pygmy gourami
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Yes, 6 months is the longest, Bazil. That's my experience. Too bad..They are beautiful but I hate to keep shortlived fish.
I agree. I had wanted some for my 20g long, but I just couldn't justify spending so much for the fish and shipping only to have them die right away. Unless I could get them to breed, it just doesn't seem worth it to me right now. Perhaps once I get get a proper fish room set up and can really experiment with it, I'll give it a go.
I got 2 of them in my 3 gallon eclipse. They already breed once but I wasn't prepared and I think the male while guarding the nest was eating them. Hopefully they breed again and I can seperate them. They seem pretty timid as I have mine with Cherry Red Shrimp. The only time I have seen them aggressive is when breeding they were crazy aggressive, but that's normal when breeding and defending nests.
Sparkling Gouramies/Pigmy Gouramies
Hey All,
Trichopsis pumilus is a beautiful little jewel of a fish. They are generally rather timid and will do best in a species tank or a nano tank with a school of one of the smaller rasboras such as one of the Boraras species. They will do best in a planted tank and will be more visible because they will feel more secure in this environment with all those places to hide. The Boraras will act as an early warning system and will also encourage the gouramies to be out in the open more frequently. This species should certainly live for longer than a year in the aquarium and I would expect a life span of around 2 years to be typical. If you are losing them in a short time line then there is a problem in the setup you're using. In most cases, they are probably being kept with more active, faster-swimming species and are consequently not getting enough food. When folks mention that they wasted away over 6 months, that was probably what happened. They also prefer soft, acidic water and may not live as long in hard water. They will do ok on a diet consisting entirely of high quality dry food but will certainly benefit from the addition of some live food to the diet. They are very difficult to sex so posts stating that the only female died make me wonder if we are talking about the same species. I've had them a number of times over the years and have sold thousands of them and have never found them to be at all aggressive toward other species.
Mark
Hey All,
Trichopsis pumilus is a beautiful little jewel of a fish. They are generally rather timid and will do best in a species tank or a nano tank with a school of one of the smaller rasboras such as one of the Boraras species. They will do best in a planted tank and will be more visible because they will feel more secure in this environment with all those places to hide. The Boraras will act as an early warning system and will also encourage the gouramies to be out in the open more frequently. This species should certainly live for longer than a year in the aquarium and I would expect a life span of around 2 years to be typical. If you are losing them in a short time line then there is a problem in the setup you're using. In most cases, they are probably being kept with more active, faster-swimming species and are consequently not getting enough food. When folks mention that they wasted away over 6 months, that was probably what happened. They also prefer soft, acidic water and may not live as long in hard water. They will do ok on a diet consisting entirely of high quality dry food but will certainly benefit from the addition of some live food to the diet. They are very difficult to sex so posts stating that the only female died make me wonder if we are talking about the same species. I've had them a number of times over the years and have sold thousands of them and have never found them to be at all aggressive toward other species.
Mark
