Kissing Grommies
This species can be quarrelsome with others and care should be taken when putting them in a community tank.
Kissing grommies. 5 7 years origin habitat. 72 f 82 f 22 c 28 c water hardness. On the inside surface of the kisser s obvious lips are rows of fine teeth which are used to graze on algae and vegetable matter.
Until i noticed that one would not leave the other alone harassed it constantly chased it around the tank ceaselessly began kissing it all over causing bruising and rawness and finally killing it. The gourami family of freshwater fish is classified into 15 genera which are further classified into well over 90 species. Helostoma temmincki common names.
Kissing gourami diet and feeding. Like you i found them funny and adorable. Helostoma temmincki the kissing gourami is the most popular gourami species among aquarists.
Kissing gouramis also known as kissing fish or kissers helostoma temminckii are medium sized tropical freshwater fish comprising the monotypic labyrinth fish family helostomatidae from the greek elos stud nail stoma mouth. 6 8 temperature. The most common gourami that are extremely popular among aquarium keepers are blue gourami dwarf gourami moonbeam gourami kissing gourami and pearl gourami owing to the huge diversity and variety of colors and patterns that they are available in which adds multi.
Kissing gourami helostoma temminkii these fish get their name because of their kissing behavior but it s still not known why they display this behavior. The so called talking gourami trichopsis vittatus is an even better choice if you have a smaller aquarium since it will stay around 5 centimetres 2 inches. Kissing fish pink kissing gourami care level.
Periodically provide fresh romaine lettuce cooked zucchini or peas to keep your kissers in optimal health. And i hope you don t want to breed them. In reality they are exerting their territorial rights.
I have a kissing gourami and it is 4 inches and i got it when it was 2 inches 2 months ago so don t even get one. The ideal live and frozen foods for kissing gouramis are small bloodworms artemia and tubifex worms are some of the best foods for this species. These fish originate from thailand to indonesia.
In the wild kissing gouramis feed mainly on algae and microorganisms so adding live and frozen foods to a commercial diet can be very beneficial. They can be long living fish and whist they usually live until around 7 some have been known to. Generally they do best with medium to large sized fish.
They can grow up to 12 inches in size so they need a large aquarium minimum 75 gallons. Kissing gouramis are omnivorous fish. It seldom grows bigger than 25 centimetres 10 inches.
They can be territorial at times and will fight with their mouths. Kissing gouramis are quite popular due to their unique behavior of appearing to kiss each other. Easy to moderate size.
If you cant spell the breed right you can t take care of fish. South east asia temperament behavior. They can be food fish which are farmed in their native southeast asia they are used fresh for steaming baking.
Its a kissing gourami not grommie.
