Lace Gourami
Females are usually plumper than males.
Lace gourami. Water quality lace gouramis prefer water in the soft to medium. Your fish will lose body weight and appetite and might start swimming in circles. Lace or pearl gourami trichogaster leeri one of the comparatively larger aquarium fish the pearl gourami grows to about 4 inch.
Ich white grain like bumps all over the body cloudy eyes loss of appetite and fast breathing. The lace gourami is native to thailand malaysia and borneo. Peaceful but will eat small fish.
Sexing edit edit source male pearl gouramis have a more pointed dorsal fin. Maximum size and longevity lace gouramis can grow up to 12cm long and live for up to 8 years if kept in the correct conditions. Pearl gourami lace gourami diamond gourami platinum gourami mosaic gourami additional scientific names trichogaster leerii trichopus leerii trichopodus leeri.
They are found in swamps and lowland rivers with acidic dark water and heavy aquatic vegetation. It is the most attractive of the gouramis with a body colouring of turquoise suffused with mosaic pearly dots not unlike exquisitely fine lace. Pearl gourami trichopodus leerii are freshwater fish from the osphronemidae family this family includes lots of different gourami species including the popular dwarf and kissing varieties.
Because of the patterns across their body they are sometimes known as diamond lace or mosaic gourami but these names are less common. Dwarf gourami disease is a viral infection which currently doesn t have a cure and can be fatal. Pearl gourami trichogaster leeri are also known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the leeri gourami or lace gourami and are native to thailand malaysia and indonesia on the islands of sumatra and borneo.
