This beautiful aquarium fish, the catchy color of which during the spawning period becomes even more saturated in males. A feature is the presence of a labyrinth apparatus, which allows breathing atmospheric oxygen. This adaptation of nature endowed the gurus, so that they could survive in very difficult conditions. Gourami grows up to 10-12 cm. They are considered long-lived and, with the right content, live up to 8 years. To date, the most common and popular are the following types of gourami: spotted, pearl and honey. They differ in color and size. Spotted gourami large enough, but it is a little shy and timid. It is a friendly species that gets along with both large and small species of fish.
Gourami - maintenance and care
It is an uncomfortable species, which is very hardy to different conditions. Preferred sizes for the aquarium - from 40 liters. Soil is to choose dark shades, because it is against its background that the fish will look great. It is worth paying special attention to plants. They should be both planted in the ground , and floating. In the morning, it is necessary to provide natural light to the gourami. These species live in the middle and upper layers of the water. To ensure the comfortable existence of this species, it is necessary to observe the water parameters: temperature - 22-28 ° C, stiffness - no higher than 20 °, acidity - 7. The diet of gourami is dry, live and frozen food. These fish are omnivorous and without problems can exist due to artificial feeds: flakes, granules. Dilute the usual diet can be a tuber, bloodworm and other frozen larvae. Do not forget to grind the food well enough so that the gurus can swallow it with their small mouth. This type of fish perfectly cleans the aquarium and can even destroy the hydra.
Compatibility gourami with other fish
Concerning other fishes, gurus are peaceful, but they find it difficult to get along with aggressive large predators that can harm them. Also, some small fish show a pronounced antipathy to the gurus. To avoid these troubles, it is worth choosing suitable neighbors. It can be: neons, danios, bots, barbs, swordsmen, tetras, soms, minors and scalars. You can not add to the gurus such species as: cichlids, cockerels, parrots, astronotus, goldfish. Difficulties in the neighborhood are also evident with shrimp, discus and guppies.
Independently gurus will never be the first to conflict or chase fry.