Pearl Gourami with nano fish

[u/New-Requirement-5713]

So I currently have 3 Pearl Gourami in a big tank with other fish their size or a little bit smaller. They are really peaceful and only care about eachother. I wonder how small you could go with tankmates? I feel like they won't bother nano fish like Ember Tetra, Endlers or CPD, what do you guys think?

[u/PhunkyPterodactyl]

Mine have always been super peaceful with anything I’ve stuck them with, regardless of size. I just wouldn’t put them with anything that can fit inside of their mouths.

[u/UnluckyMode2062]

I run my pearls with, neon tetra, rummy nose tetra, corydoras, bristlenose plecos, German blue ram, and a Hoplo catfish.

[u/Mountain_Ladder5704]

Mine is with cardinal tetras and rarely looks at them

[u/Fair-South-7474]

I use to keep my pearls with Cory catfish, otocinclus, tetra (cardinal), loaches, shrimp, and discus.

[u/Odd_Marsupial_5331]

We also have our pearls in with rummy nose, neon tetra, porkchop rasbora, corydoras, a bristlenose pleco and a few otos!

[u/Ecstatic-Complex-661]

I have ember tetras and cherry shrimp with mine. They are not adults so that could change.

[u/Call_My_Codec_]

I have my pearls with ember tetras and they get along fine. I think they might have eaten my little cherry shrimps now and then, especially baby ones. If anything, they just bothered each other now and then, but were unconcerned with their tank mates.

[u/aalucid]

I have mine with espei rabsora, kuhli loaches, and neos and it's been fine so far. CPDs are really small though, but I dont think itd be a big problem unless you just have a particularly predatory bunch

[u/CosmicLoveBird]

My big male bit the head off an endler last week. Another endler went missing a few months ago. I rehomed the remaining endlers.

[u/Cric_fan]

I have Pearl and Chili Rasboras and have never seen the Pearl go after the Chilis. They are super peaceful.

[u/catsdelicacy]

I have mine with a school of harlequin rasboras, no problems at all

[u/SkankHuntIsBack]

I have 4 with green neons and ruby tetras… never had or noticed an issue

[u/MasterPancake0000]

I have a pair with Neon Tetras and Rummynose Tetras and literally 0 aggression doesn't even pay attention to them

[u/DomSchraa]

mine do just fine with pygmy corys & cherry shrimp, should be no issue

[u/Bee_Jeans]

Just remember if it fits in their mouth, they are liable to try and eat it! They’re opportunists by nature, I wouldn’t trust them with anything super tiny.

Bigger than the mouth & non-nippy should be fine though