Tropical Fish - Blue Gourami

Blue Gourami, sometimes also called 3 Spot Gourami is a popular freshwater tropical fish for aquariums. these fish are usually a bright blue color and three dark spots, one on the base of the tail, one in the middle of the body and the eye which resembles the third. The Gourami type of fish itself comes in different colors, blue which you often in pet stores, gold and opal and some other varieties of rear glass. These fish can be very large and are best suited for large aquariums.

The Blue Gourami is easy enough exist for fine fish floating flake food, you will probably spend the majority of other fish in the tank and keep the diet. Like most living things, but these fish need a little variety and it is good to take from time to time to be sure, in some freeze dried blood worms or frozen brine shrimp, they get all essential nutrients they need.

If you are a gourami fish, which is very low, you may be able to buy for the launch, being in a small aquarium, but will need some time to get 50 gallons or more than the fish grows . This type can be very large and you can be sure it must be housed in an appropriate manner. You should also make sure that you have a good heater in the tank, because they, like many other tropical freshwater fish, you need the water temperature between 70 and 82 ° C are the other conditions tank, a pH of 6.0 to 8.8 and a hardness of 5-35 DGH.

Because these fish are used to establish the water thick vegetation in their native tropical Far Eastern waters, the gourami will feel at home when you have in your aquarium many plants. They get along with other fish in their own way, but you must ensure that you keep in the tank and many gourami preferred another type of league against other fish. It is best to at least 4 gouramis in the tank and do even better when you get a mixture of blue, gold and opaline varieties. In general, you want to stay with a single male and the tank, as they can be territorial.

Blue Gourami enjoys the company of other varieties of Gourami. You can keep the gold, blue, and Opaline Gourami together peacefully in the same aquarium. Curiously, if your tank only has a variety of Gourami with other species of fish, gourami will conspire against other fish. If you have a mix of Gourami in the tank among other species of fish, gouramis tend to focus on their own terms and at rest let other fish. It is recommended that you have a minimum of four gourami in your tank with a mixture of different varieties.

Long to get in the tank with other fish of the same size and live in peace with barbs, clown loaches, Bala sharks, Danios, rainbow sharks, and Red Tail Rainbow gourami.

If you circumstances they can be a excellent care of your gouramis and with good reservoir live until the age of four years and grow to be up to 4 cm in length.

Lee Dobbins writes for Fish Tank Guide where you concerning the creation and maintenance of an aquarium and be able to learn more about your tropical aquarium fish.