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Article #389: Freshwater Tropical Fish Guide - The Blue Gourami

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The Blue Gourami, sometimes also called vegetated waters as found in their native
the 3 Spot Gourami is a popular tropical waters of the Far East, the
freshwater tropical fish for aquarium Gourami will feel right at home if you
keeping. these fish are usually a light have a lot of plants in your aquarium.
blue color and have three dark spots, one They get along with other fish of their
on the base of the tail, one in the kind but you need to make sure that you
middle of the body and the eye which have many Gourami's and preferably
looks like the third spot. The Gourami different type's in the tank to keep them
type of fish itself comes in several from ganging up on the other fish. It is
colors, the blue which you often see in best to have at least 4 Gouramis in the
pet stores, gold and opaline as well as a tank and even better if you can get a mix
few other rear of varieties. These fish of the blue, gold and opaline varieties.
can grow very large and are best suited Generally, you want to stick to having
for larger aquariums. only one male and the tank as they can be
The Blue Gourami is a fairly easy fish to territorial.
keep and will exist fine on floating The Blue Gourami enjoys the company of
flake food that you probably feed to the the other varieties of Gourami. You
majority of the other fish in your tank. could keep Gold, Blue and Opaline Gourami
However, like most creatures, these fish together peacefully in the same aquarium.
do need a little bit of variety and it's Oddly enough, if your tank has only one
good to throw in some freeze dried blood variety of Gourami with other species of
worms or frozen brine shrimp every once fish, the Gourami will gang up on the
in a while just to be sure they are other fish. When you keep a mix of
getting all the vital nutrients that they Gourami in the tank among other fish
need. species, the Gourami tend to focus on
If you buy a Gourami fish that is very their own type and leave the other fish
small you might be able to start them off alone. It is recommended that you have a
in a smaller aquarium but eventually you minimum of four Gourami's in your tank,
going to have to get a 50 gallon or with a mix from the different varieties.
larger as the fish grows. This species The Gourami can get along in the tank
can grow quite large and you want to be with other fish of the same size and can
sure that you house them suitably. you live peacefully with Barbs, Clown
also need to be sure that you have a good Loaches, Bala Sharks, Danios, Rainbow
heater on the tank as these, like many Sharks, Red Tail Sharks and Rainbows.
other freshwater tropical fish, require If you take excellent care of your
the water temperature to be between 70 Gouramis and provide them with the proper
and 82°F. Other tank conditions tank conditions, they can live to be four
include a PH of 6.0 to 8.8 and a years old and grow to be 4 inches in
hardness of 5-35 dGH. length.
Since these fish are used to thickly






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