Dwarf gourami
Trichogaster lalius
Prone to a well-known iridovirus. Buy from a source you trust.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 8 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 75 L, at least 60 cm long
- Temperature
- 24 to 28 °C
- pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Hardness
- 4 to 15 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- semi-aggressive
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- near the surface
- How hard
- moderate
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether dwarf gourami fit the tank you have.