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Readers Respond: Have you kept a Pearl Gourami?

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By Shirlie Sharpe, About.com

From the article: Pearl Gourami
Have you kept Blue Pearl Gouramis? If so, share your experiences about care, habitat, feeding and breeding of Blue Pearl Gouramis. Your knowledge could help other owners! Share Your Experiences

Pearl Gourami

Hi, I am here to tell you about a "Pearl Gourami". My Gourami is a very good eater. He eats well, but stops when he's full (unlike my Paradise Gourami). He's not attached to me and never really comes to the front of the tank. He just sits in the back of the tank unless he gets chased away by my other gouramies or its feeding time. Thanks for reading this segment, Bret
—Guest Bret

Inattentive breeder

Having been told that pearls were difficult I had little hope that I would have any luck with them.This past January I was scheduled for a total knee replacement surgery and a pair of pearls that I had in a thirty gal. tank were displaying mating behavior. When I got home thirteen days later the tank was in dire need of attention. When the tank was cleaned up I found a pair of fry. The tank was heavily planted. The water was a four to one mixture of one gallon of tap water (hardness of 21) and four gallons of distlled water. At the time the only other fish in the tank were some cory cats.
—Guest rich

yes

I have two large Pearl Gouramis.Tthey are surface dwellers and are very playful.They are hand fed normal goldfish flakes and bloodworms, One is male and the other a female,and the male chases the female a lot!
—Guest koollldog

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