Dwarf Gourami (Colisa lalia)
Wed, Oct 17, 2007
Dwarf Gourami Photo © C.B. Agulto
Profile
Origin: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Behavior: Peaceful, community tropical fish.
Temperature: 72–82 °F (22-28 °C)
pH: 6.5 – 7.5
Size: 3.5″ (9 cm)
Diet: Omnivorous, accepts flakes, vegetation (lettuce, peas, spinach), and freeze-dried or frozen foods.
Breeding: Bubble nest builder. Lower water to 6-8 inches, and raise the temperature to 28-30 °C (82 °F). The tank should be planted with much vegetation since the male Dwarf Gourami will use it to build its bubble nest. Feed with a variety of freeze-dried or frozen foods.
Sex: The male’s dorsal fin is pointed and straight. The female’s dorsal fin is slightly curved.
Notes
Dwarf Gourami Photo © C.B. Agulto
The Dwarf Gourami is perfect for being the main display of a tropical fish community aquarium because of its relatively small size and beautiful coloration. There should be one male and two females in a Dwarf Gourami tank. The male will be distracted by two females instead of continually beating up one single female Dwarf Gourami. Dwarf Gouramis are known to have unique personalities. Dwarf Gouramis can be the main attraction in a tank with smaller community fish.
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October 18th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Build your tank around one male and two female gouramis, and it will be stunning. If you have a 30 gallon aquarium, you can also add a school of tropical fish and some corydoras, and you’ll have the perfect community aquarium.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
my dwarf gourami is full of eggs with no male in the tank, what can I put in the water to help her pass them without harming the other fish.
November 18th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
u can put fairly nothing in to the tank to help.best solution is to get another tank for her. Be prepared, she will give birth to a few hundreds of eggs…
November 21st, 2009 at 6:54 pm
buy one of my males just hatched a batch two days ago the only way to describe the babys is the commer in brackets ( , ) steveucko@hotmail.com
December 26th, 2009 at 12:42 am
I Have had a fish tank for sometime now and I have only two angle fish and a couple of day ago i decided i wanted to put some Darf Gourami fish in so i went to the store and bought a male and a fat female (hoping that she was pregnant). I had doen a lot of studing and all the books said that the two fish would form a tight bond, and the two i have bought have not. Am i doing something worng? Also the female is very large. Is there a possibility that she is pregnant and just will not lay her eggs because i bought the wrong male?