Dwarf Gourami And Betta Sorority

The smaller species such as the dwarf and honey gourami and the betta fish might be best provided with a minimum aquarium size of 45 litres.

Dwarf gourami and betta sorority. There is one main species of betta fish several colour varieties of paradise fish and many gouramis currently available from oata aquatic retailers. The gourami harassed my female bettas especially two of them so that they had stress stripes all the time and all but two of the bettas were constantly hiding. I tried it just last week in my 55 gallon tank.

It s a 30 gallon with 1 dwarf gourami 2 guppies 2 mollies 2 platties and a very small bottom feeder. I know they can t be with male bettas but i think that s because of their long fins. Some places say the gourami will shred the betta some say that dwarf gourami are generally peaceful with betta.

He is probably 1 1 2 inches long. Many anabantoids are referred to as gourami which also includes your common siamese fighting fish betta splenden here we will discuss your common gourami from the family osphronemidae and how to look after them. My dwarf gourami sometimes pics on the mollies but never any of the other fish.

I plan on getting a 20gl tank with a betta sorority for the 1 gal sale and was wondering if a dwarf gourami would be okay with them. I have a single turquoise halfmoon betta in a twenty gallon tank i really want to do a blue theme for my tank not exactly sure why and have fallen in love with the blue dwarf gourami. Gourami quickly became one of my favourite.

So i was wondering if gouramis and female bettas can go in the same tank. Anabantoidei is a sub order of fish that posses labyrinth organs which are specific organs designed so that the fish may breathe air. He has gotten used to there company.