temp for dwarf gourami

[wigglejaggles]

Hey Now,

I am curious as to what temperature you set your tanks that house a dwarf gourami or honey gourami. I keep mine at 82.

thanks!

take care,
Jared

 

[Hans]

most gouramis can be in cold water

 

[Leopardess]

Uh....they can? Are they not mostly from southeast asia? The lowest possible suggested temperature I can find is 68 - and I wouldn't do that.



74-82F is a good general range.

 

[Hound]

I was thinking that 76f to 78f is about where you should keep dwarf gourami.

 

[Hans]

yup, gouramis dont mind cold water at all, ask an expert!

 

[TKOS]

While most fish can survive in cooler water for long periods of time it generally weakens their immune system if they are not true coldwater fish.

I would agree taht 76-78F is a fine temperature for most tropical fish like tetras and gouramis. 82 seems a bit high, IMO, though many places have trouble keeping tank temps much lower than that.

 

[Aqualung]

Well I'm not an expert, but speaking from experience. My tank with two honey gouramis in it normally stays at 76-77 F. When I had furnace trouble, the temp dropped to between 73-74. While
it doesn't seem like a big difference, my gouramis seemed quite stressed by it and stopped being active.

On the other hand, on friday we had a very hot day here, and the water temp went up to 80 F. The gouramis remained very active and didn't seem to be stressed in the least bit. HTH

76-80 seems to be a good temp range for them.

 

[wigglejaggles]

thanks

Thanks guys

I dropped the tanks down to 78.

take care,
Jared