Assesment of a roughly 10 year old tank…
Alright, getting back on topic (at least for the moment), a pair or trio of the Honey/Sunset Dwarf Gourami’s (Colisa chuna) would work out fine — and they’re colorful. Except for more frequent reports of some males’ recent aggressiveness, I might also recommend the regular Dwarf Gourami (Colisa lalia), but this recent adverse characteristic of their reported behavior by some prompts me to dissuade you from this species at least in this size tank. With 160 square inches of surface space though, this leaves a lot of options open including a small group (7 or so) of medium size (2 1/2″) Tetras. I’d stay away from the Black Tetras though, as here’s another otherwise peaceful species (at least they were so, years ago) which have seemingly become aggressive in recent years. Makes one wonder if maybe they’re crossing them with Piranas lately in the Far East .
Couldn’t help to take notice though — just as the YouTube site was not the most informative, the site listed here is not one of the best to go to for information, but then it IS difficult for the relative beginner to know what information is best to rely on. At least a number of the “varieties” of Dwarf and Honey/Sunset Gourami’s are not bred to achieve these colorations; some of these are dyed varieties which should be avoided by the more concerned hobbyist due to the inhumane methods used to color them.
I point this out partially as while its commendable for a newer hobbyist to perservere in the hobby (apparently with at least some success, which is always good to recognize), 3 years is not really a long time to be maintaining aquariums. The actual amount of time spent maintaining tanks though, does not directly reflect the experience gained which may be considerably more depending in part by the interest put into it. Still, there is nothing like reading a good factual source book on the hobby to gain needed info, rather than rely on so many distorted sources of info on the ‘Net, some of which cannot be distinguished as such by the beginner. Ray
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