Chocolate Gourami Fish

A brownish green colored fish with yellow stripes running vertically along its body. The chocolate gourami also known as the four eyed fish has very particular care needs and is sensitive to water changes.

Crossband Chocolate Gourami Sphaerichthys Selatanensis

Chocolate Gourami Tropical Fish Keeping

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Fish Index Chocolate Gourami Sphaerichthys Osphromenoides

Although they are very peaceful chocolate gouramies are also very delicate and need quite specific water and aquarium conditions so are best left to experienced aquarists.

Chocolate gourami fish. Osphromenoides can found in indonesia sumatra and borneo and malaya in shallow waters in swampy areas that have heavy plant growth or in very acidic water that has no plant growth because of low mineral content. It can be a little picky in the aquarium and initially may not accept dried or otherwise prepared foods though in many cases will learn to take them over time. The chocolate gourami is a peaceful fish that is greenish brown with pearly yellow stripes running vertically along its body. Their natural habitat is very low in ph sometimes below 40. Like many gourami species these fish have a flat oval shaped body small head and pointed mouth. The chocolate gourami is an attractive little fish with a delicate appearance that often entices the fishkeeper to purchase.

One is the asian labyrinth with the apt name of chocolate gourami and the far from appetising scientific name of sphaerichthys osphromenoides. There is a dark almost black spot bordered in yellow at the base of the tail. In a tank they need dark areas and lots of plants. Three to five yellow white stripes run vertically through the body. They are a smaller species of gourami and grow to a length of two inches. Featuring beautiful yellow stripes along its greenish brown body this fish also has a distinctive dark spot at the base of its tail.

The chocolate gourami also known as sphaerichthys osphromenoides is a peaceful fun breed of fish whose origins can be traced to malaysia. The latin name for the chocolate gourami is sphaerichthys osphromenoides and it belongs to the belontiidae family. 0 54 ppm for wild fish up to 100 if captive bred. It is native to malacca malay peninsula borneo and sumatra. This gourami makes a rewarding challenge for the advanced hobbyist especially in breeding pairs. Where is this fish from.

Chiefly a micropredator feeding on small aquatic crustaceans worms insect larvae and other zooplankton. And the water is very soft and typically dark due to decaying organic matter. Its common name refers to the dark chocolate brown color of this gourami which can vary slightly from reddish brown to greenish brown.