Licorice Gourami

[Crissi]

I just recently set up a 100 gallon tank, have been very patient doing the fishless cycling and am putting together a stocking plan. I saw that liveaquaria.com has licorice gourami (Parosphromenus deissneri). They are quite stunning and I was wondering if anyone has ever kept any before? I have never seen them at my LFS and am curious as to their difficulty. I have also been doing some research on this particular fish and I'm coming up with conflicting information.

Thanks in advance for any information!

 

[Lateral Line]

Sensitive to water conditions, hence a newly cycled tank would probably not be ideal. They are very easily bullied, and frequently just fade away and die in communities. Tank mates must be very docile.

 

[Elisabeth83]

There are many types of licorice gouramis. I bought a pair but have not been able to identify them 100% yet. I keep mine in a cycled 14.5 gallon along with a pair of spike tail gouramis, pair of betta smaragdinas and 6 harlequin rasboras. The filter it set to low so there is not a lot of movemement in the water.

I'm planning on gettng a pair of the Parosphromenus deissneri in the near future too as I think they are one of the most stunning looking fish.

I wouldn't however keep them in such a big tank or a tank that is newly cycled. They are shy fish and IMO do better in smaller tanks with a lot of live plants and calm tankmates. None of the tankmates I keep mine with are much bigger than them.

Good luck