Top 5 BEST Gourami Fish!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

If you want more info on the fish featured in this video check out these species profiles: Pearl Gourami: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH2zqpuIZ6qorK8si=ANo3SwMRHPO3BxP- Sparkling Gourami: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6uppIGZdqqFkK8si=RQevtSXJI_RK3B7H Honey Gourami: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpK7hJuQerOKfbssi=v-GNE2LdsgHKyKWc Gourami Care: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anbJqpytpJKfmZYsi=VpjD6-U63udazasp Do you want a subscription to the best fish magazine in the world? Check this out - a special offer for Prime Time Aquatics viewers! www.amazonasmagazine.com/primetime Our new shirts can be found at: www.primetimeaquatics.com/merch Want to become a Prime Timer and see behind the scenes fish room videos? Consider becoming a member: kzbin.info/door/YVN7EN0ALL6CE4U7NpMUTAjoin For the latest short form content check us out on: Instagram: primetime_aquatics Facebook: primetimeaquatics1 Tiktok: primetime_aquatics If you want to see all the cool stuff Joanna does with other types of scapes check out her channel! kzbin.info/door/PEZk1MpOTGiBVh6BtWjlRg

[@Beb_73]

I love when I open YT and your freshly released video appears on top of my feed 🐠

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thanks for being here!

[@Beb_73]

@@PrimeTimeAquatics Dear Jason (and Joanna of course), I've never enjoyed keeping fish more than since I've discovered your many videos and use them as guidelines and you're always so genuinely polite and caring. Sure I still struggle translating Fahrenheit into Celsius but at least I know now how many liters go into a gallon. Until now I never subscribed to any channel because I rather spend my little money on my fish and my cat but I am since today a proud Prime Timer 😊

[@Rinsland]

I have a group of 6 honey gouramis in a planted community 75 gallon, and they're my favorite fish. Their social interactions with each other and other fish give them a ton of personality, and add a lot of entertainment into the tank.

[@marksguitars5617]

great video, when I was young we kept Pearl gouramis, we had some that lived almost 12 years! Never bothered the other fish just a little harmless chasing between the gouramis.

[@AthharSaeed]

You forgot to mention the croaks the sparkling gourami make. You can hear them when they have territorial squabbles.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

So true!

[@juliemorgan8852]

I absolutely love my pearl. I started him in a 29 but he started to have some random aggression and thought he was getting too big for the tank so I moved him to my 40 gallon. He became a totally different fish and has doing great ever since.

[@tedriggs1513]

Great video. There is one I still like is the kissing gourami. I know they can be aggressive. But I found that if you keep a pair with a semi-aggressive tank, they go at each other and leave the others alone. Just my experience.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

In that set up it sounds cool!

[@steviesfishandplants]

Great video. I’ve tried the honey gourami and loved them. Will definitely give the pearl gourami a try too.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Totally worth it!

[@mylabear8353]

Great info! I just bought 3 to go into a grow out tank with a single serving electric blue acara. And all the fish are doing really well together

[@dancurran8977]

I hadn't kept gouramis since I was a kid until last year when I got honey and pearl gouramis. They are doing well with platies, Corydoras, and a bristlenose.

[@xenomorph8437]

Sparkling gourami also make clicking sounds when disputing territory. I have three sparkling gouramis in one tank and they made me I had a cricket in my room for the longest time until I saw them making the sound, it was too cool. Don't let this behavior be confused with the croaking gouramis which also make a sound but grow much larger.

[@denofzen59]

Nice list!! Love Gourami, I'm with you,Pearl Gourami is my favorite!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Magnificent fish!

[@nancylee189]

Pearls are my top choice too. Always loved your tank of Pearls!!!! Stunning😊

[@pannobhasa]

My main problem with dwarf gouramis is that it is very difficult to find females for sale anywhere. No local shop sells them or can even order them, and I've found only one place online that sells females (mostly wild type). I got one of those to keep my cobalt blue male company, and she doesn't even need to be fed because she spends all day foraging for biofilm and microfauna among the plants and is healthy and plump.

[@terrygorsch386]

I love my Blue 3 spot Gaurami 🐠😎

[@AnnaMariaCiniErak]

Paradise Gourami (macropodus opercularis) ? I love !!!

[@lizettebusquets4305]

Love gouramis! I have some sparkling gourami in a heavily planted tank and hardly ever see them unless I'm working in the tank. My all-time favorite gourami is the pearl gourami. I have a pair in a large tank with angels. Would love to breed them. We'll see. 😊

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Have fun!

[@krisnaive]

I think along with honey and sparkling , chocolate gouramis are also a top choice for nano planted tanks

[@micksfishes4352]

Pearl are my favourite they are up there as one of the most beautiful fish ive ever seen

[@JordanDaly-un7ih]

Opalines for sure, have two females in my community tank and are quite big now. Mine are so peaceful and have never seen them bother any fish :)

[@rebeccabowman7038]

I enjoy the pearl the honey and I had some a few years ago they were called some thing with fire in the name they were beautiful had a flared red tail found them at Petco

[@blip-2024]

Dwarf Gourami are my favorite fish but due to Dwarf Gourami disease, I no longer keep them. Too heart breaking to watch them waste away.

[@LdyVder]

I had a dwarf gourami live for two months then found dead at the bottom of the tank one morning after I got up. Never noticed anything wrong with it. Just died. One of I had it was in a 10 gallon quarantine tank for four weeks, then moved to my 20 gallon and survived there for another four weeks. In that tank is cherry barbs and ember tetras.

[@girrl88]

I love honey gouramis!

[@kimp7160]

Definitely the honey gourami even though I've had bad luck with them so far. The next time I try I may get a pair of them for my 29H. My previous ones were singletons and never fully got over their shyness even though the other fish paid them no mind. I prefer the yellow but I am warming up to the orange.

[@karrde593]

Thanks for the idea.. sparkling gourami dwarf rasboras in a desktop planted tank. I don’t have to have just fighters, who would have thunk it.

[@glentoner3689]

You did not mention paradise gaurmi ? I have loved them in the past.

[@carollauer1355]

Sparkling Gouramis, my all time favorite.

[@buddyfriendguy]

In my early naive tank years I ended up with a male opaline and a male pearl in the same tank. They got along great! Yes, the opaline would get a little testy sometimes but they didn't kill each other or anything else. The opaline is really cool becayse their colors and lines and markings change based on in their mood seemingly. Pearls ftw though, so peaceful and very personable with people. My gouramis always wave at everyone! Ps i did get a male and female pearl and the female lost her mind and killed all the community fish one day. A supremely rare occurrence but it did happen.

[@Godzillajoinedtheknights]

My most interactive gourami was my blue gourami but he was too aggressive i had dwarf gourami as well im trying honey gouramis so i hope it goes good

[@kellymuller6525]

After doing my research in setting up my tank I went with pearls. They’re still on the small side but they’ll grow out eventually.

[@dt4676]

I love my moonlight gouramis and my snakeskin gourami the most.

[@garg4531]

My top picks for gouramis would be pearl gouramis for their hardiness, peaceful nature and exotic appearance, and honey gouramis for their small size, super peaceful nature, and bright yellow coloration I love the beauty of dwarf gouramis, but I simply don't trust them 😅 I've seen and heard how problematic they can be at times

[@rustyberry4405]

I have a blue dwarf gourami and honey gourami in a 40 gallon who do okay together. The main thing I notice is the dwarf tends to stay towards the front of the tank while the honey stays in the middle back. Pearls are on my list to try but our local fish stores tend to not have them in stock very often for some reason. That's part of the reason I have the dwarf and honey ones instead.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Good to hear!

[@AnthonyJunker]

Jason hypes the pearl gouramis so often that I got one a couple of months ago, its still 3 inches but doing well. I'm hoping more yellow-red coloring comes in.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Awesome!

[@terrywho22]

Chocolate gourami would be my #1, moonlight gourami #2, licorice gourami #3.

[@rolandtraynor]

I love my 4 Pearls in a super heavy planted Aquarium ...

[@elvinsworld11]

Lovely

[@ThawZin-t1v]

I has 2 gourami that is blue and giant 😊❤❤❤

[@GodFirstGreatGod]

Opal gourami, got them mixed in a bosemani/turquoise rainbow fish community.

[@HelenT-xv6zm]

I like the dwarf gouramis, but especially the regular colored ones. I had a group of them in a 50 gallon tank and they did quite well. I love opalines but they are toughies and the fighting gets tiresome at times., along with kissing gouramis in the right situation and kids love them.

[@Katvonbirb]

Honey gourami are my favorite, but I would love to someday to have pearl, chocolate, and/or samurai, but I have very hard water, so two of those are somewhat unlikely without a fair bit more work on my part.

[@jeremymoore450]

Jason, Great list but I haven’t been able to keep any gouramis alive. I tried the dwarf ones. I tried the paradise one. I haven’t tried the sparkling or the opaline or the pearl. I am so against keeping them because they die so fast. My water parameters are good to but the gouramis just seem to die so quickly. It’s. A planted tank to.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Larger ones tend to be more hardy if you can find them.

[@jessicasinclair323]

Paradise fish

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Nice!

[@dt4676]

I can't find a male in any shops!!

[@jessicasinclair323]

@@dt4676 funnily enough I can't find any females in shops. Sod's Law

[@Thewaxsiren]

Where did you get the golden pearl gourami? I can’t find them anywhere 😢

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I got them from a wholesaler, but haven’t seen them since!

[@AnthonyThompson-q1q]

I have 4 blue and 4 red in my tank with a few ottos

[@elvinsworld11]

Nice

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

The honey gourami (Trichogaster chuna) is by far my favorite. If you can get the wild type, all the better. The bright yellow ones have been commercially raised with hormones, etc and just don't make for good pets. Some LFS sell only males, but I like the females better because of their temperament and natural look.

[@EmilyGibson-z2l]

I love my Pearl Gourami ❤

[@BardstaleGoldens]

❤❤❤honey gourami ❤❤❤

[@COBO2]

How many in a group? And what size of the tank for a group?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Depends on the gourami? Check out the species profiles for more info!

[@COBO2]

@@PrimeTimeAquatics what about Pearl Gourami’s?

[@BraedenAmick]

Yeah Pearl gouramis are awesome fish I have one in my 36 gallon in my experience they are more peaceful than dwarf gouramis

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Very cool!

[@ottojones591]

Where is the best place to find the gold pearls?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I wish I knew. They are unusual.

[@ottojones591]

@ I found a part at feeder supply and bought them. Unfortunately 1 didn’t make it. Haven’t seen them since. I found them on a website but they don’t deliver to the US. Since then I’ve been on the hunt.

[@michaelmathes1991]

Chocolate and licorice gourami.

[@onlywei]

What happened to kissing gourami? They were everywhere in every pet store in the 90s. I haven’t seen one in decades.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

They’re still around, but people stay away from them because of their aggression?

[@onlywei]

@@PrimeTimeAquatics did people get smarter or something? I’ve never heard of another popular fish being phased out of pet stores because of any issue. PetSmart still sells common plecos…

[@Scott-y3y8l]

What gourami can I keep with angelfish?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Pearls work well

[@skinkbug]

I keep youtube playing while I do tank maintenance and this rolled into my recs WHILE I was handfeeding my big boy pearl. I love him but he's REAL mean. He's even got the angelfish on the ropes, and my female angel is a monster.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Well that’s not cool!

[@skinkbug]

@@PrimeTimeAquatics He's not actually hurting them, fortunately! I've got backup plans if he causes a problem, he's mostly just tank boss supreme. It's usually a pretty chill space

[@Suntroll13]

What happened to the Indian Banded Gourami? Way back when I was a kid they were called Giant Gouramis. That was before today’s Giant Gourami was known to Western aquarists. They’re absolutely beautiful.

[@LadyNewgrdia]

How many pearl gourami would you keep in a 40 breeder?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

6 should work well.

[@LAO-rf4jr]

Took less than 24 hours for my honey gourami to die. It was sad.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

That’s not cool!

[@danhogan7156]

I just lost a Pearl and not even a year old. Disappointing. Still have a male and a female in a 55 with many others fish. Oh well.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

That stinks!

[@PlainsPup]

It’s not a “cheat” to put the blue, opaline, and gold gourami at #2, because they are all literally different color varieties of the same species, Trichopodus trichopterus. They’re also known as the three-spot gourami (the third spot is the eye) and the Cosby gourami. The wildtype is actually brown. They’re all the same type of fish. It’s like the different varieties of betta, dwarf gourami, angelfish, etc. So yes, if that’s on your list, it makes all the sense in the world to simply put a single species in the same slot. Of course, I’d put them at #1 and their congener, the pearl gourami at #2, but that’s just me. 😁