Percilus Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 (edited) Planning some future tanks out. Looking for some advice from owners of this fish or more knowledgeable people than I. Would a single Pearl and some stiphodon blue goby's be happy in a 20 long heavily planted into adulthood? Or perhaps a male + female pair? How about pearl and golden gourami's they get along? 2 in a 20 long with nothing else? If not what size heavily planted tank would you recommend for a pearl+golden or perhaps 2 pairs of golden and pearl. Minimum as I don't have the space some of you guys do. If the fish would not be content in the size of tank I can provide I'll have to wait till my living arrangements change to own these beauties I guess. Thanks Edited January 13, 2015 by Percilus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumadis Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I have both pearl and golden in my tank, however, my tank is a 75 gallon. In my experience I find that the golden gouramis are more aggressive than the pearls. I would suggest going with a pair of pearl gouramis rather than the goldens. Dwarf gouramis like the powder blue, honey or flame may also be a good choice. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracyp Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I have had a pearl, a sunset, and a golden all in a 30 gallon but the golden is a jerk to the others. I agree with sumadis; stick with the dwarfs they're pretty and peaceful. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pineappleexpress Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 I have two opaline gouramis and they are very peaceful and pretty. A friend had a golden and had to get rid of it, it was killing everything else in her tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percilus Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Thanks all will probably stick to pearl gourami unless I do a semi aggressive tank with fish that can defend themselves against a golden. I've heard throwing in a convict cichlid calms those golden down real quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracyp Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Yea I've been tempted to throw mine in my cichlid tank a time or two lol. If you do decide to go with a semi-aggressive tank lemme know as I'd glady give you my golden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumadis Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Weird, I have two golden and three opaline with one pearl in my 75 gallon, the opaline seems to chase the golden more than the golden does. They leave the pearl alone, I also have twon angels and 5 desonnii barbs in the tank as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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