I think a 20 gallon long would be okay. You wouldn't want to have very many other fish fish - maybe a school of neons or rasboras... But with lots of plants, decent water changes, I think it would be okay. They are really beautiful!
Honey's are dwarfs, yup. So are powder blues, neons, flames, red honeys... I don't know if you want to get a paradise gourami - I've never kept them but I hear they're aggressive.
I think you could do 3-4 platies, and your rasborars and shrimp, sure. Or maybe a pair of apistogramma, or some scarlet badis, or blue badis, or a male or female betta... Maybe a trio of dwarf rainbows, or a blue ram...
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Originally Posted by fishbguy
i like your idea about stocking. i'll ask and see if my lfs will take the gourami and the loaches. the gourami was kindof an impulse buy. i was going to get a psradise fish but they didn't have any so i got the pearl. i should have gotten a dwarf but i loiked the looks of the pearl. would the pearl be okay in a 20 long if the lfs won't take him?i really want to keep him...he is such a charecter but if i can't provide proper housing, i under stand.
would a honey gourami be considered a dwarf gourami? i really like the sunset and normal colorings of them and would prefer them to regular dwarfs.
if i were to NOT put a gourami in the tank, is there any other fish that i could put in in it's place? possibley another platy? thabnks alot for the quick reply.
Andrew
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