Pink Kisser Fish
72 f 82 f 22 c 28 c water hardness.
Pink kisser fish. Kissing gourami are also a very long lived fish a long term commitment for the fish keeper. My pink kissing gourami got along with everykind of fish i put in my tank try some small tetras and get a couple more platies or swordtails they will go well with them. 5 to 20 dh lifespan.
They can be territorial at times and will fight with their mouths. 64 to 74 f 18 to 24 c tankmates. Kissing fish pink kissing gourami care level.
This type is named balloon kissing gourami balloon pink or dwarf kissing fish after their small round bodies. They are generally a tolerant species but males may occasionally fight by pressing their lips together i e kissing. 5 to 12 dgh temperature.
They have been known to live in excess of 25 years. Up to 12 inches 30 cm ph. In addition they will settle for any type of vegetable matter and ought to be supplied with loads of spirulina based meals in addition to recent greens when attainable.
I dont think that chichlids would go good with your other fish and barbs may harass your platies. A silver green form often referred to as the green kisser and a mottled or piebald variety. Add a few live plants and artificial ones too.
The pink variation does not occur as frequently in nature and is the result of a reduction in pigmentation known as leucism. 5 7 years origin habitat. The kissing gourami is silvery peach in color and has thick lips that can be extended or pursed as in kissing.
The kissing gourami helostoma temminckii is the only species in the helostomatidae family there are many types of gourami but most are part of the osphronemidae family. The kissing gourami is also known as the kisser fish or pink kisser. 6 8 temperature.
2 inches 6 cm lifespan. Also known as pink kissing gourami kissing fish or kissers kissing gouramis are a favorite for many fish keepers. 5 years minimum tank size.
Pink kisser fish settles for quite a lot of meals together with flake frozen freeze dried and small reside meals comparable to tubifex and brine shrimp. A pink or flesh colored form. South east asia temperament behavior.
Easy to moderate size. Green kisser pink kisser adult size. Helostoma temminckii also known as.
Peaceful compatible with all species kissing gouramis are quite popular due to their unique behavior of appearing to kiss each other. 6 5 to 7 0 hardness. Daniel ahlqvist scientific name.
Pink ones have whitish pink or flesh colored bodies and are very popular as aquarium fish. There are three color variations of this fish. In the aquarium breeders have also produced a dwarf or balloon pink variety which is a mutated strain of the pink gourami that are offered to hobbyists.
Helostoma temmincki common names.
