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
Bad luck with pearl gouramis
- I have kept many kinds of fish and have always liked the different varieties of the Gourarmi family, and have had several in community tanks. Then I finally dedicated a 55 gallon tank to just Gouramis and love it. But for me, I have always had bad luck with the Pearl Gouramis. I’ve never been able to keep one alive for more than 6 months. My tanks are well kept, my other fish thrive ( I have had my moonlight gourami almost 6 years old now) but have been through about 8 Pearl Gouramis in the last several years. I don’t know why that is the only fish I have this trouble with. Is anybody else having this problem as well?
- —Guest deebo
debbie
- im new at keeping tropical fish i have a 260litre tank and have about 40 fish all thriving my concern is with my gouramis-i also have a mollie who is chasing the 2 pearl gouramis and it looks like he is trying to mate with them.the goramis have taken to hiding in the galleon ship which is out of character- any advise would be welcome ty debbie
- —hotdolly5
Peaceful
- These are the most peaceful fish I have in my aquarium. They are much bigger than all the other fish, they seem to be afraid of fast moving fish. I have a 55 gallon aquarium, one is a male and the other is a female. They have beatiful coloeration, some of their spots are even blue. The boy is always following the female, but she does not seem to mind. They are one of my favorite fish!
- —Guest Misty
Gourami
- I got 2 pearl Gouramis about 5 weeks ago and they very lively. Lately they have been 'kissing' though so iI don't know if they are breeding or not. I also have 4 neon tetras, 1 catfish, 2 guppies, and just today i have gotten 2 kuhli loaches. They are all in a 48 litre tank and seem very happy. In the first week the Gouramis only came out at night, and mainly stayed at the back of the tank even when they were out, but now they are always at the front of the tank, all day and night.
- —Guest minxy
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
