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Sunset Thicklip Gourami
Trichogaster labiosa
Also known as Thick Lipped Gourami, Thicklip Gourami, Orange Thicklip Gourami
Animalia›Chordata›Perciformes›Osphronemidae
📍 Southeast Asia
A hardy, underrated gourami with a warm sunset-orange body gradating from gold to deep tangerine. Less prone to the health issues that plague dwarf gouramis. Peaceful and personable, it makes an excellent community centrepiece.
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Quick Facts
- diet
- Omnivore – flake, pellets, frozen bloodworms, brine shrimp
- lifespan
- 4–6 years
- max size
- 10 cm (4 in)
- tank size
- 20 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful
Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 4–15 dGH
- temperature
- 72–82°F (22–28°C)
Legality
No state or federal restrictions on record for this species.
Not legal advice, and possibly incomplete or out of date. Rules vary by state and locality and change over time — always confirm the current regulations with your state wildlife or agriculture agency before buying, keeping, or shipping this species.