Chocolate gourami lives in the rich vegetation of ponds, lakes and streams of South-East Asia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Malay Peninsula.
In the chocolate gourami is high, a little elongate and compressed on the sides of the body. On the head are large eyes. Mouth small and slightly elongated upward. Dorsal and anal fins are long and low. Gourami body dark brown, chocolate with 5-6 transverse, irregular stripes of varying width and length, passing over the head and sides. The color bands may be whitish, cream and white with a pinkish tinge. Pelvic fins are red, on the edge of the median is narrow red edging. Sex differences: male - dorsal fin pointed at the end of the spawning period anal fin may be dark red, dark tail, female - dorsal fin is rounded, the tail during the spawning season brighter. At length the chocolate gourami grows up to 6 cm
Chocolate gourami peaceful and a little shy fish, which in case of danger prefers to hide in the thickets. Gets along well with quiet fish species large and small sizes. Conducts daily life. Contained in the upper and middle layers.
Contain chocolate gourami to the aquarium volume of 70 liters (2 pairs of fish) with thickets of live plants (including swimming) and a free place to swim. Availability of snags (the fish are kept constantly beside them), and dimmed lighting. Chocolate 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, or catching a cold air, the fish can catch a cold. Parameters for optimum water content of the chocolate gourami: hardness 4-10 °, pH 5.0-6.5, temperature 25 - 28 ° C. Filtering is needed (preferably peat filter), aeration and weekly replacement of 30% of the volume of water.
Chocolate gourami eats live food: Cyclops, small bloodworms, daphnia, aquatic insect larvae are not large. Some individuals show interest to the combined feed, but the body of the fish was a bad learner. In chocolate gourami there is a direct correlation between proper nutrition and color, if the nature and variety of food does not meet the needs of the body, the color fades. Prone to overeating.
For breeding the chocolate gourami spawning requires a volume of 50 liters, can be easily ground. Part of the surface water should be occupied by small-leaved floating plants (Ricci, water fern). Sight glass is desirable to close so as not to disturb the fish. Water parameters for cultivation of chocolate gourami: hardness of up to 3 °, pH 5.0-6.0, temperature 28 - 30 ° C, the water level about 15 cm before planting to spawn producers for two weeks kept separately. Depending on the area of catch chocolate gourami build a small and fragile afrognezdo or lay eggs on the bottom. The female lays a yellowish, large enough (diameter 1.2 - 1.5 mm) eggs, which are heavier than water. As this falls into the sinking eggs afrognezdo, has not yet been traced. Then the female takes the eggs in his mouth (in a small aquarium, the female eggs are not incubated, breeding can only in a large body of water). Sometimes all the eggs are not placed in the mouth and some remain at the bottom, but then the female can still fit into their mouths. Usually the female is placed in the mouth no more than 40 eggs. The incubation period is 2 weeks. Hatched fry are 5-6 mm long, dark and well marked. Keep them and eat the vegetation at the surface. Starter feed: nauplii of Artemia. This food is sinking fast, so give it to you frequently, in small portions. The water level in the tank with fry should be reduced to 5-10 cm and not change it until it has a maze and they will not miss the mouth air at the surface. Fry exposed to cold and parasitic diseases. The water temperature is better to keep about 30 ° C.
Puberty chocolate gourami reaches the age of 6-8 months.
In the chocolate gourami is high, a little elongate and compressed on the sides of the body. On the head are large eyes. Mouth small and slightly elongated upward. Dorsal and anal fins are long and low. Gourami body dark brown, chocolate with 5-6 transverse, irregular stripes of varying width and length, passing over the head and sides. The color bands may be whitish, cream and white with a pinkish tinge. Pelvic fins are red, on the edge of the median is narrow red edging. Sex differences: male - dorsal fin pointed at the end of the spawning period anal fin may be dark red, dark tail, female - dorsal fin is rounded, the tail during the spawning season brighter. At length the chocolate gourami grows up to 6 cm
Chocolate gourami peaceful and a little shy fish, which in case of danger prefers to hide in the thickets. Gets along well with quiet fish species large and small sizes. Conducts daily life. Contained in the upper and middle layers.
Contain chocolate gourami to the aquarium volume of 70 liters (2 pairs of fish) with thickets of live plants (including swimming) and a free place to swim. Availability of snags (the fish are kept constantly beside them), and dimmed lighting. Chocolate 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, or catching a cold air, the fish can catch a cold. Parameters for optimum water content of the chocolate gourami: hardness 4-10 °, pH 5.0-6.5, temperature 25 - 28 ° C. Filtering is needed (preferably peat filter), aeration and weekly replacement of 30% of the volume of water.
Chocolate gourami eats live food: Cyclops, small bloodworms, daphnia, aquatic insect larvae are not large. Some individuals show interest to the combined feed, but the body of the fish was a bad learner. In chocolate gourami there is a direct correlation between proper nutrition and color, if the nature and variety of food does not meet the needs of the body, the color fades. Prone to overeating.
For breeding the chocolate gourami spawning requires a volume of 50 liters, can be easily ground. Part of the surface water should be occupied by small-leaved floating plants (Ricci, water fern). Sight glass is desirable to close so as not to disturb the fish. Water parameters for cultivation of chocolate gourami: hardness of up to 3 °, pH 5.0-6.0, temperature 28 - 30 ° C, the water level about 15 cm before planting to spawn producers for two weeks kept separately. Depending on the area of catch chocolate gourami build a small and fragile afrognezdo or lay eggs on the bottom. The female lays a yellowish, large enough (diameter 1.2 - 1.5 mm) eggs, which are heavier than water. As this falls into the sinking eggs afrognezdo, has not yet been traced. Then the female takes the eggs in his mouth (in a small aquarium, the female eggs are not incubated, breeding can only in a large body of water). Sometimes all the eggs are not placed in the mouth and some remain at the bottom, but then the female can still fit into their mouths. Usually the female is placed in the mouth no more than 40 eggs. The incubation period is 2 weeks. Hatched fry are 5-6 mm long, dark and well marked. Keep them and eat the vegetation at the surface. Starter feed: nauplii of Artemia. This food is sinking fast, so give it to you frequently, in small portions. The water level in the tank with fry should be reduced to 5-10 cm and not change it until it has a maze and they will not miss the mouth air at the surface. Fry exposed to cold and parasitic diseases. The water temperature is better to keep about 30 ° C.
Puberty chocolate gourami reaches the age of 6-8 months.
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