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Dwarf Gourami
Trichogaster lalius
Family: Osphronemidae
📍 Ganges, Brahmaputra & Barak, South Asia
The Dwarf Gourami is a compact labyrinth fish renowned for the male's spectacular flame-red and turquoise-blue diagonal stripes on a petite 5–6 cm body. It is a popular choice for smaller community tanks where larger gourami species would be impractical. Males can be mildly aggressive toward one another, so a single male per tank is usually advisable unless the aquarium is large and well planted.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – micro pellets, flake food, brine shrimp, blanched vegetables
- lifespan
- 4–6 years
- max size
- 6 cm (2.4 in)
- tank size
- 10 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful; males mildly territorial with each other
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 4–10 dGH
- temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
72°F — 86°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jun high)