Thursday, November 3, 2011

Gold gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus sumatranus var. Gold). Family: Labyrinth (Belontiidae)

Gold gourami lives in water-rich vegetation on about. Sumatra.

The color of the ordinary form Gurami Sumatran (Trichogaster trichopterus sumatranus). The Golden gourami high, slightly elongated and compressed on the sides of the body. On the head are large eyes. Mouth small and slightly elongated upward. The dorsal fin is short. Anal long, ventral - elongated, filiform. The body is painted in gourami golden yellow with an orange tint. On the side are two dark spots, one in the middle of the body, the other on the caudal peduncle. The body and fins scattered blue spots. Sex differences: the male is larger and brighter than the females. In the long golden gourami grows up to 13 cm Life in the fish tank with the right content to 7 years.

Gold gourami peaceful, timid little fish, which in case of danger prefers to hide in the thickets.
Gets along well with different kinds of fish large and small sizes, but sometimes the males are aggressive toward each other. Keep a daily way of life. Keeps gourami gold in the upper and middle layers.

Contain gold gourami is necessary in a well lit tank capacity of 100 liters (4 fish) with thickets of live plants (including swimming) and a free place to swim. Availability of snags (the fish are kept constantly beside them), dark soil. Gold gourami breathe atmospheric air, from time to time, rising to the surface of the water, so it is important that the aquarium was covered with a lid and above the surface was always warm air, so fish are not caught cold. Water parameters for the proper maintenance of gold gourami: hardness 8-10 °, pH 6.5-7.0, temperature 24 - 26 ° C (can tolerate lower water temperatures). Required filtration, aeration and weekly replacement of 30% of the volume of water.

Gold gourami eats a live feed and substitutes. When choosing foods, be aware that a very small fish's mouth. Prone to overeating.

Breeding golden gourami is not a complicated process. This requires a tank volume of 40 liters of water level not exceeding 20 cm and a temperature of 26-28 ° C. One part of the aquarium densely foresters plant and moss plants (refuge for females during the spawning season). A week before spawning males and females are seated in different capacities and abundantly fed live food. The male builds a nest of foam at the surface of water. The female lays up to 2,000 eggs. After completing her otsazhivayut spawning. The male remains in the tank and protects the nest with masonry, care for the offspring. A day hatch larvae. The male looks after them as long as they do not turn into fry and do not float. At this point the male should be to isolate from the aquarium. Starter feed: live dust ciliates. Growing rapidly. Labyrinth organ formed in the fry for 10-14 days.

Sexual maturity is reached gold gourami at the age of 1 year.

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