Gourami body high, elongate, flattened laterally. Color of body silvery-purple with numerous pearly spots (resembling pearls), not only scattered throughout the body, but also on fins. Along the entire body is irregular dark stripe. The length of the pearl gourami reaches 11 cm male is much larger than the female is more brightly colored, elongated dorsal and anal fins. During spawning the male thorax and abdomen reddish-colored in red.
Pearl gourami - a beautiful fish, wherein a calm and peaceful. A little fearful. It is easy to get along with non-aggressive neighbors.
Pearl gourami contain easy. It is desirable to have a tank capacity of not less than 40 liters of densely planted with vegetation, and must have driftwood as a shelter and a zone of free navigation. The soil should be dark. These fish prefer clear water and sunlight.
The water temperature for the content of pearl gourami 23-27 ° C. Water parameters - hardness of 16 °, pH 6.0-7.0. Requires aeration, filtration and weekly replacement of 30% water. Gourami is desirable to feed live food: bloodworm, Tubifex, Daphnia, but they will not give up and dry.
Breeding pearl gourami is more complex than other types of gourami. Needed for spawning tank with a capacity of 20 liters, the water level should not exceed 30-35 cm water should be soft and old up to 7 °, pH 7.0, temperature 27-29 ° C. It is advisable to put a bunch of Ricci. Aquarium is transferred to the most quiet place and close the sight glass to make sure we do not scare the fish. Individuals it is desirable to take age of eight months of age who are ready to spawn. A week before spawning females to sit on the males in different aquarium and feed them plenty of live food. The first aquarium in the launch of the male and female within a few hours. In order to speed up the spawning add 1 / 3 of distilled water and increase the temperature to 30 ° C. The male builds a nest out of any sticky saliva bubbles, using the Ricci. Spawning usually occurs within days after planting, producers and lasts about 2 hours A female can reach 2000 eggs. At this time, the manufacturer can not feed, but after 2 days you can begin to feed them small doses of well-washed Tubifex or bloodworms (Daphnia and cyclones are not recommended, as with this food vendors will eat the eggs and larvae). Otsazhivayut female at once, and male - when the eggs darken or after hatching of larvae (1-2 days). When the larvae appear, then lower the water level up to 6-10 cm and maintain it in such a month until the fry shaped labyrinth apparatus (grabbing his mouth begin to air). If the larvae need a lot of poor aeration. At hatching the larvae of the pearl gourami yolk sacs have through which they feed for 2-3 days. The subsequent 5-6 days should be fed infusoria, then zooplankton.
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