the gold is a male,
so would i be ok to raise the temp a degree or two to better suit the rams? or will this upset everything else.
The info available from the internet can be very conflicting and it is difficult to know who to trust,  this is my reason for asking for advise from real people keeping fish instead of confusing myself reading different info on the web.
Thanks again

Thanks Don,

at the Moment it is about 8 or 9cm

Thanks Sue,
The plec at moment is approx 27cm and doesn't cause any problems with other fish (but he does love to rearrange the tank for me),  I have always known that he will likely get too big but he is lovely to look at and all the other fish take advantage of his messy feeding habits and hang around him when he is going about his clumsy business  i felt so sorry for him and couldn't let him end up just anywhere (or worse) The rams look great at the moment and are feeding well and seem confident even though along with my honey they are the smallest inhabitants.
I noticed today that one of my female swordtails has grown a sword, any ideas if this is normal or could it be caused by incorrect conditions for it?

Hi Sue,

I used to have 4 females and 2 males and i managed to rescue 2 fry and grew them on a smaller tank and put them back when they got larger.
But sadly a few months ago i had a major catastrophe.... my pump got completely blocked by a leaf, i was away for the weekend, when i got back the water was VERY cloudy and i had lost both male swords, 2 adult female swords and a female Gold Gourami the rest of the tank were gasping, but recovered quickly after  unblocking the pump and a few large water changes. so that's how i ended up with no males.  the sword growth confused me because the 4 females are all much bigger than the males were and different body shape.
I felt very guilty for quite a while after that and very nearly gave up,  but i have a renewed passion now and want to learn more and be a good responsible fish keeper 
as for the Plec being dumped on me, the culprit is young and impulsive and was trying to keep the Plec with 2 Oscars so as they all grew in size they were aggravating each other and causing water to splash out of the tank and i imagine also stressing each other out.  I got the Plec and someone else got one of the oscars (phew) which has since gone back to the shop.
would it be ok for me to add a few almond leaves to my tank to slightly soften the water  for the rams? or is this not a good idea.