Pearl Gourami (56k?)

Wasserpest · 08-17-2003, 04:19 AM

Just one of my favorite fishes... Beautiful color and shape of fins, peaceful behaviour, interesting breeding, tolerate/like high temperatures. Besides they seem to eat the surface film that builds in some tanks.

On the downside (?) they should be kept in a large tank with some depth for them to be able to hide when they want to (somewhat easy to scare) as well has have some room to escape from the dominant male. Also you should not keep them together with very nervous fishies or --of course-- fin nippers.

I have a pair in my 100 gal tank, and they share the surface / upper region with an African Butterfly Fish.

I feed them live daphnias/cyclops, frozen mosquito larvae/bloodworms, plus they like to graze algae and decaying plants.

When I purchased them they came with some ugly parasites: Anchor worms. It took several weeks, lots of medication and three tweezer operations on each of the two to finally get rid of them.

Great addition to a planted tank.

Wasserpest · 08-17-2003, 04:47 AM

Sorry for not posting the girl first :hehe:

Wasserpest · 08-17-2003, 04:50 AM

It is difficult to catch the stunning reflections that give them their name in a photo.

Slaigar · 08-17-2003, 05:34 AM

Absolutely beautiful, Wasserpest! I have never seen them with the red coloring on their face. Is this only on the males?

Guttboy · 08-17-2003, 03:31 PM

AWESOME PHOTOS WASSERPEST!

Mike

Wasserpest · 08-17-2003, 05:53 PM

Thanks

You are right, only the males show the orange color on their face and chest. What you can't see in the photo is that the males also have long filament extensions of their anal fin, with little pearls in them.
Because of them being a little shy it is not that easy to get the perfect picture... working on it :mrgreen:

corey · 08-18-2003, 02:58 AM

One of my all time fav fish, very nice.

jonah · 08-18-2003, 03:15 AM

They're one of my favorites too and they were one of my first anabantids. If I ever do an Asian tank they'll be the stars of the show. 8)

08-17-2003, 04:19 AM	#1
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,643	Just one of my favorite fishes... Beautiful color and shape of fins, peaceful behaviour, interesting breeding, tolerate/like high temperatures. Besides they seem to eat the surface film that builds in some tanks. On the downside (?) they should be kept in a large tank with some depth for them to be able to hide when they want to (somewhat easy to scare) as well has have some room to escape from the dominant male. Also you should not keep them together with very nervous fishies or --of course-- fin nippers. I have a pair in my 100 gal tank, and they share the surface / upper region with an African Butterfly Fish. I feed them live daphnias/cyclops, frozen mosquito larvae/bloodworms, plus they like to graze algae and decaying plants. When I purchased them they came with some ugly parasites: Anchor worms. It took several weeks, lots of medication and three tweezer operations on each of the two to finally get rid of them. Great addition to a planted tank. __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

08-17-2003, 04:47 AM	#2
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,643	Sorry for not posting the girl first :hehe: __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

08-17-2003, 04:50 AM	#3
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,643	It is difficult to catch the stunning reflections that give them their name in a photo. __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

08-17-2003, 05:34 AM	#4
Slaigar Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 214	Absolutely beautiful, Wasserpest! I have never seen them with the red coloring on their face. Is this only on the males? __________________ -Mark Mendoza

08-17-2003, 03:31 PM	#5
Guttboy Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA Posts: 752	AWESOME PHOTOS WASSERPEST! Mike __________________ Mike 100 Gal Planted, two Filstar XP3, Milwaukee SMS 122 pH controller, Milwaukee reg/bubble, compressed CO2, reactor 1000, 7 WCMM, 12 Ottos, 14 neons, 1 SAE, 3 German blue rams, 2 Florida Flag Fish 10 Gallon...20 Endler's live bearers planted, peat/kitty litter/sand substrate 15 Gallon...Just Schultz Aquatic Plant soil

08-17-2003, 05:53 PM	#6
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,643	Thanks You are right, only the males show the orange color on their face and chest. What you can't see in the photo is that the males also have long filament extensions of their anal fin, with little pearls in them. Because of them being a little shy it is not that easy to get the perfect picture... working on it :mrgreen: __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

08-18-2003, 02:58 AM	#7
corey Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 112	One of my all time fav fish, very nice. __________________ 55g planted tank, CO2 System, Eheim 2217 & Fluval 4 Internal filter. Just over 2 watts per gallon, 30g planted semi-aquatic Newt and Toad tank, 20g African Cichlid tank and a 2g Nano

08-18-2003, 03:15 AM	#8
jonah Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mustang, Oklahoma Posts: 93	They're one of my favorites too and they were one of my first anabantids. If I ever do an Asian tank they'll be the stars of the show. 8) __________________ jonah 2:10 Oklahoma City Aquarium Association www.okcaa.org

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