Sparkling Gourami
Sparkling Gourami
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To protect our animals and to ensure they get to our customers healthy, we will only ship orders with Nano Fish via UPS Next Day Air.
The Sparkling Gourami, also known as the Pygmy Gourami is a stunning nano fish. They have beautiful small iridescent spots on the side of their body that almost "sparkle" when light is reflected off of them, hence, their name. They are a smaller fish and can grow to a a max size at about 1.5 inch which makes them perfect for planted nano tank.
The Sparkling Gourami is a peaceful and timid fish and are accustom to fairly heavy vegetation, we recommend a planted tank to mimic their natural environment.
Sparkling Gouramis are pretty easy to care as long as they are introduced to a mature, cycled tank. They can acclimate to a wide range of parameters. The following are our water parameters we keep them at:
Our Tank Water Parameters
PH: 7.2 to 7.5
GH: 7 to 8
KH: 3 to 4
TDS: 180 to 250
Temp: 72 to 75
We feed them a mix of live baby brine shrimp, frozen daphnia and high-quality flake food.

All six fish were hardy. Their blue eyes sparkle especially in light.
I ordered 15 Sparkling Gouramis and was/am so pleased with them, they came as little babies! Sadly, I wasn’t prepared for their size so two were sucked up by filter (solved by filter floss tied over input), however, since then the remaining 13 have been happily learning tricks (3 light taps means food and they’ll bolt right out of hiding!!) and they are super smart and recognize me and others. I don’t know when I purchased them but they are at least a few months old now not a single problem with any of them. Each one has their own friend and specific hiding spots too, I love them and am very grateful they were so young, healthy and seemingly well-bred:)
Very beautiful and innocent looking fish BUT they are not shrimp friendly nor betta. For shy and curious fishes they're actually pretty mean. Lost two shrimp due to my ignorance and not doing enough research. Just because a fish is labeled peaceful, doesn't mean they won't attack others.
Lesson learned.
My second order from Shrimpy Business! Arrived quickly and packaged well - they surprisingly didn't look stressed out at all from travel. They are super curious, tons of personality, and love their new home!
All shrimp and nanofish came in alive and well. I love the Sparkling Gouramis. They seem inquisitive and intelligent. Love to watch them. They may be my fave besides next to my shrimp.
