Tank mates for Chocolate Gouramis.?

Question

I just recently bought some chocolate gourami, i was thinking of some tank mates for them, if possible harder to keep one for 25g tank, also is honey gouramis good for tank mates the chocolate ones? Thanks!

Answer 1

I don't know where some of these people get their information, but chocolate gourami are FAR from aggressive fish! They are about the most mild mannered fish around and completely unlike any other gourami out there. I wonder how many of the above even know they are mouthbrooders without looking them up... .geesh.

Chocolate gourami do best in a species tank really. If you really want additional fish for the tank they need to be smaller than the chocolates and extremely mild mannered. A few pygmy corys might be ok, but I would really suggest you keep them in a species only tank. I have never had any luck with them except when I keep them in a species only tank and a well aged tank at that.

I currently have 5 in a very well aged 20 "long" tank awaiting a second batch of eggs, hopefully they will not eat them this time.

I would not place any other gourami wth the possible exception of sparkling gourami in the tank with chocolates and then only in a fairly large tank. Other gourami are simply too aggressive. Please remember, these guys are at least as delicate and demanding as discus from a water quality angle and even more so when it comes to stress. Very, very touchy fish.

I have kept and bred chocolates quite a few years ago and am keeping and attempting to breed them again. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to email me.

MM

Answer 2

Most gouramis will get along with other gouramis however some are more aggressive than other just like humans. This can be solved with a densely planted aquarium with lots of hiding spaces for fleeing fish to escape to. Along with gouramis you can add Barbs and Silverdollar Tetras visit a local petstore Independently owned are best because the owners usually have stronger knowledge requirements for their staff. But most of all enjoy the aquarium explore with different fish and plants. Find what entertains you most.

Answer 3

Chocolate Gourami

Answer 4

No..dear, a honey gourami is a dwarf gourami and the dwarf's are peaceful fish, chocolate gourami's are semi aggressive and you will have problems there. Any other gourami (other than dwarf's) will go fine with them. There are blue gourami's and gold gourami's and kissing gourami's etc. Gourami's are best kept with fish that are concidered semi aggressive. Like angelfish, barbs, cory cats, danios, black ghost knives, elephant nose, rainbow sharks, red tail sharks, serpea tetra's, congo tetra's, kribinsis, and some south american chiclids. (dont keep angels and barbs together because barbs are fin nippers, those were just examples.) But keep in mind gourami's can get up to 3 to 8 inches so dont buy to many. To tell the difference betwenn dwarf gourami's and regular gourami's is that dwarf's have normally stockier sort of bodies, they are a little fatter and shorter than the regular gourami's. Regular gourami's are longer and more slender with slightly longer fins. There is one gourami though that really shouldnt be kept with any other type of gourami, and that's the paradise gourami. They are beautiful, but also super mean. They are normally kept with more aggressive chiclids because they are so aggressive themselves. I hope this information helped you some what. Good luck!

Answer 5

I would suggest other type of peaceful/same-sized gouramis. Or you could do a species-only tank and add some more chocolate gouramis.

~ZTM