#thick lip gourami

[herefishiefishie]

New blog new intro - fish yeah

Wanna meet my water dogs? Yeah you do.

Ten Gallon

• Khonshu - Galaxy Koi Plakat Betta

• 2 Adult Ramshorn Snails + their criminal amount of children

Bought this pretty boy over this summer. He's in his main character era and currently can't decide what colour he wants to be.

Konch has a liking for brine shrimp and bloodworms, and detritus worms.. and ghost shrimp. Oh and baby ramshorn snails. Quite the palate on that one. Sometimes he'll accept a rogue betta buffet pellet.

Currently in the works of getting some pipe cleaners and maybe training him some.

29 Gallon

• 10 Glowlight Tetras

• 9 Bandit Corydoras

• 2 Honey Gourami (Marner & Nylander)

• 2 Mystery Snails

• 2 Black Racer Nerite Snails

This is my fun little community tank. My little side gig if you will. Based finished, except for a final addition of a third honey gourami (hopefully soon) and possibly a third mystery snail. If the mysteries ever start to breed I could bring in some babies to the LFS and sell them. If not then that's fine and I'll take what I can get. Yes I did name my gouramis after hockey players and yes I can tell them apart by one single black scale.

Future Projects

I'd love to set up a 3rd tank, walstad method. My stocking would either be a colony of shrimp or a single betta. I'd attempt this in a 5.5 gallon. If this happens or not, who knows, but the idea is definitely there.

For future future projects, I'd love to set up a 75 gallon community tank when I get my own place. Stocking I'm unsure about, but a large school of something like swordtails or platies is something that has always captivated me.

[deathfeigning]

a judgemental mango

[darksouls2yuri]

they also had gouramis at petco but im scared of getting what i think is a honey gourami and it being a dwarf gourami and have it terrorize my pandas

[red-eft]

mango couldn't decide if he wanted to eat this for a whole minute. eventually he left it and swam away wbsbwjdf

[prince-liest]

Ugh, Fairy ended up dying. :(

It's always frustrating and stressful to have a new fish not make it. I think the only time I kind of shrugged it off was when a couple of my new neon tetras kicked it, because they're known for being poor at surviving new aquariums due to their absolutely awful genetics (but once they're good, they're pretty good).

She was very active, healthy, and curious the first several hours in the aquarium, and the fact that she was immediately willing to eat felt like such a positive sign, but she ended up passing away after about two days. It's hard to say that it wasn't because of being added to my aquarium given the timing, but at the same time: The water parameters were 0/0/0, I did a water change anyways, and every single other member of the tank (including the dang amano shrimp I bought at the same time as her, also a new member and of a more sensitive species!) is healthy and thriving, and it took her nearly two days to kick it (rather than overnight or even quicker like shock from adaptation tends to) so I just wonder if she was already heading that direction and the stress of a new environment with new water parameters is what did her in...

I'm going to try for another female honey gourami at some point because I want Jin Ling to have company to make him feel more secure (he's a little skittish when I approach the tank and honey gouramis are more friendly and social compared to other gourami species), but I'm sad about this. She had such a great personality in the first few hours, and I loved her sunset red color a lot.

I will go for just the classic yellow color, however. The store I go to has weird naming schemes between all the color variations that makes me not 100% certain of what the actual species of their honey and dwarf gouramis are, and some trawling of reddit shows that some of the "sunset" honey gouramis that are sold are often actually thick lip gouramis (or hybrids of some sort?) that tend to have the same genetic issues and aggression as dwarf gouramis, and are actually susceptible to dwarf gourami iridovirus. I looked them up, and the females look EXACTLY like Fairy did, from the actual color to the distribution of transparency over her fins. So. Tried and true yellow honeys it is!

[glassboxdiaries]

Honey Gourami or Thick-Lipped Gourami?

This fish seems to be becoming more and more popular in the UK and it's being sold as a "Red Honey Gourami".

I have seen people say that this is actually a thick-lipped gourami or a hybrid rather than an actual honey gourami.

My honey gourami are peaceful and do really well in my community tank without ever showing aggression to their tank mates.

I have seen people online report that they purchased these fish and they were far more aggressive than a regular honey gourami.

Some people have reported that their fish totally changed color as the fish aged too.

[lil-lycanthropy]

I swear I’m gonna hit whoever thinks aquarium keeping is easy lmao

I did a pretty deep clean of both my 10 gallon (African dwarf frogs) and my 20 gallon (community tank with gouramis, tetras, plecos, and rabbit snails). I started late by accident, but still worked on them for probably around 5-6 hours straight, then had to tidy the basement after (which I’m gonna have to finish tomorrow).

The 20 looks pretty good, just a little barren. I got rid of one of the major big decorations because I don’t really like it and I worry about fish getting stuck in it (it’s happened, but it was all good). I also accidentally broke one of the medium rock decorations, so I feel like there’s not as many places to hide :( It also only has 3 silk plants, so I really kinda wanna get more plants (and maybe a replacement rock). I don’t think I’ll do live plants because that never goes well with me.

And the 10 is gonna make me SCREAM. The decor is okay, though it could also use some more greenery. But oml there’s detritus (mulm) all over everything! I did a 90% water change, I sucked some of it up with my gravel vacuum, I even added more sand because there wasn’t enough. After I added the decor, the detritus settled over everything so it still looks disgusting ugh.

I think the issue is that I’m relying mostly on biological filtration rather than mechanical. I’m using sponge filters on all my tanks because I had issues with overflow while using HOB filters (and destroyed some of the flooring sorry dad), plus they often got jammed because sand somehow got stuck in the impeller.

ANYWAY it was a lot of work so I’m not really gonna bother with it anymore, at least not within the next week. I’d been wanting to do a super deep clean for a while now, and I finally got it done. Yay.

One of my ADFs has an injury, so I’ve been trying to keep the water pretty clean. I hope the stress of the clean doesn’t make it worse, but it seems to be healing okay. Fingers crossed that it helps instead of hinders. I was hoping to get another frog or two for that tank, but I wanted to clean/rearrange first, and I don’t want to add any new things while he’s healing. They’ve also started their mating calls again, so that’s exciting.

The fish in the 20 are all doing well, I think. For some reason, one of gouramis is stunted and I have no idea what caused it. All the other ones are plump and healthy, but the one is just small and disproportionate. They all grew up in the same tank (and they used to be in a 40 gallon, so I sincerely doubt space is an issue), and they get fed the same diet. I feel like if it was an issue with my care, all the gouramis would be stunted, and maybe some of the other fish as well? I see the stunted one eating and swimming, she just looks like the bulldog of gouramis. I think it must be a genetic thing with her. The tetras are still shy for some reason. My plecos have made progress on chewing through their driftwood, which is exciting to me. 2 are now full sized so it’s harder to tell them apart from each other, but the youngest one is only about 3/4 of the full sized ones. Also idk why but I’ve had really good luck with rabbit snails. My first one lasted 3 years (but he passed away a few months ago 😔), and the second one is now going on 3. I got another one after the first one died, and he’s a giant. Idk how old he is but I’ve had him for ???3-4 months???? He’s good.

Anyway that’s all the aquarium rambling I’m gonna do today because my feet and my back hurt and I’m TIRED

[shrimp-and-company]

bastard unleashed

[fishytanks]

Elmo

[axostotl]

Fish: so elegant, so shiny, so graceful as they swim through the water

Also fish: pick a fight with the driftwood and scare themselves into speeding into a moss ball

[fishcommunity]

An uncommon find at petco today - Thick Lipped Gourami! These are by far my favorite of the gourami species available... reasonably sized, peaceful, and hardy. Highly recommend!

[mechie-plec]

The more I think about it, the more I realize my now deceased pet fish Dio is not a honey gourami, but a sunset thick lips gourami. Oh well, he was still a gorgeous fish, and I still want to get another because they're so pretty

[hornsandthings]

headcanons: aquarium date w/ connor

connor had always been prone to distraction – by cases, by little details in human interaction, by you. but lately, you’ve noticed that animals have caught his attention. when you two were out in the city, connor’s eyes would follow the path of an arcing bird; sometimes he’d stop right in the middle of a sentence, or even physically halt to watch the bird fly by. usually arm in arm with him, this behaviour could earn him a sidelong glare from you, but all traces of your irritation would be wiped away whenever that look of calm wonder crossed his features.

after stormy nights, he took care to not step on any snails who had decided to come out of hiding. he’d watch his footing, a small smile on his face when they didn’t retreat into their shells, even as his big shadow stretched across them. he’d urge you to be careful, too; one time, he’d pulled you back so urgently that you and he nearly toppled backward. “they breathe just as humans do,” he merely voiced, watching the small, lone land snail glide across the pavement inch by inch. before you could tease him about how dramatic that was, the hint of an unknowable sadness on his face made you bite your tongue. cupping a hand to his jaw, you made him look at you before offering a kind smile. “connor: defender of the snails,” you mused, and he only shook his head with a small smile as he pulled you against him again to continue your way downtown.

while running an errand in the mall, you had just walked out of a shop to greet the waiting connor when you had caught him staring across the concourse. behind the window of a restaurant sat a small tank, blobs of oranges moving within the blue. you knew connor’s android vision could see the fish much more clearly than you, and his processors would’ve probably already analysed their species by the time you gently pulled him out of his stock-still stance. there was a strange look on his face, but he didn’t say anything about it. led swirling and brows furrowed, he was quiet on the whole way home, as if an unexpected memory wouldn’t let him go.

you surprised him on a day off with the preposition to go to the aquarium – his eyebrows lifted in response, mouth agape before it lifted into a smile. you knew he was still insecure about his smiles; he tended to opt for small grins and smirks as opposed to teeth-baring beams. but no matter – you could still see the kindness, the humour, the love he wanted to display through the gestures. so when he pulled you close, whispering “okay” in your ear before he moved to change, you couldn’t help the blush rising in your cheeks.

detroit’s aquarium was wonderfully big, hosting all kinds of aquatic marvels: small seahorses and thick eels, vibrant crabs and starfish, sleek sharks and sleepy turtles. inside it was kept dark, only dim floor lights serving as a guide through all the tanks. it felt intimate, despite the presence of others, for in the darkness, it was only you, connor, and the fish.

connor moved slowly, taking his time with the displays. his face always wavered close to the glass, eyes wide with wonder. in a low voice, he’d rattle off facts and statistics to you; fish do not generate new scales, rather increasing the size of existing ones and like humans, fish can actually drown in water if there’s not enough oxygen. optimal levels have proven to be between–

you were only half-listening, for you’ve been here before, had read all the information plaques in your youth. while some fish caught your attention – the delicate little krill trilling in the water, for instance – your gaze mainly stayed on connor. his voice was bright and lilting as he spoke, even through the hushed tones. he was utterly enraptured; sometimes he’d even stumble over his words, surely a sign that he was trying to process too many things at once. you could only smile at his childlike curiosity, never letting go of his hand.

the big cylindrical tank in the middle of a dark room was where you two spent most of your visit. inside, jellyfish floated on invisible currents, drifting, rootless. its dark blue light fell over the two of you, bathing you in the enigma of a contained piece of deep ocean. connor was silent now, nose practically pressed against the glass – somehow, you managed to supress a giggle. you wondered what he saw in all those colourful fish, these transparent tentacled creatures.

“what are you thinking about?” you whispered, snaking an arm around his waist and leaning into his shoulder. never taking his eyes off the floating jellyfish in front him, which seemed to be uncannily watching him back, he accommodated your form against him, vaguely registering the notion of how well you two fit together. his expression was contemplative; awe having been subdued to a kind of wistful consideration. “there are more than two thousand types of jellyfish,” he murmured, lifting a hand to touch the glass. “and they are one of the few species of aquatic life able to adapt to the increasing amount of ocean dead zones. they are colonising while other species are withering.” you turned your gaze to the floating specimens, subconsciously mimicking connor’s signature head tilt. you had gotten better at reading connor, and knew that whatever was on his mind was well beyond such two-dimensional facts. but you didn’t pry; sometimes he needed time to figure out how to articulate his emotions, his thoughts; thoughts that were now limitless and unhindered by programmed boundaries, thus requiring more time to be fully realised.

you did not know why the jellyfish had fascinated him so, but you stayed with him for however long he remained standing there, hand pressed to the glass in a manner which struck you as longing. you decided to leave him to his own devices for a while, visiting the crustaceans again to laugh at their amusing shifts and squabbles.

when you returned, it looked like he hadn’t even moved. gently, you hugged him from behind, entwining your hands with his own while pressing a kiss to his shoulder. “come on,” you cooed, feeling him coming alive again at your touch, “you once told me you liked gourami fish. they’re next.” connor looked back at you over his shoulder, face softening.

the last exhibit indeed hosted dwarf gouramis, and discus, and guppies. the small, colourful fish were so endearing that you couldn’t stop smiling, one even trailed your finger as you lazily hovered it over the glass. when connor heard your soft laugh, a rush of affection flooded his vision with all kinds of warnings, but he quickly dismissed them all. the temperature rise, the thirium pump’s extra strain, the software instability – he knew by now that it was simply love. when you looked at him, about to call his attention to this peculiar fish seemingly trying to nibble at your finger through the glass, he graced you with one of those rare, dimple-cheeked smiles. it almost brought you to your knees, and it definitely brought you to his lips – your kiss was gentle yet searing, and connor was smiling into it, holding you by your elbows as you grasped both sides of his face.  

it was in the shadowy twilight of the ocean blue hue and darkness that connor kissed you again and again, basking in the wonder of life, in the compassion of your being and in the curiosity of the surrounding fish. he was so, so happy, unable to wipe the smile off his face even if he were to issue a command to his processing centre. emotions were not governed by his software – they were governed by his heart, by this soul he had somehow managed to find along the way.

“i really enjoyed today,” he whispered into your hair as he held you, both watching the slow movements of a round, lime-green fish overturning pebbles in search of food. “thank you,” he said, pulling you just a little closer. he let his eyes close, if only for a moment, to bask in pure contentedness. “i love you.”

[anabantoid]

Hi yes hello I know you disagree with fishcommunity's stocking suggestion and that's okay but I just wanna say that you came off with a really harsh and condescending attitude about it. Their stuff was actually pretty accurate... 15 gallons is the minimum recommended size for a thick lip gourami...

I apologize if I came off harsh, that wasn't my intent, but a 24" tank for a 4" fish is absurd. It's not a good recommendation, I wouldn't put a thick lip or banded in anything less than a 40b. Cut out a four inch strip of paper and put it in a 24x12 container and see how small of a space that is.I have a banded, I can never see him go in something so small and have even a sliver of quality of life.

[bestaquariumsrv]

HOW MANY FISHES FOR 40 GALLON AQUARIUM?

You can keep a considerable variety of fishes in your 40 gallon tank. a selection of fishes can be placed in the container while taking care that none often tends to damages others. The character and the dimension of the fishes after full growth need to be purely kept in consideration as well as thus investigated for. This ensures that your aquarium has a calm and comfy ecosystem. Around 25 fishes can be placed in a 40 gallon container provided there dimensions reverberate with the shape and size of the storage tank. The suggestion of choosing fishes according to different zones of the container can also be embraced to introduce more range in the aquarium. This storage tank does not keep the number of fishes limited.

WHAT ALL FISHES CAN YOUR 40-GALLON TANK BEHOLD?

As specified earlier, the number of fishes that a 40 gallon container can see is rather high and also hence the tank allows you to create impressive mixes through proper equipping. The fishes to be selected for the container needs to work and should have manageable character. It is not an extremely tough task to make a 40 gallon container colorful as well as brilliant with a combination of elegant and intense plants and animals.

Several of the fishes that container can easily embrace are:

Discus

German Blue Ram

Gourami

Diamond Neon Tetra

Endler's Livebearer

Killifish

Boeseman's Rainbowfish

Faintail Guppy

Cherry Barb

Zebra Danio

Betta Fish

Mollies

Swordtails

Golden Plecos

Glowing Barb

Tiger barbs

Betta fish

Yellow Lab Cichlids

While all these fishes can locate a comfy environment in 40 gallon container, treatment needs to be taken relating to the satisfaction of their needs. Tools like heaters, filters, etc. need to be mounted in storage tank in order to make the setting of the fish tank ideal for certain sorts of fishes.

SOME STOCKING IDEAS THAT CAN COME IN HANDY

The significance of stocking suggestions can not be disregarded. The manner in which you equip your container figures out how successful your leisure activity of fish keeping will certainly show to be. The aqua-habitat that you plan to develop must be tranquil for all the animals. You should permit them to grow without needing to encounter any type of risk from other passengers of the storage tank.

Suitable equipping can be done just after determining the dimension as well as character of the fishes you intend to choose.

Some of the equipping concepts that can be thought about for your 40 gallon tank are:

20 neon tetras, 2 Bolivian Rams and also some Sterbai corys

10 cardinals, 10 rummynoses as well as 10 penguin tetras

10 rummies, 5 dwarf Neon rainbows, 1 Pygmy rainbow, 3 Pearl Gourami, 2 Dwarf patricola, 3 Panda Garra and also 4 black Neon tetras and also for the bottom residents you can select 5-8 Panda Corys or 3-5 Panda Garras

4 grouped or thick lipped Gourami, 2 Bolivian Rams, 8 Zebra danio, 8 Buenos Aires Tetra, 10 Panda or Peperred Corys orKuhli Loaches as well as 1 BN pleco.

3 angelfish, 20 neon tetra, 8 sterbai corydora, 1 BN Pleco as well as 10 Red Cherry Barbs

Several of the considerations for the storage tank:

Do not maintain those fishes with each other which trigger the situation in which the bigger fishes wind up eating the small ones.

Attempt keeping only semi-aggressive fishes to ensure that n damage is triggered to the total ecosystem as a result of the unsuitable personality of some fishes.

If you plan to maintain schooling fishes, keep them in a group of 10-15 so that can prosper while rejoicing and also safe in the container.

Conclusion

Hence, you can do marvels with a 40 gallon tank given you do optimal research about the fishes you mean to maintain and also bring out fantastic stocking concepts which not only look after the variety had by your fish tank however also its life.

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[misa-chu]

Aquarium stocking

Who wants to help me decide on stock options? :D I have an empty 20 long that I'm reasonably certain will become a pea puffer tank, but the 29gal is still a mystery. For substrate I'm doing a little less than an inch of aquasoil, with a sand cap- probably a dark or even black one because kuhlis really pop against it. For starters I have 2 kuhlis in a different tank rn that id like to eventually give a proper group in the 29gal. I'm thinking maybe 6 more, depending on price and availability. So there's the bottom level I think! They do actually seem quite happy where they are even with just the two of them, so moving isnt an absolute necessity. For the ~centerpiece~ Im thinking maybe some type of cichlid? Something like a few honey or thick lipped gouramis, or possibly a pair of rams. Besides that... idk! Some sort of schooling or shoaling fish would be nice but 1)no live bearers and 2)no tetras except MAYBE cardinals if I could find them. Thoughts? Suggestions? Lemme know!