Pearl Gourami Male
The females are smaller and do not have a red breast.
Pearl gourami male. These fish are egg layers and construct the bubble nests for the spawning process and protecting the fry. Firstly make sure that you have both male and female pearl gourami. Induce spawning behavior increasing temperatures are often effective.
I just added a male pearl gourami to my 20 gallon tank. The nest of pearl gourami is low and large. A bubble nest is a collection of bubbles which the fish has blown to the surface of the water the bubbles are coated in salivia to make them more durable.
The tank includes 1 opaline gourami 2 dwarf gouramis 2 rainbow fish 7 neon tetras 3 harlequin rasboras and 3 pristella tetras. Female pearl gourami has a rounder and heavier body than the male. There is a horizontal black bar that runs the length of the pearl gourami s body.
When the fish breed the male pearl gourami builds nests out of plant bits and bubbles. So far it is a very peaceful and colorful tank. 6 responses to trichopodus leerii pearl gourami.
Read on to clarify all such queries. Males blow lots of bubbles when looking to mate these float on the surface of the water. Both fish boasts a pearly appearance after their namesake.
Too many men will mean a lot of struggle and not a lot of breeding. Keep 1 male pearl gourami for 2 3 female gouramis. I could sit and watch them for hours.
As the spawning comes the male fish becomes more aggressive therefore the female fish should have shelters in a tank. You can go up to 82 f in this case but no more. If you witness pearl gourami that is blowing bubbles at the corner of your tank it is the male fish.
Setting up the breeding tank. Sometimes the fish can spawn even without a nest. The fins on the male pearl gourami are longer larger and more angular than those of the female.
Give them a quality flake food and supplement with live or frozen freshwater fish cubes. Males and females have. Feed foods that are of high quality.
Recommended is one male and 2 3 females. Feeding your gourami should pose no problems since they will eat nearly every sort of fish food you put in the tank. The male builds a nest from air bubbles ricci pieces and its saliva on the water surface.
Sexing the fish comes with a number of other questions too. The fry become free swimming in another 4 5 days at which point the male should also be removed. There are more connected issues.
As aforementioned the males have a red breast and are slightly larger with a longer dorsal fin. Pearl gourami are bubble nest builders. Sexing pearl gourami is very easy due to their visible physical differences.
The male then tends to the nest until the eggs hatch usually in around 20 30 hours.
