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‘ello all! I am currently planning to acquire some licorice gourami in the future in a 10 gallon tank. The forum can expect quite a few questions on the fish from me over the next few weeks!
Here comes my first one: how many licorice gourami would be comfortable in a 10 gallon (40 L) tank? I had assumed that 8 would be comfortable in there if it was heavily planted with java fern, java moss, and cryptocorene plants with the addition of leaf litter, but that is because it was said that a pair would be fine in a 2.5 gallon and I know that many non-schooling fish do not follow linear stocking rules…
By the way, for those worried about how I will breed the fish assuming there will be more than a pair in the 10 gallon, I will have a seperate, smaller breeding tank for the fish to have a honeymoon in 🙂
Welcome Joshaeus — glad to have you join us. The plan you describe for your 10 gallon tank is appropriate particularly when you plan to separate your breeding pair(s) to a 2.5 gal tank. There is a tremendous amount of information already on the site so I encourage to spend time working your way through the information. Most questions will have been covered to one degree or another somewhere on the site. Should you have questions you are not able to find feel free to present the question. I currently have several species and I keep them is 6 gallon tanks. The maximum I maintain in the tanks is 6. I keep caves in each tank and will let the fish pair off and lay the initial eggs in the tank. Depending on the success of the spawn I may move the pair to a 2.5 gal tank alone with the original cave. Keep us posted…
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