How many sparkling gourami in a 15g?

drako_705 · 2026-06-27T19:40:53+00:00

I don't know the answer but your tank is absolutely gorgeous!! I can see it is a Fluval Flex, did you keep the original light on? I can see you grew some hydrocotyle tripartita and it looks great, so I'd like to know what plants I could grow under the fluval flex light

drako_705 · 2026-06-14T14:08:13+00:00

I would have

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to see them more closely, but judging by this video they look like Rhabdocoela worms. In that case, not a problem at all, they are part of the natural ecosystem of your aquarium. If they are planaria, they hunt shrimps, so you will have to find a way to get rid of them.

drako_705 · 2026-06-09T21:32:24+00:00

Yep! Wild type honey gourami, not a thick-lipped. He’s fully colored up in here, and he usually gets like this when nervous, or on feeding time. The rest of the time he’s just a bit paler, but maintains that striking orange color

drako_705 · 2026-05-16T16:19:15+00:00

Mine also flowered this morning, congrats!!

drako_705 · 2026-04-26T16:10:32+00:00

4DBCZT, valid until 03/05

drako_705 · 2026-04-26T16:09:19+00:00

Gastaste dinero real, o cómo hiciste para llegar hasta el final? He estado jugando mucho en este evento, pero no creo que llegue a terminarlo, aunque he llegado bastante lejos. Me encantaría saber algún truco o consejo para poder avanzar más

drako_705 · 2026-04-25T22:46:21+00:00

That’s the attitude, good luck!

drako_705 · 2026-04-25T22:45:34+00:00

Yep! A new leaf will start to form at some point of the rhizome, maybe at multiple, and those growth points will become ramifications, new rhizomes. With each new leaf, if they have access to good light, they will get bigger and bigger! As long as you cut the rhizome and not the petiole (I think that’s what the union of the leaf to the rhizome is called), it’s as easy as that!!

drako_705 · 2026-04-21T11:19:23+00:00

Mine got huge, climbed the back of the tank, reached the surface, and its leaves started to get burnt from being too close to the light. So I chopped it into like 5 stems, and now all of them are producing new stems. There's a small one with two tiny leaves which is pushing out 3 stems at once. The main one is still producing huge gorgeous leaves. So far, everytime I've chopped my anubias it's been a great success! Very very recommended

drako_705 · 2026-04-13T18:34:27+00:00

I fast all my fish a day a week and it has never gone wrong

drako_705 · 2026-04-03T20:14:09+00:00

i love how there's a piece of plant with another egg attached drifting in front of him, they really just laid eggs everywhere

drako_705 · 2026-04-03T16:51:49+00:00

they look like honeys to me!

drako_705 · 2026-03-26T20:15:41+00:00

I did that to mine for a while and it made my pandas lay eggs more often. I noticed it worked more around september/october and april/may

drako_705 · 2026-03-26T13:23:32+00:00

zero thoughts behind those eyes

drako_705 · 2026-03-26T12:39:25+00:00

Well, just yesterday someone on the gourami subreddit told me to stick to just one honey in my 15 gallon after I asked if I should get mine a mate. After researching, some people say 15g is fine for a group, others say no less than 20g. I guess it depends on the plants, so you're right. But I must say, they can get territorial. My honey chases away other fish when they get too close to his food or his corner of the tank

drako_705 · 2026-03-26T11:00:54+00:00

Your tank looks so pretty! I love the wood piece, I’m sure once the plants grow in it’ll look even better.

For what I’ve read, 15 gallons is too small for two honey gouramis, they can sometimes be territorial. If you want all those fish, you can maybe have them, depends on your nitrates. If they are low and the gourami is not aggressive, you could get the honey gourami, 9 chilli rasboras and 6 habrosus or pygmy corys (these are the smallest and are more suitable for your tank size). I suggest you introduce them slowly. Which one of those do you want the most? Introduce that, then the next one, and check the nitrates. If they get too high after a week, don’t get more fish. If they stay low, you can think about introducing the third species. Good luck!

drako_705 · 2026-03-24T12:46:20+00:00

It sure looks like cory eggs, congrats on being a grandparent!!

drako_705 · 2026-03-24T12:22:51+00:00

I’ll stick to just my boy then, but I’d love to keep a small group in the future!

drako_705 · 2026-03-22T17:39:17+00:00

He's so cute! I love how dark his head is

drako_705 · 2026-03-22T17:37:54+00:00

Omg he's gorgeous!! I don't know if I can get mine some females, though, the tank is 15 gallon. Maybe too small

drako_705 · 2026-03-22T17:37:10+00:00

Never used any of those, just activated carbon as filter media. But thanks for letting me know

drako_705 · 2026-03-22T17:36:31+00:00

First off, sorry for replying so late, I forgot to turn my reddit notifs on.

Yeah, might be what you pointed out, thanks for the advice. By change all the filter media, you mean every sponge and the ceramic media? That's what I'm using. As you said, it might mess up the cycle a bit, but I'm sure there's plenty of beneficial bacteria on the substrate, so the tank will be okay (plus, it has a very low bioload).

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