Before heading to the pet store to buy gourami, it’s worth getting some useful tips.
When purchasing this fish, you must carefully examine the individual for smooth and smooth movement. The fish should not fall sideways. Healthy individuals will swim briskly, confidently.
On the body of the fish should not be plaque or any stains indicating the presence of fungal infection. If you find such problems, you should refuse to buy such a fish. In addition, it is best to go to another store altogether.
If you did not find defects on the fish’s body, and its behavior did not cause you any concern, then after buying and delivering home, do not rush to plant it in a common aquarium with other residents. It is necessary to keep the new pet in quarantine for at least 7 days.
“Quarantine” is a separate aquarium located in the next room and separated by a door, since fish diseases are transmitted by airborne droplets.
After a while, even if everything is fine, do not transfer the fish to a common pond.First plant one fish from a common aquarium and watch for a couple of days. In the presence of a latent infection, which can be transmitted by a fish, the rash will appear on the planted individual. This simple procedure will save the general aquarium from the need to treat all its inhabitants.
In the same aquarium with these fish should not contain too nimble and large in size neighbors.
It is advisable to select for fish of this type aquariums having an oblong shape. Specialists are advised to buy and keep in groups in gurams. Try not to leave these pets alone. Only in a group with brothers, marble gourami will behave calmly, normally, and not be stressed. They are a little timid and timid, so this recommendation should be taken seriously.
Marble gourami look much more interesting and aesthetically pleasing in tandem with dark soil. Dark pebbles, granite chips or coarse sand are allowed for application.
The food for the described aquarium individuals needs to be chopped, because gourami have a small mouth. Servings for feeding should be small.
It should be noted that fry by gourami do not grow uniformly. They are prone to cannibalism, so they can not be left without regular sorting.