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#1 ·
What i have is a total of 4 tanks i can set up, well 5 but the 5th wont have a very good filter, the filter is ment for at most 6 gallons, but i figured i could use it temp on a 10 gallon with baby fry in it for a bit



I want to move around fish from my tanks

Tank sizes are...
29 gallon
20 gallon
14 gallon
2. 10 gallons



The fish...
2 Gold gouramis
1 Blue Gourami
2 Mollies
2 sword/platy crosses
2 guppies
4 platies
6 black skirted tetra
7 danios
2 neon tetra(going to get more)
2 red eyed tetra(same, getting more)
3 cherry barbs (as stated above)
1 preicella tetra (stated above)
and 9 fry(for sure guppy, and other 2 or 3 are either platy or molly, got from the petstore so not sure)



The only fish that dont get along is the 1 blue Gourami with the 2 golds, the golds are fine together and the blue prefers to have nothing to do with them


So any suggestions?
 
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#2 ·
If the blue is aggressive to the golds, they should be separated. In a 4-foot or larger tank this can work, but not in those tanks you mention. The Blue is likely a male, and male gourami are territorial and can be aggressive to other gourami and sometimes other fish. It's their nature. The golds in the 29g, the blue in the 20g. Assuming you want to keep these.

This causes problems. Black Widow Tetra are known to be nippers, and gourami are a great temptation. In a large tank and with more in the group (the tetra) this might come off, but it might not. And the tetra should be in nothing less than the 29g. So here is a problem, gourami and tetra, one should go.

On the various other tetra, I agree they need larger groups, minimum 6, but you have insufficient tank space for so many fish. And again, the gourami are limiting you in the two largest tanks.

My suggestion is to cull out some fish (stores will sometimes exchange, other aquarists). There are simply too many different species to be adequately housed in numbers, with the tanks available.

Byron.
 
#3 ·
If the blue is aggressive to the golds, they should be separated. In a 4-foot or larger tank this can work, but not in those tanks you mention. The Blue is likely a male, and male gourami are territorial and can be aggressive to other gourami and sometimes other fish. It's their nature. The golds in the 29g, the blue in the 20g. Assuming you want to keep these.

This causes problems. Black Widow Tetra are known to be nippers, and gourami are a great temptation. In a large tank and with more in the group (the tetra) this might come off, but it might not. And the tetra should be in nothing less than the 29g. So here is a problem, gourami and tetra, one should go.

On the various other tetra, I agree they need larger groups, minimum 6, but you have insufficient tank space for so many fish. And again, the gourami are limiting you in the two largest tanks.

My suggestion is to cull out some fish (stores will sometimes exchange, other aquarists). There are simply too many different species to be adequately housed in numbers, with the tanks available.

Byron.
the blue and golds are not together, and the blue is actually a female, and does great with my other fish, and my black skirted tetra havent been fin nippers at all? trust me i would know, i sit in the spare room watching all my tanks for hours sometimes
 
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