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Sparkling Gourami
Trichopsis pumila
Family: Osphronemidae
📍 Mekong Basin, Southeast Asia
The Sparkling Gourami (Pygmy Gourami) is a tiny, jewel-like labyrinth fish barely 4 cm long whose body glitters with iridescent blue-green spots. It produces a distinctive chirping or croaking sound during spawning, which is audible outside the aquarium. Its diminutive size makes it perfect for nano tanks with fine-leaved plants; it should not be housed with boisterous or much larger tankmates.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Carnivore – micro pellets, micro worms, daphnia, baby brine shrimp
- lifespan
- 3–5 years
- max size
- 4 cm (1.6 in)
- tank size
- 5 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful toward other species; males may spar briefly
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Water it likes
- ph
- 5.0–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <10 ppm
- hardness
- 1–15 dGH
- temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
75°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)