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Old 31-12-2009, 08:21 PM
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hi i have a spare 10 gallon tank which i am hoping to put some fish into would these be ok:

-3 x sparkling gourami- trichopsis pumilia
-2 x scarlet badis- dario dario
-3 x galaxy rasbora- danio margaritatus
-2 x cherry shrimp- neocaridina heteropoda


Please let me know what you think
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Old 31-12-2009, 09:03 PM
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The gourami will eat the shrimps , and will get too big for a small tank anyway......

you could always use the tank for a planted shrimp and snail only tank ....if it floats your boat?
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The gourami will eat the shrimps , and will get too big for a small tank anyway......
sparkling/pygmy gourami, Trichopsis pumila only grow to around 4/5cm

that is if they are sparkling gouramis and not mis-labelled croaking gouramis (Trichopsis vittata) which i've seen before
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blimey, i knew i should of looked at the book 1st ...that'll teach me - apologies to the OP

I still stay go for a shrimp/snail tank



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sparkling/pygmy gourami, Trichopsis pumila only grow to around 4/5cm

that is if they are sparkling gouramis and not mis-labelled croaking gouramis (Trichopsis vittata) which i've seen before
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It's fine i might drop the idea of shrimp i don't want fish nibbling them and stressing them out.
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the scarlet badis will eat the shrimp.

I'd say:
-3 x sparkling gourami- trichopsis pumilia
-6 x galaxy rasbora- danio margaritatus
-6 x pygmy cory- c. hastatus or c. pygmaeus
-few x cherry shrimp- neocaridina heteropoda
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the scarlet badis will eat the shrimp.
i wouldn't want that to happen if i didn't have shrimp would the others be fine?
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Might get some endler's instead of badis
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Might get some endler's instead of badis
that would be much better
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The gourami will eat the shrimps , and will get too big for a small tank anyway......

you could always use the tank for a planted shrimp and snail only tank ....if it floats your boat?

there'd be more chance of the shrimp eating the gouramis. Pumilus are tiny fish. growing smaller than most tetras
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