For 4 gouramis is it better to have 2 male & 2 female or 1m & 3f?

Answer 1

Well, gouramis tend to be a little on the aggressive side, and it doesn't matter what sex they are. A female / male gourami will argue if they are aggressive. But it can be hit or miss. I've kept multiple gouramis in a tank and they didn't touch each other or harass each other at all. In another tank (100gallons), I had 2 gouramis and they beat the crap out of each other and the other fish until I separated them.
I think it's your choice if you want to get 2/2, 1/3, 0/4, and it depends on the tank size. Try to allott between 10 and 15 gallons for each gourami, or 7-8 for each dwarf gourami. Then just monitor their behaviour. Pearl gouramis are much more docile but they are pretty large, also, so 30 gallons per pair is normal (by pair I mean 2 fish.. not necessarily male and female).

The likelyhood of spawning activity is pretty low. Gouramis are bubble nesters and require a very specific environment to spawn. They wont' do it in a normal community tank.

And then just keep an eye on them. They may live peacefully forever or you may need to remove one of them for bullying.

Answer 2

Gourami tend to be wife beaters, and the males tend to fight. More females will prevent the male from picking on one fish. Of course some gourami are very peaceful like pearl gourami. Others like paradise, and kissing gourami are very aggressive when they grow up. (Of course with kissers you'll need 2 males to see any kissing.) The various colored 3 spot (2 spot plus eye) gouramis fall some where in between. Some females like dwarf gourami are nearly impossible to find. (Female dwarf gourami are small and grey.)

Honestly I wouldn't keep very many gourami together unless I had a 40+ gallon tank with lots of cover. Peal gourami are pretty much the exception.

Answer 3

Discus and angelfish are both cichlids. Bettas at the prompt are not bloodthirsty killers. Dwarf gouramis can and do get type of nippy with different sluggish transferring fish (which all of your different selections are). also, the angels often times carry a ailment it particularly is threat free to them yet deadly to the discus. some have pulled it off and under no circumstances lost their discus, yet i doesn't take the threat with fish as severe priced as discus. base line... this isn't a good blend of fish for a 75 gallon tank. I agree, it would look tremendous, although the possibilities for rather some issues are there.

Answer 4

With fish in the Anabantid family I believe that 1 male to three females would be a better mix.(More peaceful.) And a greater likely-hood of spawning activity.

Answer 5

I think the pairs always work better myself