Female Moonlight Gourami
The average lifespan of a moonlight gourami is 4 years.
Female moonlight gourami. Moonlight gourami trichopodus microlepis. Deschauenseeia chryseus fowler 1934. The trichogaster microlepis also known as moonbream gourami lives in vietnam thailand borneo sumatra laos and malaysia in rivers like the mekong.
This peaceable engaging species is a well liked aquarium fish. It has a silvery white color with a slight yellowish ans or blueish green hue. The female blue gourami in prime breeding condition will look she ate a golf ball.
Moonlight gourami trichopodus microlepis also known as the moonbeam gourami. Females are more extensive than males and have a more rounded anal and dorsal fin. Male and female gourami breeding habits and spawning.
The first thing that you need to do is make sure that you have a male and female. Its ventral fins boast long filaments that are sensitive to touch. At breeding time the male becomes vibrant and much darker than the female.
Males are more slender than females. Males pelvic fins are red while females pelvic fins are yellow or colorless. The coloration is stronger in males.
Trichopus parvipinnis sauvage 1876. However in a well kept aquarium some reach 6 years of age. The moonlight gourami is long and flat.
She is very fat and full of eggs. The moonlight gourami trichopodus microlepis also known as the moonbeam gourami is a labyrinth fish of the family osphronemidae native to indochina. Its head has a concave curve.
This is a shy peaceful calm and territorial species. Like what some chichlids doing whilst mating i used to have a beauitful large male moonlight gourami with orange fins tinted on the end. The male gourami will begin dancing with the feminine and will begin cupping her physique along with his wiggling as he will get near her.
When the feminine is able to launch her eggs the male fertilizes them. Males can be distinguished by the orange red hue of the pelvic fins and the long dorsal fins that end in a point. It is straightforward to differentiate the male from female moonlight gourami.
They also have longer and more pointed dorsal and anal fins. I brought them just over an inch now they are huge. Breeding moonlight gouramis is relatively easy and they will often breed on their own if you provide the right environment for them.
You can also feed them live foods and some fresh veggies like chopped lettuce or cucumber for a few days. This peaceful attractive species is a popular aquarium fish. Sexing the moonlight gourami.
Sadly 2 years ago his life came to an end i saw him swimming up and all around on his side the kissing gourami was kissing him pushing him down.
