Current inhabitants: 12 ember tetras, 7 panda Cory’s and 1 baby BN pleco and a few mixed cherry shrimp + 1 Amano . I do know that betas and gouramis may eat shrimps however, i am not worried due to this being an old pic and things are way more grown in.
My main worry is my Aqua clear 50 and air stone making the flow too heavy for a labyrinth fish. I could buy a flow restricter or turn the flow down.
Posted by big-boi-Roy
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A honey gourami can handle some flow far better than a common betta, especially if the plants have grown in more. They’ll be able to find calmer spots. Dial flow down if needed
I’d say a gourami would love this tank! A Plakat betta would probably be fine as well, depending on their specific temperament, but I would not put a Halfmoon or Veiltail in this with the higher flow.
Tank looks great! I think you’re close to overstocked but you can make this work if you do frequent enough water changes and increase planting density.
You have alot of ferns and anubias, these look great but they arent that great at absorbing excess nutrients because they grow slowly. I think thats vallisneria on the right and that is a good plant to have because it grows quickly. I would also add stem plants because they grow quickly too.
I would wait for your plants to grow in before adding any more fish. Gourami handles flow better than betta (its hard for it to swim with those fins).
Here is a quick stocking capacity check. I added a honey gourami because it is smaller and has lower bioload than other larger gouramis.
[https://shoalandstem.com/tools/stocking-calculator/plan/cmnmslipl000304jytavileax](https://shoalandstem.com/tools/stocking-calculator/plan/cmnmslipl000304jytavileax)
I’d say a gourami, especially a honey gourami (cluld even so 2 females), would be a lot less likely to attack any existing stock. The only betta I’d put with high flow would be a plakat but they are genetically more aggressive than longfinned bettas being bred more specifically for fighting and it’s not worth the risk of having to remove him when honey gouramis are generally peaceable and still rather beautiful.